The Portland daily press., 1898-09-16
sAM's'' IRON GLAD HOTEL.
Floating Citadel Where Five Hundred
Men Are Lodged and Fed-How the
Great Battle Ship Brooklyn is Provis-
ioned.
George Edward Graham in Leslie's
Weekly.)

register is not full and all the sleeping
rooms oocupied. Unlike Eother hotels II
has no regular revenue from 1he poaruefs'
but, more to be compared with otoplan
scheme for furthering the interests OF
mankind. it furnishes free lodging and
food for these who can join its colony, as
a return for service rendered.
Tbere are no loiterers at this hotel.
Those who occupy the "rooms with bath"
are no more exempt from the duties, the
performance OF which entities the board
ers to the privilege of tho house, than are
those of humber lnein who sleep in apart
ments of lesser attractions and fewer con-
yeniences. Everybody does full days
work; everybody is fully repaid for that
work by living conyeniences, good food,
and fair, though not extravagant salary.
These salaries amount each month to a
trife over $40, 900, and no man, from the
humblest boarder at SIS per month to the
highest-pricedsmen at $3.50 per month,
but fully earns his pay.
Out of this they must purchase their
own clothes, soap. towels, shoes, and even
knives and forks, while about thirty three
of them who are interested in the active
management of the great botel, although
not in it's financial output, furnish their
own food, drawing out propoftlonatety
larger salary as a ration Communication.
The hotel itself is a substantial struc-
ture even toward elaborateness OF detail
Its entire cost of construction was ~ 2OO,-
600, and it has every modern improve
ment and convenience. 1t is electric
lighted, steam-hsated. splendidly venti-
lated; has dozens of bathrooms, with
porcelain husband shower baths; large
promenades for exercise: large, airy sleep
ing rooms; large library; plenty of
lounging places; hospital, with attend
ant physicians and country store where
any commodity may be obtained atj.the
lowest market wholesale value.
1t is not generally sought by transients,
because they are not welcome, and it's
colony, therefore, usually partakes of this
nature of huge, happy, and exceedingly
well-discipliued family. In two essen
tials no hotel in the world, unless built
and conducted on similar principles, Is SO
hyRenically or SO niethodioally conducted
as this. Cleanliness, alleged 70 be next
to divine recognition Is one of the most
rigid rules of the establishment, and
healthy hours by fixture, for sleeping,
working and recretion. is the second feat
ure. 1t keeps its own plumbing shop,
machine.shop, and printipg-office. You
can get your hair out or your face shaved.
There Is tailor, baker and assistants,
laundry, and almost anything else you
want; and, "Eureka!'' you don't have to
tip your waiter at meals.
Uncle Sam owns this hotel exclusively
and has no partnership agreement, but of
quarters--fair sex entirely prohibited
| thirty-three act as managing officials, and
twenty five are servants-not including
cooks and kitchen attendants. 1t Is With
cooks this immense and unique hotels
commlssary that this article Is intended
mainly to deal. The commoner com
| modftles of life are purchased or made
in huge quantities, and are for dwellers
under Uncle Sam 8 roof, exclusive Of the
thirty three managers and servants.
In one month 16, 060 loaves Of bread.
one pound to a loaf, are made IN the bake
shop, and thirty five pounds Of yeast are
consumed in the making To butter the
butter obtainable are used. For break
fasts 900 pounds of coffee are used (all
items now being for the one-month
period), and to sweeten the coffee and
other things in whioh sweetening may be
needed 5000 pounds Of sugar are con-
9 lmed, while 800 pint cans of condensed
milk are used on the tables. Tea is not
S. much in favor as coffee, evidently, for
but 100 pounds q month is its record. n
In the meat line the record Is quite ap-
palling for the monthly consumption.
Fresh beef heads the list at 800 pounds
while salt pork comes next with 1900
pounds. Salt beef touches Ii consumption
record of 1900 pounds, and the other
meats follow with: Liver, 500 pounds;
porkS chops, 300 pounds; sausage, 300
pounds; pigs feet, 500 pounds; timed
meats, 500 pounds; bologna, 240 pounds.
This vast consumption of meat does not
seem to demonstrate a partiality for meat
altogether prohibitive, for the fish bills
runs up to goodly proportions, with 1000
pounds of fresh fish, 400 pounds of salt
mackerel, and 100 quarts of clans.
Such an attack upon meat and fish
might suggest an adherence by the
colony of the principles of vegetarianism,
but that theory Is cOmbated by the fact
that the monthly consumption of vegeta.
bles includes 400 bushels of potatoes,
twelve bushels of onions, twenty bushels
of turnips, 600 heads of cabbage, and 800
gallon of beans. And then, as little
relishes on the side. there are $40 pounds
of cheese 800 pounds of rice, 300 pounds
of macaroni, 100 pounds of dry fruit, 800
pounds of pickles, and thirty gallons Of
syrup.
Table condimentsTand seasoning for the
food cooked are provided without stint,
and the hotel manages to consume In that
way, each month, thirty gallons of vine-
gar, 200 pounds Of lard for shortening, 480
Quarts Of catsup, twelve pints of flavors,
800 pounds of salt, thirty pounds of pep
per, and twenty-four pounds of curry
powder,
The country store connected with the
hotel Is opened once month and does a
very large business. not particularly
lucrative, because it is not intended to
profit by sales. The average monthly sales
at the store include 1000 pounds of SOAP,
500 pounds of to baoco. 800 yards of blue
flannel, is yards of cloth, 100 ribbons for
hat. bands, fifty suits of underwear, fifty
pairs of shoes, twenty five pairs of trous-
ers. twenty five over.shirts of flannel, be-
sides numerous wisp' 'brooms, scrub
brushes, shoe brushes, tape, pins, needles,
cotton, thread, knives, scissors, spoons
and forks