Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1893-03-12
FOOD AT THE FAIR.
Provisions for>Feedin9 the Multi
tude at tho Exposition.
Immense R%estaurants and Kitchens
Throughout tho Grounds There
VIII no Ample Room for
tho Hungry Visitors.

VIII 10 Ample Room Tor
tho Hungry Visitors.
To feed tho multitude at the fair next
! year has been a question upon the solu-
ton Of which the hardest work of tho
officials of the exposition has been cx-
pended. After months of labor and In
vcstigation, Of trials and interrogations.
the ways md mcnns committee has
arranged q plan by which catablcs md
turntables will be furnished for all.
The most important concession in
tho hands OF that committee will
soon DO granted, md, although tho
names Of tho parties who will be
awarded the privilege Of handling tho
restaurants in tho large buildings have
not been divulgcd, Secretary Crawford
has intimated that all tho restaurants
outside of special concessions will DO ia
the hands OF ono company. To feed the
people 1t Is calculated to take ut least a
trainload of provisions per day. 1t
would be impossible to properly oversee
tho price lists md TO prevent swindling
or bad food IL tho restaurant in caoh
building were in the hands of separate
persons. Therefore tho ways and means
committee proposes TO have things ar
ranged so as to DO nblo 10 place tho
responsibility for any laxity, and to
prevent inadequate service TO the public.
At tho southern end Of the grounds
an immense kitchen will be built, capa-
bio of providing for n restaurant with
a seating capacity Of 10000. In this
kitchen will be cooked all provisions
for the main building restaurants.
thereby preventing the smell of cooking
permeating the exhibit buildings, an
would be the case were many kitchens
established.
In the forestry, agricultural. ma
chinery, manufactures. mines, trans
portation, fisheries, electricity and
horticultural buildings space has been
reserved for cafes In the total space
reserved II Is calculated that between
$4,000 and $4,000 people can be served
ut once. These restaurants will bs
fitted up with warming tables, so that
meats, etc, will not DO cold. In Ill
lotting the space for restaurants twelve
feet square was figured for each person,
so rs to provide ample room for COM
fort. After the army OF cooks In tho
mammoth kitchen have prepared tho
food 1t will be conveyed TO the restau-
rant in wagons fitted up with appli-
nnces for keeping things piping hot.
: This service will require about fifty
wagons, and 1t is the aim Of the COIN
mittec to sec 10 it TINT there Is no de-
lny in delivering the eatables.
The ways and means committee re-
serves the right on oil SUGGESTIONS to fix
the prices and the measures. Secretary
Crawford and Chairman Butler have
4 hncnInn en- nxnart that thn. ,u. kolI -r
hand how thick n slice of beef should
be to bring 25 cents, or how many. pen
nuts legally constitutes q pint. Tho
ways and means committee docs not
intend to have odium upon tho
fair by allowing things TO run them
selves, and restaurants to reap golden
harvcsts for nothing. While 1t is tho
intention to mako oil concessions pay
as well MS possible, It Is far from tho
calculations of the fair officials that
comfort n fair treatment shall be
sacrificed TO gain.
Chairman Butler. in speaking Of tho
plans OF his committee, said tho other
day:
"Of course, we are going to make
everything pay, but 1t Is u mistaken
Idea circulated by certain newspapers
that we have sacrificed too much space
for restaurants aud concessions. Wa
have not cncronchcd upon the exhibit
OTIS space. Now my idea Is that, IL tho
fair Is to be a success, II Is very essen
tial that tho creature comforts of tho
visitors be looked after. First, feed n
man IL you want him TO enjoy him
self. Tho restaurants arc something
moro than money makers.
"Thcy are necessary convcnienccs. IL
wo shut them out wa destroy nm Gle.
mcnt which Is Indispensable. As the
matter was originally fixed tho space
for restaurant was marked on the plan
OF each building before any space qucs.
ton was considered. In total we have
room enough In tho largo buildings TO
accommodate $4,000 people Mt ono sit
ting. That takes up f2o, 900 foot or
thcrcabouts. / have seen 1t in print
that In the machinery building 80 much
space had been devoted to restaurants
that tho exhibitors had left about $780,
600. square feet less than was allowed
that department Mt the centennial In
1870. You must taltc into consideration
that we have immense buildings dc.
voted TO machinery, electricity, mines
mid Transportation exhibits exclusively.
At tho centennial NIL Of those depart
monte wcro comprised under tho head
Of machinery. We have 90 thoroughly
discussed tho care and comfort of visit.
ora that believe wo nro now practical.
ly bcyoId any addition "a the arrange.
incnts. There will bc no Objectionable
features 10 the restaurants In the largo
buildings rs the cooking will DO done
Uutsidc.
an addition TO tho restaurants men.
toned there will DO others on the
ground and In Midway plaisaucc thnt
will probably scat 10000 to 90, 900 poo.
pie, Equipped 80 thoroughly in every
department, / can 400 no cause for al.
lcging that VIC will not attend to tho
wants Of every ono, and [ think that
no n will find any offensive feature
In tho whole plan"