The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-28
THE CENTRAL PARK RESTAURANTS
How the Inner Man Is Supplied by the
Vletualitrs in Our Public Garden.
A Round Of Lunches and Dinners
Exorbltant Prices.
An Interview with President Martin-Twenty
Per Cent Cheaper than in New York.

sswhy dont you investigate the prces 1t the Cen.
trail Park restaurantss" asks q contributor TO our
.Compiaint Beok.' 81 understand that the rates
charged Tor the Park amusements have been reduced
in number OF Instances. bat The whole subject ID one
about which the public know little or nothing pre-
sumo that the prices have been reduced at the In
stance or the Commissioners for the benefit OF the
public but Why then should not the reform be maze
more sweepine and apps to the restaurants ~
well as the dying horses and the goat car
riagcsi As these places now conducted
the man who would satisfy tho cravings OF app.tits
ip the Central Para must either have big purse or
short stomnoh For the poor tho restaurants Of that
great pleasure ground AFFORD facilities whatever.
Everything sold in these places OF which there
arc half dozen rs put at price which even tho
rich might wen hesitate 70 pay aud yet the Central
Park restaurants ought TO be models OF cheapness
well as excellence. Even bread and butter ana milk
are held such sxorbitant 70 be beyond the
reach Of tho needy''
ACTING ON the SUGGESTION.
In view Of these allegations = HERALD reporter Was
instructed spend several days In and about the Park,
gathering information regard 10 the management Of
great pleasure ground. There werc the carriage
and tho donkey service and the goat carriages
and the flying horses and the boat and tho
taurauis all TO be looked into, and at the last named
places the reporters instructoas not only
10 examine the bill Of faro, but to eat aud drink AZ
them In order to be able to speak with more precision
In regard TO Thorn. II q somewhat formidable un-
dertakng, II must DO confessed. out II was carried
through without any worse CONSCIOUSNESS than d. of
indigestion The carriage service, however, was found
"a utterly and inefficient that the exercise
obtained in GOING from ono paco 10 another, because
tho extortonate rates demanded by the Park vehicles
mado walking . necessity, modified In great degree
the evils ofthe tryins ordeal
AT rnR DAIRY HOUSE.
Entering by tho Eighth avenue gate the HERALD
man once made bis way TO tho Dairy the chill
dren's Summer House. This building covers part OF
one OF the popular thoroughiares In the Park and
most people In gong 70 and coming from the Mall tho
Terrace and the pass through Is 1t Is an inviting
spot aud the temptation TO linger over the tables In
spscting the bill OF fare Is very great As the HERALD
took his In what appeared to him the oosiost
corner Of the plaoo and began peruss that interest,"
ing document walter appeared and patiently remained
until the order' given. The Dairy House bill or
faro II the Central Park is . study 1t begins
With that popular inside freezer called Ice cream which
Is offered At 4 Uniform price but In cndlcss variety.
On the walls aud against the pillars in every direction
is seen the legend ssIcc cream a. 10 cents and
the HxRALD man sat down ID the Dairy HOUSE, restAu-
rant dozen women and children a. the different
tables eagerly consuming It. IA glass Of milk aud
piece OF apple pie - said n. NJ when ha Inspection OF
the bill Of fare ended a. the waiter hurried
away 10 fulnl The order ne costated TO himself "A
glass OF mlk--that IL peculiar ordcf for me to give
but was sent here TO eat and drink, and, ~ milk
ought TO be the speciality Of dairy, Of necessity
must drink milk. And as to pie. never cat pie !;
indeed. l regard pic as the enemy OF the American
stomach, out there 10 good pic as well bad pie.
