The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
ABSER so<LBY's RAILROAD.
Built in q Hotel Dining Room for tn
Quicker Serving Of the Quests.

Il think about as curious thing as ever "
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In hotel dining room, said Col. Cailipcr. was
something they had, years ago In the old hotel
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room was long ana marrow, NOV unho lowing
alley In its proportions and when Abnor Goalby
nrst took the house he found more or less COM
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plants coming from ono oootucIs oo"n ~ uo
for end Of the room that their coffee was cold be-
for, IA got 20 tbem-t took 40 long for tho waiter
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the other end So Abncr lay awake two or three
night, thinking 1, over. and finally evolved tho
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iao' VI '"'.oou running uo"h VIC oe""e VI
the room for tho serving OF tho guests and board
ers at the other end
lhia as hnany built was an extremely simple
arrangement with very narrow.gnugo track,
with the rail, laid flush with the floor and the
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oo'' 'nn. ioh on ~ WHICH "ois ''o' io", eq'n'e
little platforms big enough for man to stand
ho,rg n,ono,I.d hv - c.h,o ,ur,irS ny,, ,o,,,,
oclhs p'opehoo ny cap'o running over iohoiS
&c, under the floor to which the car could be At.
the proson, cable railroads. The man on the
foot, chs, loose from tho cable and stop. or hook
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lion ' was for r the waiter who served shs. end Of
e 'oo'u 70 eoo "o Ia v" 0 so,' emu S ss mo
back, hating al every two three feet to deliver
lii. di,bos
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10 sec 'no .o"ee hApieas o"an GOWN 'no "ock
In the old hotel dining room was certainly one
of the sights OF Storkyills Centre. and plenty
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OF people used 70 como thero and put up AZ tho
hotel Just simply to sec It. Tho kitchen doors
would swing b,ck and IN, man vouId ,ppc,r.
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apparently shdn8 along mo moor ms spcod
rapidly increasing, and with II rising the hum Of
.
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music nc go tiPpihs uo"h 'ho aisio hNo nHeaN
OF creased lightning between the two long rows
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VINO OF more 'non nan OF 'hom' wouid 'urn rouhu
10 see him go plumb down To the end In ono
b,ck handing ov., IN. tbings iii h,d meet IN,
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Of the tables nearest the kitchen: then he'd hook
on og.in and hold ON thi, time. and scoot TO, the
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kitchen again
This strange railroad cost Abner lot Of none y:
bu, he 20, IL all bncl, and NOR. too from the in.
Eud Jcsi,sbIe ns IL %ss toy tSs ouicl and satis.
factory service Of The people at the lar end OF die
long tables Tor whose benefit it Was planned aud
To- I've az a money drawing adjunct Of The hotel
The time came her The railroad had % he ,akrn up
coming about through he Iailpond's being %" a
single track road Which II WIS 81 necess,tv' be-.
cause there wasn't room between the tables 70
%The cable. from tho far end M Oh, track ran
ON and around biz pulley sst hor,snn,nily under
tho floor beyond. and coming back to he track:
btuught cisr toc,tl"r q, min SID my .Id sre in
one difecu0n and ,he otter IN lie otb.I when the
sling he aid nIyn =. VS. a. sIif, III. 80; ,ram
he down part OF he cable n tie IN nan, rinninT
VI he"ir,cucnlly shls IH'iroad was all right and