The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-19
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IT ALL COMES FROM TIPS.

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IT ALL COMES FROM TIPS.
The magnate of the hotel baggage de-
partment makes his money by "tipsn The
guests tip the under porters for attending
TO their bag gage and carrying il to their
rooms. and the underIings then hands the
tip over to the head porter. TIE important
functionary pockets the money and with
smlrk thinks of the latest fad in household
furniture, and how a few silver trappiags
would look on his fast-going span. A head
porter of one Of the large Philadelphia
hotels inadvertently admitted yesterday
that his position brough him clean 1900
a year above the cost of his family enpenseS,
besides enabli g him to pay of his men,
who receive 81 a DAY and board at the
hotel.
WHERE TIPS ARE NOT ALLOWED.
There are several head porters in this
city who have become as rcn as the we'll
known head porter of the Palmer house at
Chicago, who was recently discharged by
his employer" continued the loquacious
baggage custodian above referred &c.
Didn't you hear about that case2 Well,
Potter Palmer, the proprietor. was one day
spec ling lis horse along one of the drives
at Chicago when some one attempted t.
pass him. 1t was the b ad porter, John, of
his hotel. The day after Palmer
C lied his head porter into his Office
and asked him where he
hired his horse. With glow of pride the
porter answered that the horse was his own.
The proprietor knew that he had estab-
lished a rule that the employees in his hotel
should accept no tips, and that the head
porter could not make such a disDlay with
out having made his money in this way.
An investigation of the case was made, aud
Palmer found out that the man was ac-
cunlulating his wealth on tips and he i'm
mediately discharged hin. The Palmer
house is the only hotel in tais coun ry that
l know of where tipping the porters is not
allowed"
A FORTUNE OF 1926, 900 SAVED.
The head porter then dsopped into rev.
erie. aud after a few moments reflection
suddenly aroused himself and exclaimed:
There's old John Carl, the former head
porter of the Colonnade hotel, who died
three years ago. He held his position for
nearly fourteen years, during which time
he amassed fortune of over Sl2j, 900 by
means of lis salary and tips. Carl lived on
S Jutn Seventeenth street in a fine resi-
dence He had some handsome paintings
and works of art in his home. There was
never a hotel porter who could get moro
tips out of man than Carl. He was suave
and had the best tip-me-pleaSe smile that
ever saw. Mighty sharp man, too, ana very
economical He used to say that he aver
aged one SIS tip a day. Yes, a good many
wealthy men who stop with their families
at our hotels give as large tips as that.
They are really repaid for it, too. Their
baggage is handled with especial care.
BANKER AND PROPERTY OWNER.
There is Frank McIntee, who now helps
the ladies out of their carriages at Straw
bridge & CIothier'S establishment. He was
head porter for fifteen years at the old st.
Cloud hotel Mel ltee is a wealthy man,
and he made his money when he was head
porter. iii wager he is worth anywhere
between $50, 900 and $4,000. He owns a
number Of houses and has big bank ac-
count.
Charley Sweeney, the present head porter
of the Continental MOTEL, is worth fully
100000, which ne as made mostly out of
his position. Sweeney u ed to hold the
same position in the La Pierre house, now
the Lafayette. He resides in a beautiful
brown stone front house in the lower sec
ton of the city, and owns a fine driving
ho.s Sc.
THE RICHEST OF THEM ALL
''Henry Bradley, the fine looking rudy
faced old porter of the Lafayette, is richer
than Sweeney. Bradley has Ell Eht porters
under him, and judging from his luck on
tips and his mi liuable suavity of address
ht must have kissed the Barney stone a
dozen times. there are on all average $50
pieces of baggage that have to be handled
by Bradley a I'd has men every day. AL
most every piece brings him nice tip lie
lives in a SIS, 600 louise on Catherine street,
and its interior is a picture of homs COM
fort. Brailey's forGlne Is at least 500 900.
another we ltly head porter is Michael
Reagan, who is at the Aliine Hotel. He
has ned his position there ever siGce the
house first opened in '7S, and it ia said he is
very clever in working tbs. Reagan en-
ploys six porters to be. p him in his business.
He lives in pretty little house on Dickin-
son street, and POSSESSES a fortune OF
$4,000
HE BOUGHT NICE HOME.
"Three years ago, after the death of John
Carl, the ealtAy head porter of the Colon
made, Michael McAunany stepped into the
position and has in that time made enough
money out OF it to buy a nice home on
Mlffitn stree besides inve ting some spare
capital in other properties.
"The head portership of the Girard house
is held by tw men, Thomas Love and his
brother George. They have in their employ
six othe porters, and handle on an aver age
seventy-five pieces of baggage day. Dur
ing the eight years tat they have been tue
incumbenUs of the position each has been
enablei to lay by $4,000,
John St. John. the mead porter of the
Stratford, and Patrick D1nnelly, who hold,
the same position at the Bellesu e. are also
in good financial circumstances.