The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-11

comes apparent that to prepare the way for an army of pIeasure-seaksrB another subsidiary arm ia. necessary Taking into account only the ten Breateaf and most famous of Florida's hundreds of hotels e,T00 people are employed solely to minister to the comfort of the invading hosts. The manoeuvering of this subsidiary army alone is no small task, for 1t includes on it's stan seven generals of division called managers, thirty-one housekeep- CTS and assistants. 240 chambermaids. 270 laundresses and assistants, ninety clerks. seventeen auditors and book keepers seventy-~porters and assist ants, 2ll hall boys, eighty-six engi- peers and assistants, thirty-nine elec- tricians, twelve plumbers and ffty-six cleaners. In the quartermaster's de. pertinent of this army there are nine- teen stewards and assistants, forty storekeepers. and forty-four wine stewards and assistants.
 Everything must be done on a large scale in the running of these hotels. The grape fruit that the guest ate with his breakfast was one of 214,000 consumed during the season, More than twice as many oranges--about 4s6.000--were required. Coffee was brewed for supply aggregating .s3,- 500 pounds or mora than 25 tons. The cream was gathered from 5000 quarts of milk and 11s.000 quarts were need ed for other purposes. The butter used weighed nearly 150.e00 pounds. Eggs were eaten by the million, B. 100000 being -e- seasons supply. Of other edibles, 51,000 pounds of ham. 46,000 pounds of bacon, S.4e0 livers. 2se,e00 lamb chops and S,376,s0o steaks were consumed in these great hoatel- ries. For dinners there were served last winter, among others things, 1sS,~ GOO pounds of rib roasts and 15S.700 sides of beef.
 Salt and pepper were used in guam titles to astonish the housewtfe-e6.- GOO pounds of salt, and s1 .oO0 pounds of pepper. As A sort of frihf to the menu. there were served TOO gallons of olives, s29,0e0 clans and S25,00D oysters. Another item too important to be overlooked was 1.s0o barrels of -four, which went into rolls, bread things. Ten chefs, 220 cooks and as- sistants. fifty-five bakers and assis- tants and 1000 walters assisted in the preparation and service of the food.
 To contribute to the happiness of seekers for rest and recreation, 11e musicians. six golf professionals. four swimming teachers, and ninety gar deners were employed.
 Unlike the regulars" in blue uni- forms. this pleasure seeking army travels de luxe' in Pullman coaches. With the extension, now in progress, of the road to Key West, and thence by car ferry to Havana, the soldier of the recreation-seeking army will be able to go from San Francisco to Cuba by train. Moreover. should the much -talIked-of railroad across Beh- ring Straits be completed. an ail-rail journed from Paris to Havana will be possible, so that the dandy of the Parision boulevards may take his rail- way ticket straight through for a sea- son in Florida or Cuba, if he prefers the long Siberian journey to the storms of the Atlantic.
 The transformation of the entire east coast of Florida from a barren waste of sand and alligator swamps into the most extensavp pleasure re- sort in the world, together with the building of the first seagoing railway, has been the result of one mans dar- ing enterprise. number of years ago MT. H. M. Flagier conceived the idea which has added so0,000 to Flor ida's winter population, and has since devoted to fits development the mill lions which came to hsm as one of the pioneers of Standard Oil The hotels and the railway have advanced to- gether from Jacksonville down the