The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-01-21
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have telephones III every room cannect-
Ing with tho Office, a central exchange
and all parts of the city. THY each
accommodate about 1000 guests. Last
winter the Tampa Bay turned people
away. Prices range from s35 to 500
week for a single room and up to $3.50
for suites. while $50 and $75 a day is no
uncommon price for the best suites.
During the winter months these two
magnificent hotels are temporary homes
of the nobility Of the old world and the
aristocracy Of the new'. In the office,
corridors and parlors can be met people
who have travelled from one side of the
earth TO another, and he who becomes o
guest of either abides in a palace and
amid poetry, music and art andis thrown
in daily contact with tho most intelli-
gent and refined people from all parts OF
the world.
The Tampa Bay was built by the Plant
system. and when the tourists had in
spected it and the grounds they were in
troduced to Mr.. Plant and by him
welcomed in a short speech. Mr.. Plants
home is in New York city. He is an old
gentleman Of 20 years OF age and not in
the best of health. Despite his age and
waning powers, however, lie is, with
characteristic northern energy. spend
ing his millions developing Florida and
has done more than any 0ther individual
company of them for this beautiful
land. He will never live to see the best
fraition Of his fond hopes, but unborn
southerners for years to come will bless
his name, and memory, and il we mis-
take not the state of Florida will some
day erect q monument commemorative
OF his latest LIES work.
All Of Wednesday was spent at Tampa.
This little city has a population of about
5000, but Is growing rapidly. Real
estate is very high. For years it wa a
sleepy old town Of a few hundred inhabi-
tants. The advent of the Plant people
has revolutionized things, until now
the ONLY primitive sight is a locomotive
and two ears operated as a street ra,l-
way line. This is soon to be displaced
by the modern electric system.
1t was uncomsortably warm the day
We were there, and the tourists were
glad to get out of the hot sun and into
the Office and reception room of tho Al
mefia Hotel. After dinner IS many
carriages as could be provided were
rendered the excursionists. others took
the street cars and under the escort Of
the mayor, Mr.. Herman G%logowsky. q
visit was made to Ybor city, a suberb q
mile or two out of the city. Mayor Clio
gowsky. by tho way, proved to be one OF
the incest gentleman we met on the
trip, and the write, is under obligations
to him for special courtesies. Ybor City
is devoted exclusively to cigar factories
and their employees. The residents are
all Cubans aud comprise about 1900 of
the population OF Tampa. The visitors
were driven to the factory of v. Martini
ez Yh0r s. Co. where 712 hands were EN-
pl0yed in the manufacture OF pure Ha-
vana cigars. No other tobacco is used
and nothing cheaper than a lc-cent
cigar turned out, while the 'niost of them
retail from Is tn % cents. In one long
room three hundred odd men were roll
lag cigars and in the room below almost
as many. As is the custom in all cigar
factories where Cusans are employed
whether five or FIVE hundred in number
-areader helps to while away the long.
nlonOt0nous hours. IIo sits upon an
elevated platform in the middle of the
room and reads ia Spanish the daily
Spanish papers Of Havana from 10 till
noon and in the afternoon a novel for
two hours. Two readers were employed
In the factory %risited-one In each end
Of the largest rooms. Each workman
contributes 20 cents a week for the
pleasure. and the pay Of a reader in q
large factory averages about $75 a week.
For a very small sum each man ia thus
kept we'll posted on current events. and
it is claimed they cen make enough more
cigars while thus entertained to pay for
it ten times over. They earn from 9I8
to $50 a week. On q departure the
proprietor passed around o box Of very
choice cigars.
; Under the escort OF Mayor GlogowskY.
President and Mrs. Bishop. President
and Mrs. Heg of the Wisconsin associa-
tiun, Mr.. and Mrs. S. B. Milton and Mr..
and Mrs. C. R. Tinan drove TO the factory
where the cigar boxes are made.
We neglected to mention that every
piece Of wood Havana tobacco comes in
contact with In a factory is Of cedar, as
the tobacco is very susceptible to odors
that detract from its choice flavor. The
charm OF Havana tobacco is not 80 much
due to the soil Of Cuba as tho method of
curing and care until rolled into cigars.
For this reason thousands Of pounds OF
tobacco is shipped to Cuba from the
United States, cured and exported Us
Havana tobacco. The climate OF Tampa
Is so near liHo that Of Havana that the
tobacco looses o N Of its flavor In course
Of manufacture.
The cedar for cigar boxes comes frcn,
Central America in the shape OF slabs
sawed to the proper thickness and OF
nearly the proper width. The boxes are
nailed by machinery aud stamped with
an ordinary job printing press. Girls
paste Oh the trimmings.
On u return from tho cigar box