suppose and bound to tost this for tho benefit Of
my country" The milk and pie brougnt-An
awfully small glass Of milk for cents and triangle
Of paste from the corners OF which pecpod out what
may encs have been apples, but which were no longer
either 70 the taste the eye the fruit Of the pyrus
malss. Tho lovers OF pie would have regarded II as
good pie. however, and the price was 10 cents
whole pie Of which she piece question equal TO
quarter could have been bought any baksshop
In Now York Tor 20 cents, and quars OF milk
worth cents delivered by The mkman, could
have been subdivlded into 1--WE such glasses
II will thus be seen that the Central Park
Restaurants mako 100 per cent q simple
piece Of pie and increase the price OF milk nvcfold
over that paid by the ordinary consumer WHAT then
bus. be tho pront upon ''bread and bu,tcr," for =
small quantity OF which 10 cents is charged2 Those
facts were apparent at the very outset OF the inves
gaton whe every step OF the inquiry revealed oth"r
charges equally surprising and, II possible, even more
OK crbtant.
The bill of are at tho Dairy House Is exceedingly
limited, consisting, as IL does, mostly Of cc cream,
pastry fluids The ice cream 10 cents the PFC,
app or peach Is 10 cents; the cake assorted sponge
VINE cron, II 10 cents; The brend ana butter ID
10 csns the blanc Nance hsm or tongues
arc 10 cents; the cvseo or tea in pots IS 70
cents, in cups 10 cents; glass Of sherry, cIare,
or Rhine vine 10 Is snts Catawba, sherry or ciaret
cobu er is 20 cents pint of Philadelphia ale bottled,
is 20 cents, and Edinburgh, Asops or Base aie or
Guinness stout London porter 30 CENTS All these
il il readily perceived are iiancy prces charged SIM
py because the better class Of restaurants charge them
Msnv oxcolien. in this city sell Bass alc for
rs cents and The ruling price over The bars o. New
York In most OF the VINE rooms In this city 10 cents
only liz charged gnss Of shorty or clare and Id
ce nts for a copber. cup Of coffee In every way rs
good that furnished TO the HERALD representative IN
Central Park for 10 cents may be had almost anywhere
down town cents and even bread and butter
tor hall tho sum askea a. the Dairy House.
when The pic aud the milk had oeen tested the
HERALD man took d stroll In ordcr TO inform him.
sell somewhat as to The prices charged 70,
Carrousol TINS la word not In the dictionary
aud consequently thcre is not . printer, IN the
TO his own INCLUDED sense Of fitness things The
place has nothing to DO with .he verb ITO caroose,
ard SO we must look into the inner consciousness OF
the PARK Commissioners for its meaning IL Is true,
also that our habilua disregard of the originality and
words for tho English language should cease. Tho
place where the 1yng horses are MADE TO go round
the Carrouscl,he accent Is on tue last ssllaoie ana
Inc word is probably derived from the French cara
coi,t is not merely English word spelled French
as some people might imagiuc-whicb means The hai
turn which horseman makes by ADDING another ~ :,
and changing the last syllable from ''colo" TO SSH,
besides taking liberties with The accent, the WORD
scarrouse is formed and II means. oil course, y'ng
horse winch goes all the way round IL TO be noPed
that no reader OF the HERALD will regard THIS dein
ton rs whimsical,ty, TOR the word carrouse
docs not this II cannot mean awning ~ was
somcv hat clustering day when The HERALD man Wis.
ned flying horses and there we're no children there
ride the iery untamcd steeds. The oDilgrg young
pcrson who attends on tncm onscquently had ample
limo Tor conversation. SHOW long have these horses
been at workY' the reporter inquired. seven or
not higher until laLclyyo ut was always ten cents
until a month ago" "Why was tho reduction made ~
.sTbal don't know--for the benefit Of the puolc,
SUPPOSE Tho benefit of the public-thero was some
reason in that but tho Same KIND Of reasoning aia
not seem apply TO the RESTAURANTS, and Why tho
rates Tor the flying horses should 30 down while the
prices at Dairy Hoase, SO near at hand should re-
main very high, was mystery when .ha repo,'o1