The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1850-07-25
guRyEr HoUsE-CINCINNATI.

BURNETT HoUsE-CLNCINNATI.
Some idea Of the extent Of this House
may be inferred from the following state
men. Of the amount OF edibles, etc. there
10 consumed, which We find in the editori-
al correspondence Of the Evansville Jour-
nal:
At THE establishment, there arc employ
ed one. hundred and sixsy-iive servants,
whose aggregate wages amount to ABOUT
S25OO per month, Or $50, GOO per annom:
This does not include several clerks and
others attached, upon salaries, to the con-
Germ. Tho gas bill Of the house amounts
10 about $3OO per month, or $500 per
year. Ofths amount Of the water bill ve
nre not advised, or Of thousand other Az
enues Of expense. but to show that thers
j. some destruction Of things eatable and
drinkable a the Burnet House, We may
add q few items, without entering even in
TO generalities. Al this hotel, there are
consumed 26O gallons Of milk per day! II
every boarder were GALE and every tum-
bier frst rate Durham cow, this would
seem rather impossible, yet still so Il il.
The cost Of this milk is about $55 per day,
or over $4,000 per annum!
Butter is another item Of some Interest.
OF this article there is consumed about 500
pounds per week, which placing il at the
low average Of twelve and one half cts. per
pound, would amount to 500 per week. or
$500 per year. One would suppose the
Burnet House was situated in Grease In
stead Of America. But without wishing to
insinuate there is anything ''rotten in Dem
mark" we change the subject TO eggs. VI
the barn-yard commodity, the Burnett
House daily consumes 100 dozen, or 36 500
dozen year-the cost Of which the reader
may calculate at his leisure, as we don, IN
tend to do il for bin.
But when the theme changes 10 meats
and this is always more popular theme
with Us than dews, flowers and zephyrs-
there is just as ample room for wonder
men, in the terrible destruction Of flesh al
this house as there must be ample storage
in the bowels of its boarders. You can
scarcely ask for any kind Of popular fish,
fowl or beast, liable to be sacrificed upon
the sltar Of human appetite, but what can
he found on the Burnet House bill OF fare.
Yet dispensing with illusions to any of the
tanciiu!s, and combining our remarks TO the
prominent subst.ntials, there are daily con-
sumed on an average at the tables of this
hotel, 400 pounds Beef, IS do. Mutton,
100 do. Phipps' Hams, and Ii barrels
Flour per week. As an item Of business,
we may state since the commencement Of
the strawberry season they have consum-
ed on an average 100 quarts per day.
These cost st first. one dollar quart!
In the vegetable line, the house is of
course supplied with The earliest and bes,
of everything. Bat i, is needless 10 emu
merste further. The above items give
some idea Of the enormous expenses attach
ed TO large hotel. From the time the
Burnet House opened, il has seated at its
table on an average every meal, $50 per-
sons. Enormous as are its expenses, the
Burnet House so far as we can learn is do
ing an excellent business, and promises to
handsomely reimburse the proprietors. Il
must always comms and tremendous Gus
tom SO long as il is well kept, for now there
is not q single Objectionable feature abou,
the. establishment, nor deficiency in one
convenience.