Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 264, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1911 — Baggage Porter’s Tips Make Fortune [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Baggage Porter’s Tips Make Fortune

KANSAS CITY, mo.—One of the men who have done well in this city during the lest ten years is Gus Miller, bead porter of the Baltimore hotel, who has gathered a fortune of s€o,ooo during that time, most of it in Ups of a quarter from the traveling men who want their baggage handled quickly. Out iB the Roanoke district he has *•$12,000 home He also owns a lodging house from which he received $l5O * month and other realty that produces a comfortable revenue Meanwhile his dally costume during the business hours la the usual blue flannel blouse Jumpers and his busiSpness is transacted from the same little desk in the baggage room of the hottel surrounded by big trunks, little •trunks, suit cases and gripe Thera are a dozen men working un ‘der Miller and while all the tips are ‘Supposed to belong to the boas there

are a few of them that get away in transit from the free hand of the traveling public to the desk of the head porter. The tips average SSOO a month and Miller has accumulated SSO In a single busy day Every year Miller takes a vacation and spenda three or four weeks traveling to the big cities and resort hotels. On these trips he distributes quarters like a farmer sowing oats. “Sometimes the service la very bad that I get while I am traveling.” says Miller, "but 1 dig up a quarter anyway. figuring that I am only putting ft back where I get .lt.”