The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-06-23
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1885.
FEEDING THE MULTITUDE.
Seven LoaVes and a Few Small
Fishes Inadequate for the Task.

From the fact doubtless that Portland is
unaccustomed to entertaining any such
throng of people as are with us to-day, many
have feared that the preparations for the
task would be inadequate. To ascertain
whether there was any grounds for such
fears or not q PRESS representative took
stroll over the city last evening" and the re-
suit of his visit doubtless will be as great
surprise to our readers as to him. He natur-
ally first went to the bakeries to see what
provisions they had made to furnish eatables
to those who are to cater to the wants of the
inner man during the present week
AT l.. A. Cloudy & Co.'s establishment he
found busy scene. Mr.. Goudy is just en-
larging his building, but in the midst of it all
his forty workmen are uninterrupted. They
have tried for the last two nights and all
day Sunday to get little advance Of the de-
mand. Yesterday they turned out 1900 pots
of baked beans. Allowing liberal supply
to each man this will feed $4,000 persons.
They also baked 1000 turnovers and 1900
pies, which will make 5000 pieces of pie and
turnovers; also $500 loaves of bread and 800
loaves of brown bread and $50 barrels of
crackers. This product goes to the different
hotels, restaurants and lunch counters.
The bakery of West 81 Calderwood are
working two crews, one by night and one by
day. and are turning out eatables, as Mr..
West referred to it, "by the acre" Other
smaller establishments are working to the
extentof their capacity, and only glance at
them is sufficient to convince any one that
there will be no famine in our city
l. - 4l,os-
most capacity, and supplemented by the sup
plies received from the bakeries will be able
to feed great body of men. At the Fal-
mouth Landlord Martin says that he can
easily furnish regular meals for 1000 persons
while lodgings are provided for 700 guests.
The United States Hotel is as usual at such
times busy place. Last night and this
morning they will cook, among other things,
II hams, 20 canned tongues, so pounds
canned beef 800 pounds fresh beef, 5 lambs,
2 carcasses mutton, carcasses veal, barrels
potatoes, 200 dozen eggs, % pounds sausage,
rs pounds pork, % pounds tripe. They will
purchase for to-day's use 100 pies and 200
two-pound loaves Of bread. This house can
furnish meals for from 700 to 800.
AT the City Hotel they cooked yesterday,
200 pounds of poultry, 800 pounds of ham and
tongues, 200 pounds of beef, and other arti-
cles in proportion. They are to receive this
morning 200 loaves of bread and 600 pies,
with cake and doughnuts to match. The old
dining room of this house is to be used as
lunch room, and 100 people can be fed here
every half hour, While the new dining room
will seat great many. Meals are to be
served at this house at all hours.
At the Preble, Steward Pooler has put in a
large store of good things which are to be
served to the guests of this house. He has
on hand, among other things, Is rumps of sir
loins, u careasses Of lamb, 200 pounds tur-
key, and 1876 pounds Of salmon. There will
be 70 cans of milk and two barrels Of flour
consumed every day. Last night the guests
enjoyed 80 pounds OF Holsters and 40 boxes
of Strawberries.
At camp u. S. Grant there are two large
restaurants and "a little million" of counters
where a good square meal can be obtained.
OF course the first and largest establishment
is FrOSt'S mammoth concern. Mr.. Frost is
no novice in this business and looks upon
this undertaking as very small affair. BE
was initiated into this business in the old
country, where he and partner have repeat
eddy furnished rations for as many as 10000
persons for three days This was in Alder
shut, at the great camping ground In the
south of England. Everything about his
establishment bespeaks order and regularity.
A large bell hangs over the entrance OF his
meals are ready To handle this affair Mr..
Frost has general manager, two cashiers, a
director of kitchen, two carvers, six store
keepers, nine cooks and eighty-one walters.
His furnace is an immense affair and he can
boil $50 gallons of water in it in ten minutes
after the fire is lighted Yesterday was
busy place at this establishment. The ovens
were run to their full capacity Sunday,
but yesterday there was no relaxation.
They cooked ton of corned beef, rs hams,
one-fourth ton of homeless ham and host of
other ''stuff." Ten tons of ice is received
every morning to preserve the immense stock
that is constantly kept on hand. 1900 lob
sters will be received to-day to help make up
a monster clam bake to be uncovered this
evening at o'clock. A large number of
veterans will get their rations regularly at
this huge tent which seats 2160 persons.
In any time but this the Chadwick House
restaurant would be considered big thing,
and it is for under the eXcellentmanagemen
of Mr.. Buck a great many Of the hungry
and thirsty can be accommodated. They
are now using 100 pounds of beef, about the
same of fresh fish, three barrels of potatoes.
100 loaves of bread, % pots of beans, and
other articles in proportion.