The morning call., 1894-02-02
AROUND THE CORRIDORS.

nat machine causes me more trOuDI6 tnan
my salary" said one OF the clerks al the Bald
win yesterday in speaking OF the nckel-in-the-
slot affair which is supposed TO register mans
weight after he has deposited the requisite five
cents. gentleman had just placed the neces-
sary sum in the slot only 10 find that the late
product of mans inventive genius was out Of
order. "About once week that thing gets out
of whack," said the clerk, "and then the vic
tim comes o,er TO the counter and jumps on to
me as II owned an absolute monopoly on the
hooded affair. When the man who has charge
Of the machines comes around and We tell him
about the trouble he affably refuses to fix IL at
once and hangs an out of order sign on the con-
trivance IN position where the next man who
wants to weigh is bound 10 see ir-after his
nickel has followed that Of his equally unfor.
tunate predecessors. bunk0steerer or
three-card man isn't in 1t with one of these
machines"
Two old-iime printers were sitting In the New
Western last night, discussing the merry days
Of long ago, when 81 per 1000 ems for setting
type was the common price paid and almost all
of the boys had bank accounts. One OF the men
in conversation had just returned from the
East, and be was relating the effect OF the type
setting machines upon skilled labor. "The ma
chimes have been introduced In about seventy
large cities of the UDiOn." said he, land out OF
a total of 1900 regulars and subs, have dis.
placed 2071 men. The heaviest displacement
has been in New York, Buffalo and Detroit. the
first named city dropping 212 men out OF 1000,
and the others 124 and los. respectively. In
Chicago only few men have been actually dis
placed, and the one encouraging feature Of the
matter is that In nearly all instances men have
been employed 10 manir ulate the machines who
formerly worked at the case"
One memento of Wednesdays Press Club
han Tvs troo fxryol laad
tiers. They were not taken In at the box office,
but were passed off upon the young ladies' who
volunteered 10 act as flower.vendors. There
are doubtless good many people in this CON-
munity whose feeling toward newspaper men
in general could be best expressed In a dose OF
cold lead, but the man who would allow a
lovely young woman TO pin boutonniere upon
the lapel OF his coat and then reward her with
bogus quarter Is about on par In moral de-
praviiy with the Omaha man who tried TO use
his first wifes marriage license when he
welded second time.
Joseph Diabaugh of the Chicago Mail Is the
latest acquisition 10 the contingent of news
paper men on this coast. He Is staying at the
Occidental C. P. Seymour OF The Chicago
Herald and William Ii. Simpson OF the Pitts
buig Dispatch were not among tue occupants
of Mr.. Pullman's palatial car who went south
Wednesday. The first named remained behind
through choice, while MIR. Simpson became so
engrossed with some of the attractions OF the
40 Mining Camp that he reached the wharf
Just a few minutes after bis boat had left for
the other side.
w. ii. AchufT the contractor, who handles
the garbage OF Philadelphia, is making tour
through the Western States. He Is In the city
and is looking into the methods utilized here
for the di spOsal OF the city's ofta. In Pbila.
delphid, he says. the garbage Is removed daily
the year round. and formerly was disposed Of
bye dumping, but now crematores are used .
The average cost OF removing and dest roying
the garbage OF the Quaker City is 81 cubic
yard. The wagons used for that purpose are
air tight, with false bottoms OF perforated sheet
iron.
Colonel John McCracken, pioneer settler In
both this State and oregon, who now claims
Portland as his place OF re sdence, Is guest at
The Palace. The colonel gained his title In the
Indian wars in the Northwest IN the SOS. H g
is away up in Masonry and very popular
member of that order.
Fac. Starr of Portland. Cor, is at the
Palace. Mr.. Starr is one of the bestknown
politicians in Oregon, aud Democratic conven-
tion In the State without him present would be
like unto Salvation Army meeting withou,
the music or Fourth of July minus the fire.
| works.
| DIR. +. Fl. Denuis came In on the overland
| train last night and is at the Palace. He was
| for long time practitioner 10 this city. and
his wife was Vine. Zeiss-Dennis, weli-known
singer here who died in Europe some time ago
from the effects of a surgical operation.