Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-11-16

WIS pihcet rA-ssss s..S uSSiStaHt luuh- ager. Henry Burnett; the second, un- der Lieutenant R. E Wood, U. s. A., took in all stations from Bohio to Pedro Miguel, and the third dealt with camps from Pedro Miguel to La Boca and was placed under the management of the superintendent, j.. M. Mcguire.
 Each division was subdivided for quar- tering purposes and was left to super visors, who personally see that all em- ployees are given rooms and that the rooms are taken care of. In addition, each division has supervisor of kitch- ems, where food for .'silver men, is pre- pared, and there is hotel manager who looks after everything.
 Large hotels, such as are at Corozal and Culebra, are not considered tho type that is wanted. It has been found that they throw together too many peo- pie of various temperaments, who are not as happy, it is thought, as they would be in cottages having two, four, six or eight rooms each. Several of these are now being built for bachelors. In these they can establish their own mess if they like or go to the hotel for meals. Every camp has doctor.
 The larger camps have hospitals, where mild cases are treated, which, if necessary, are removed to Aneon or Colon, where the large hospitals are located Each bachelor has in his room bed, dresser, washstand, table, chair, lamp and the inevitable mos quito canopy, under which he must sleep. The men do not take to the canopies, but the doctors insist upon their use, and the penalty for disobe- dience is expulsion from the isthmus
 Tables in the dining room are ar. ranged for four, and there is always a bottle of quinine on each, with in structions to take one tablet of three grains at dinner every day. A lemon or lime is beside the plate at every meal and there is an abundance of iced tea and lemonade.
 Meals for the "gold men" in the field and those in the city differ in that in town the Spanish custom of coffee and fruit, with perhaps roll or an egg for breakfast, does not satisfy the Ameri- cans who have hard forenoon's work ahead of them. They want the solid breakfast they are used to at home, and they get it. The meal hours ex- tend from half past-5 to z o'clock. As furnished to the correspondent, who sat with 16S employees at the Hotel Culebra, it consisted of cereal. a steak, potatoes, eggs. hot biscuits and choice of tea, coffee or chocolate.
 It was stated that in lieu of the steak the hotel was prepared to serve bacon, ham, hash, stew or mackerel. For luncheon, or what would constitute breakfast for the employees in Pana- ma and Colon, there were soup, two kinds of meat, three vegetables, bread and butter, fruit, tea, coffee and choco- late. The dinner was practically the lunch over again, with fish, salad and dessert added. No extras of any kind are allowed either for eating or drink ing except in case of sickness, when toast or any delicacy that can be ob- tained is furnished. The food was ex- cellent, bountiful and cleanly served, A correSpondingly good showing is made in the silver quarters" The la borers' houses are one story and about 50 by 40 feet in one room. They hold nfar from forty to. seventy-two men. The cots are Iron frames. covered with can vas. three tiers high. similar to those used on army transports. Until la borer draws his first pay he is fed at the Kitchens for 30 cents each day For this he gets soup, beef two or three times a week, rice. beans, bread and coffee. After his first pay day it is op- tional where he eats. Many have pre- ferred to buy their own food and cook it in tin cans in the open. but the num- Der now returning to the kitchens is in- creasing.
 Hotels have been tried for two months and half under the manage ment of clerks chosen from the branch of labor and quarters. These were men inexperienced in the hotel business, but they have done exceedingly we'll. The hotels will now be turned over to pro- fessional stewards, who. it is expected, will give still better results. No mon- ey is taken for meals except from nonemployees, and in such case a num- bered ticket is issued, which must be accounted for to the auditor The ho- tel people handle little or no cash. Elm ployees are required to use hotel cou- pon books Issued from the auditors of flee. Each book contains fifty thirty cent coupons and Is good for fifty meals at any of the commissions hotels on the isthmus An employee may there fore get a meal anywhere he may chance to be on the zone at the same price he pays at the regular hotel and without being charged at his regular hotel for meal he did not have. The sl5 for the book is charged to him on the payroll The book can be obtained at any period of the month after its value has been earned. and before that time the employee can obtain meals on a letter from his departments head.
 Changes in the general feeilng of em- ployees since the establishment and successful management of the eommis- sion hotels are very noticeable to those who noted their feelings under the old contract system. II is certain that now the small army of gold men, is in good spirits and generally contented, if not actually happy. The patriotic impulse to build the canal without nrarS.t and fn sna Taa.t r,oa~ft,fa lime