Telegram-herald., 1891-12-23
NOT ASUCClSSFUL YEAR
Fred @. Berger 8 lys This Has Been
q Poor Season
FOR NAVY THEATRICAL TROUPES
Aithesgh Coed Plays Are Uuassaiiy
Successful - sum aer Resorts WIN
Beon--A New l.ine of Boata
General Hotel 0Sssip.

Fred G.. Berger and wife of Tarry-
town, Y. ". are guests at the Morton.
Speaking yesterday of the theatrical
business, he said: "This has been
peculiar year for show people. In Ger
tain lines il has been fret class, and Ia
others q HAT failure. Certain we'll
known actors whose regulations have
been securely established have had
better year than ever before. Never
before has hlgh-class drama hourlshed
better than tins year. Then again.
there have never before been 90 many
failures and so many companies forced
TO disbaud This seems 10 be the UNI
yereal opinion from New York 20 San
Francisco. | Was down IN Texas . few
months ago. and it was the same there.
As n rule anything can draw good
audiences IN Texas; bat IT WAS the same
cry OF Loor houses there. Ii think the
reason foT this Is that the people are
and are no longer satisfied with the
sense with which they have been
ter. OF course modern stage realisms
will continued 10 flourish. People don't
get tired of them SO long as something
novel is brought out. or course man
can't run Il tank scene forever, but 20
long as novelties are produced, their
realistic effects Will be popular.
good thing of this kind can be run for
a season or two: but after that the pub
Ecx ,otc oh sHha ,,s,tiso
tires of almost anythlng-even Shakes
pesre. OF course it is different with
Shakespeare than with anything else,
because no one except All actor with a
first-class reputation ever attempts to
play any of Snakespeare's characters.
Such actors could make anything fair
ly successful.
Sol Smith Russell has had good sea-
son. He has never played 10 better
houses, and his new play seems a de.
cided success"
City Ownership Not Successful.
C. l.. Olds OF Fort Wayne registered
at the Morton, yesterday. 81 just came
up to see how matters were getting
along" he said. "I think they will
have all tho towers up by the middle of
January, and shall have the plant in
operation by the first of February. At
present, it takes them three or four
days to put up q single tower; but they
will work much faster than that when
they get under way. There isn't much
new in electric lighting circles now.
The Municipal Electric Light company
of st. Louis has decided TO forfeit the
contract, and there 10 some talk Of the
city's taking the plant; but it will
probably give the company $3.50 per
light to run the affair. believe there
was some talk of the city's owning and
operating its own electric light plant.
don't believe II can be done success
fully. An individual can always man
age business better than b corpora
ton. and a corporation can manage it
better than a Municipality. The more
people you have in the management of
any busne the greater must be the
leakage. As it IS now. If there are
any poor lights or the slightest VIOLA
ton of the contract. the matter is re-
ported Immediately; and the company
is brought to time. If the city owned
it. kick might be made, but there
would be no assurance that the defects
would be remedied."
The Resorts viii Boom Next Summer.
j. r. Hayes, proprietor OF the Wayne
hotel at Detroit, the Grand. at Mack
nae, and one of the proprietors of the
Arlington at Petoskey, reg stored at
the Morton yesterday. ii came here
to meet Mr.. Rose of the Abingdon" he
said yesterday. ave have been
Strengthening up the business OF last
summer and making arra n yements for
next summers business. We shall not
build any addition to the Arlington,
but shall do q great deal of painting
and decorating. The Cncsgo IL West
Michigan has built into Petoskey. and
that will give the summer resort bust
ness boom for next year. | expect
next summers business will be the
heaviest ever known. So many people
have built cottages there; the railroads
furnish sucn excellent transportation.
and the resorts thcmseives are 80 de-
hghtful that business can't help being
good. We expect heavy business at
the Grand, too. The Wayne il dong
good business for this time of the year.
Travel ls more brisk than I expected.
The next time you're north, COME in
and see US. We keep the latch string
out clear TO tho floor"
New Line of Boats at Grand Maven
eve expect to have a new line of
freight boats running into Grand Hs-
sen soon," said George Mcbride al tue
Morton yesterday. " The Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western
road has recently purchased two
steel cleaners that have formerly
been usrd in the Lake Superior tfade.
Inc Lackawanns road will use ITS own
rolling stock. and ruu its cars over the
Detroit, Grand Haven and Mils aukee
road: hut IL will have it, own docks
and tram sheds. The boats will he
used for freight exclusively. Zoe
freight traffic - very heavy lnst at
present. ! tnink about Ieeo tons day
are beng unioaded At the docks."
Nuskegon is Not Jealous.
ssI came down to attend the big meet
ing tonight" sad the Hon. r.. q.
Mason. OF Aaskegon. Yesterday ~ the
Morton. 81 wanted 70 see wnst yon
intended to do and how yoo were going
10 do Il. We have been doisfg sumo