Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-01-09
THE STROLLER,S STORIES.
Odd Opinions aud Quaint Observations From
Curb and Corridor.


Curb and Corridor.
THE month of December, usually decidedly
dull month forlhotels, was not such bad
month after all fo1 the horels Of Pittsburg.
One of the indications of the present remark
able growth Of thfs city is the increase, during
the past two years. in the patronage given to
the excellent hotels Of the Gas City. Ali the
houses here are making money. and deserve
to make it. Tr9Feling men say that. after they
leave Philadelphia, they find no really good
hotels short Of Chicago except those of Pitts
burg. This city has become faVorite resting
place for drulmmers during Sunday, notwith-
standing th9 operation Of the Brooks law.
During last December the Seventh Avenue
Hotel entertained 3,265 guests. The clerks
there daily kount up their registries. That Is
not done at the Anderson, and the total regis
tration the1e cannot be given, but it was very
large. Page after page was filed with names
during each successive "a hours. The largest
registry dhring one day at the Seventh Avenue,
since the house was opened, covered 10 pages.
As therelare % names 20 the page, there must
have been about 420 guests that day. The
hotel men now doing business look without the
slightest apprehension on the opening of the
Hotel Schlosser and the early re-opening Of the
MCnongahela House. One of the oldest hotel
managers in the city said: II am glad to see
this city acquiring reputation for excellent
hotels. The more frst-class houses we have
the wider that reputation will become. The
result will be that greater number of people
VIII come to us. The increase Of good hotels
increases the business OF all Not only that.
but it aids materially in promoting the business
interests of the city. A city noted for its high
class hotels is certain to attract men of wealth
and to bring capital to the town."
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{ titles along the lakes, Toledo, Cleveland and
Buffalo, complain of a recent influx of
spurious nickels. The street car companies are
special victims of the false coin, where the
cars contain boxes in which the passenger de-
posts his fare without the Intervention Of
conductor. Inquiry of bank officials and street
railway employees show that the counterfeit s.
cent pieces have not been brought to this city.
way men saw that. althoupb a few base coins
are now and then found in their cash boxes.
there has been no recent increase in that sort
eff currency.
A CLERK at one of the principal hotels said:
1--WE get no counterfeit nickels, but now
and then a bad dollar is offered to US. l can
tell one almost as soon as 1 feel it. 1t used to
be that the cOunterfeits had a soft. greasy feel
ing. and did not have the right ring. Recently
the dollars have been made much better, and
one not accustomed to the handling of coin can
hardly tell them from the genuine stuff. They
c.n disco-r diea-orc. a ocio- ho,,o1a-
the snnrions coin bovino sort - hI,,ist
tinge.n
ONE of the odd things connected with the
nresant agitation corearrino a,a.tr,o ,v,,oa
ia the cur,ositv avan anr,atv Ivith ybicb mao
nle on the streets watch Iineynen when thev arc
at work T,at a cIinbar ascend a mole or = COR
bon-sattar go mn Ioddo- n .rv Dart ~ tba
citv and the rsdostriors will stor ~ crowds
and watch hin, ovroctir,, rnor, srto-II,, 20 so
him come tnmhIino IN the street With the sffect
of 500 volts Concealed about his person. The
crowd ia NOT at ali condncjva to the ease of the
hard.workinO man mn the noIe
Mr.. THOMAS M. KING. Second Vice Presi-
AZ dent of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
passed through the city yesterday,
Erie road. Mr.. King used to be resident Of
this city. He expressed himself as being very
well pleased with the present condition of af-
fairs In his company, generally and locally. The
and Lake Erie Railroad Company,
he said. had done good stroke of business in
buying the Pittsburg, McKeesport and Belle
vernon line. He declined to say whether the
chase that new road or not.
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