The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-12-08
HOTEL AND CORRIDOR.

A funny scene was enacted in the
| corridor of the Knutsford a few even
ings ago. Billy Rid, the irrepressible
! travelling passenger agent of the Rio
] Grande Western, was as usual, rustling
/ for business. He struck a party of six
people who were going east and
wanted to get them for his line. He
wasn't without opposition, however,
for there are other passenger men in
/ the city and they wanted the party
! just as badly.
Billy got in on the party first though
and he didn't propose to let the other
/ fellows get a chance to exploit the
merits of their lines if he could help
| it before he got them ticketed.
| After talking himself blind he dis
covered an inclination still in the
minds of some of them to investigate
/ the stories they had heard about the
beauties of the Overland Route, the
advantages of the Missouri Pacific,
etc, and though he was not especially
particular as TO what line they adopted
in conjunction with the Western, still
he was afraid if he didn't ticket them
himself that the Overland fellows
might get in their work.
He found that if he accomplished
his purpose he would have to employ
every ingenuity at his command and
decided to impress upon the members
and esteem with which his road regard
ed them. To do so he called on the
services of one of the local live stock
agents of another line whom he had
done a service and put him on"
Then he introduced the man who knew
a heap better how to twist the tail of
an unruly bullock than he did how to
handle a passenger, to the people as
the general manager of his road.
Then was when the scene became
amusing. I'VE would regard the
privilege of carrying you over our line
as an esteemed favor" began the live
stock confidence man while Billy
chuckled inWardly. And if there is
anything that l can do for you which
had the discretion to offer L would
deem it a favor if you will inform me-,
he continued.
Billy wanted the Yellow Kids
Thanksgiving iron band that he wore
to keep from bursting after eating
turkey and he wanted it for the same
purpose, to keep from bursting, but
he controlled his disabilities and
Clipped in with Il suppose Mr.. -,
there would be no objection to my in
structing our Denver agent to meet
them at the station at Denver with
transfer wagons and carriages to
transfer them to the other line?"
NO, indeed, 1 was about to suggest
that and if there is any other atten-
ton you can show just go ahead and
use YOUR own discretion"
Billy got the business and ticketed
the party but-came near spelling it
all by forgetting himself. His
confederate's second nature got
the better of him and he
handed one of the party his card. IF
your shipping any stock" he started,
when Billy interrupted to explain that
he had given the gentleman another
mans card and that they were not
interested in stock.
You chump,' he said ungratefully,
as they lined up in front of a long
rose wood counter after they separated
from the party. you came within an
ace of spelling the whole push"
George w. Heintz, the we'll known
writer, who is also connected with a
railroad, has just returned from
'Hawayiyi," as Colonel Willis calls it,
and considers it a wonderful country,
although he isn't enamored with the
Dole shotgun government. While in
Honolulu George let eX-Queen Lii tell
him the story of her life, and brought
back with him data for a number of
interesting articles which will see the
light later. Mr.. HeintZ says the Cuban
war, which has resulted in the Drac-
teal humiliation of the sugar indus
try there, has enormously increased the
profits of the Hawaiian planters, who
will become rich beyond the dreams of
averice if present conditions exist for
any considerable time.
Knutsford guests yesterday were: c.
A. Nelson, Denver; l.. B. Boyd, Hills
boro. o.; James T. Whiting, Mount
Pleasant, Ia; E. Leszynsky. San Fran
cisco; II. E. Cary and son, Fort Wayne,