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AUTOMATIC AGE
February, 1937
Bartlett Builds
Plant Addition
W. D. Bartlett, pioneer operator
and manufacturer of amusement ma
chines in Florida, has joined the in
creasingly large number of manufac
turers who are expanding their busi
ness in anticipation of a banner year
in 1937. He has purchased the lot
adjoining his factory on Northeast
54th Street in Miami and will build
a substantial addition to the plant.
Work will begin immediately.
The present plant on 52nd Street
is well equipped and manned by an
efficient crew of mechanics, building,
overhauling, and repairing. It re
quires 18 trucks and trailers, as well
as 11 autos for collections and de
liveries in the county, to handle the
large volume of business which the
Bartlett firm does.
While Bartlett is a manufacturer,
he does not put any of his machines
on the market. He builds solely for
his own use. The inventor and builder
of the Miami Digger, Bartlett has
290 licenses for slot machines, 22 for
Evans’ Galloping Dominoes, and 16
for Paces Races. He has 18 batteries
of diggers with representative carnival
companies of America, as well as
hundreds of them in operation in
Dade County.
Bartlett also has some of the best
locations in the vicinity of Miami,
namely the Jack Dempsey Hotel and
Bar, which he has exclusively, the
Royal Palm Club and the Hippodrome
Bar.
F oreign Coins In Cash Box;
W ho Gets ’Em ?
O H O U L D an operator discover a
number of foreign coins along
with American coins in the cash box
of his machine, has he the right to
include the foreign specie in the loca
tion’s share and keep the spendable
coins for himself?
with the allocating of foreign coins,
it was necessary to draw up a new
agreement which contained a clause
indicating that the location owner
was to be paid his share of the intake
in only United States pennies.
According to Mr. Cavey, both
parties returned to his office a short
time later to report that by mistake
some one had inserted a two and
one-half dollar gold piece in the ma
chine. The location owner wanted
his share of the $2.50. However, Mr.
Cavey states, he was finally able to
convince the location owner that he
had no right to any part of the gold
piece, since the contract clearly stipu
lated that he was to be paid in “only
United States pennies.”
When such a situation arose in
Milwaukee recently in connection
with the collections from a penny
gum vending machine, both the loca
tion owner and the operator sought
legal assistance in deciding the
matter. Attorney John M. Cavey of
Milwaukee, who was called upon to
iron out the situation, told A u t o
m a t ic A ge that since the contract
between the complainants did not
stipulate any procedure in connection
Babcook A pprehended by G-Men
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T>OLLA J. BABCOOK, of Quincy, Illinois, who was wanted on a
charge of using the mails to defraud, was arrested by federal
officers at Los Angeles. He was returned to Illinois and indicted for
using the mails to defraud, by a grand jury in the federal court at
Springfield, January 26.
Babcook was charged with fleecing persons of money, who had
answered advertisements he had inserted in various trade journals,
offering coin machines and pin games for sale at reduced prices.
The postal authorities received complaints that several persons had
forwarded checks to cover deposits on machines. The checks were
cashed by Babcook, but the merchandise was never received by the
complainants.
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