The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-06-24

to open an Office he put In two hours
/ in one building. during which time he
was passed from enc clerk 60 another.
No one seemed to know what he want
! ed, and he was passed on from one 10
! another in the attempt to get rid of
him. Finally he was told to apply TO
the chief of police. 1t was then noon,
md he knocked of to get some hing &c
eat
After hi:' luncheon he took 4 fresh
start, and vas told at tie Office of the
chic Of pcisce that he must maze out
/ a written application staing what he
wanted to deal in, with al particulars
concerning he project He expected
a reply II a day or so. but no answer
came in a week nor in a month. Then
he began to press the matter in earn
est. and was informed that his appli-
cation had not been acted upon because
it did not have as many stamps as the
law required. In the meantime he spent
months looking after the details neces-
sary to establish the business, made
two round trips between ST. Petersburg
and New York, and II was exactly
eleven months before he finally got his
official permit to engage in trade. Ac-
companying the license was massive
bundle Of correspondence each sheet OF
which had been signed by two officials
occupying different positions, one serv-
ing as 6 check on the other. The Rus
SLAMS observe this form STRICTLY. even
If the business relates tC the most tri-
fling matter. Thus we find some of
the highest priced officials in the en-
pire wasting their time in auditing the
warrant for the repainr of a stove door
or the purchase Of a new buckle for
the belt of policeman's uniform
Borrowed From the Mail.
Another American living in St. Pc
tersburg received a letter from a friend
at home stating that a package OF
books had been forwarded by mail.
Inasmuch as the parcel did not arrive
| in a reasonable time the gentleman he
gan an inquiry in the effort 10 locate
his property, After six months OF OF
| fetal searching the books finally
] reached their owner. All Of them were
very much the worse for wear and sew
! eral were in a dilaDidated condition
| from excessive handling. Some official
/ interested in the subjects which they
/ treated had borrowed them from the
mail and afterward passed them
around to his friends
A New Yorker in the employ Ct a
prominent clearinghouse in that city
/ went to St. Petersburg to confer with
] the Russian authorities relative to a
| government loan. This man was not
! familiar with the system Of tipping as
it is practiced in Russia, and because
/ he failed to shell out money every time
| an attendant came to his room small
strike was soon inaugurated against
him. He rang his bell for servants IN
vain until he found out where the diff
ficuIty lay, and corrected 1t. Another
Yankee engaged in the manufacturing
business in ST. Petersburg told me oil
his troubles in connection with the en-
/ pIovment of labor. He gave his heir
/ an exceedingly bad name, saying thai
the BOYS in particular were trained tC
look upon thieving as praiseworthS
accomplishment. the one who could &c
away with the greatest number o.
small articles or material being looked
upon with envy by his fellows.
ST. Petersburg has Young Men
Christian Association, which wa
founded by Americans. and which i
conducted along the usual lines of IN
! teIIectuaI. moral and physical develop
ment About six years ago Jane
= stokes of New York gave $4,000 to es
e tablish the institution, ana 1t va
G opened with a membership OF forty
= The enrolment has now grown to ,zUt
!, with an average nightly attendance Q
r 90. The s0-caIled American church Il
2 St. Petersburg is really more Engllsl
than American. The pastor IS Brit
' isber and the membership is largeI
= made mn of English subjects. Permis
Y sion has lust been granted to open al
Y educational institution, which Will b
= known as Franklin college IL IS OItel
= referred to as the RusSo-Amerlcal
. school. because there Will be a paralle
f .o11rea in Russian and English, witt
4 es1eciaI attention devoted to American
e history law. engineering, science, ETC.
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