The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-06-26
HOTEL GOSSIP.

Frank Richardson of EPSON. England,
IS among the guests who are registered at
the knutsfoTd. The Englishman, accom-
panied by his wife, is paying his first visit
to the United States. and is bound for
California on the lookout for barley for
mating purposes for the supplying of
some OF the big breWerieS of Albion 5
isle Richardson last night placed him
self upon record as being very much
taken with the American beer as il is
drawn cold and foaming into the festive
schooner He said:
Il never drink beer, but since I have
come to America I have broken my rule.
The American beer, however, would not
90 down with the British workman, who
likes his pint of half and half in the
pewter with body to 1t. When compared
to the German beer, which is somewhat
similar, with the difference that the lager
always has a flavor of garlic with it, the
Teutonic article is not in it with the
American beverage.
From beer the conversation switched to
bank notes. I haven't seen a piece of
gold since I landed in this country" he
said, nothing but these greasy bills that
must be great means of spreading dis
ease, judging from the dirtiness and an
tiquity of some of them. Now, over in
London, We have a much better system,
dirty Bank of England note unless, per-
haps, II is out IN the country districts. In
London when man goes to the Bank OF
England he receives a crisp new note and
even if that note is deposited in that bank
half an hour later 1t is never reiSSued,
but is destroyed, for that bank never pays
out the same note again.
Richardson conceded that America was
ahead of England in some respects, not
ably in theNmatter of machinery, with the
result that American brewing and print
ing plants were in high esteem in Britain,
while when ii came to railroad rolling
stock, America was importing quite large
orders from time to time into his coun-
try, to the extreme disgust of the manu-
faeturers who in days gone by, had prac-
tically a monopoly in that direction
Among the guests that are registered at
the Kenyon is A w. Logan, head au-
ditor for the Armour Packing company
at Omaha. In speaking in regard to busl-
ness done by the company in the west
during the past two years he said: Since
July H. 1898, we have opened up over
twenty branch houses in the west, in
Guiding establishments at Portland, Sc
attic and San Francisco. Some people
wonder how we can afford to buy cattle
out here, ship them TO Omaha, where
they are killed and cut up TO be sent back
in the carcass for sale. OF course this
proposition is easily understood when 1t
is stated that there is absolutely no
waste to an animal, as every portion OF
the steer is used for some purpose or
other. even down to the entralls. Inen,
too, having as we do such a large num-
Der of hides for sale, they can be graded
and buyer can accordingly PICK cut just
what ne wants. Win the result tndl tlS
hides fetch on an average of from y to IS
more at the plant than they would other
wise do were they sold in small lots out
here"
A T. Davidson, general superintendent
of the TOntine Mercantile association or
Lincoln, Neb., is numbered among the
guests at the Kenyon. Davidson's spec
ial mission in Salt Lake at the present
time is to institute q branch Office OF the
company in this city and install an agent
before he moves along TO repeat the per-
Torrance in another city in the west.
He has been thus engaged since he left
Lincoln seven months ago, with the re-
suit that he has visited every city OF
note in the west during that period be
comes direct from Butte TO Salt Lake. In
speaking of SmOkeopOliS last night, he re-
marked: Butte is about the most hos
pitabIe town in the wide, wide world II
seems to be eVeryb0dy'S experience who
goes there that when they come to leave
the town they are invariably broke from
trying to keep up the pace that the boys
up there set for their special benefit, II
is a regular pitfall for actors generally
and they have the greatest time to I'LL
their engagements while playing in that
town. Nat GoOdWinS escapade OF a
couple OF days ago viii demonstrate the
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