The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-07-28
DINING CAR
AND HOTEL
SYSTEM
DISTRIBUTES LARGE PAY ROLL IN
THIS CITY.
Built Up the Greatest Service of
tho Kind In This Country,

tho Kind in This Country.
Few people. other than those dl-
Tectly or indirectly interested. realize
the substantial Importance TO ogden
OF the permanent location in this city
Of the general headquarters OF the
dining car and hotel department OF
the great and growing Hartman sys-
TEN Of railroads. The general offices
and headquarters Of this department
are located In the large and handsome
pressed brick building almost lmmed-
lately south of the Union passenger
depot, and the structure is about 10
b. 200 feet in dimensions and three
stories In height. In this attractive
structure are located the handsome
ly equipped and well-arranged offices
of F E. Lewis. general supcrinten-
dent of the system: F. w Gentsch. as
siStant 10 the superintendent; +. Y.
Hess. general auditor of the system
c. l. Miller general commlssary; f.
w, Bradbury, inspector Of dinilg cars
and hotels. and n. p. Blaine. lnspec-
tor of outfits, while half a hundred or
more clerks, stock-kcepers AMI the
like have desks in adjoining apart
ments. Every available square foot
of the big building Is utilized TO some
purpose and the space not occupied
for Offices is used TO carry varied
and heavy stock or general supplies
for dining cars and hotels The stock
and equipment carried here will equal
a monthly average of about $4,000.
and the issues In the way Of supplies
and the Ike to dining, observation
and composite cars. hotels. restau-
rants and boarding camps under con
troll OF the department Will averas>
approximately $4,000 every thirty
days.
Heavy Pay Roll.
The total number Of employees in
the Hartman dining car and hotel dc.
partment will number approXimatclY
one thousand, and the pay roll viii
aggregate in the neighborhood OF $50
600 every thirty days, a large proper
ton Of which is distributed among
employees who make their homes In
Ogden and crews whose home station
Is In this city Aside from this heavy
payroll. which is increasing monthly,
the commissarv department OF tho
system distributes a vast sum each
month for fruits, vegetables, canned
goods and the Ike purchased from
Ogden business houses and cold stor-
age firms.
Mileage Covered.
The total mileage covered by the
Hartman dining car and hotel system
having headquarters in this city is ap-
proXimately $3.50 miles. of which g.
095 is Union Pacific mileage: 1,50S
Oregon Short Line mileage, aad 7S6
Southern Pacific mileage, including the
Ogden-Oakland territory. This mile
age is increasing with the extension
of the Hartman system of roads in
the west. and at present more than
sixty first-grade dining cars are In
active service during daylight runs
and from sixteen to twenty observa.
tion and composite cars are scattered
over the roads included in the system
OF this number eight or ten dining
cars are now In service on the Ore
gon Short Line and center at Ogden.
ten and sometimes n dozen are run
ming regularly on the Ogden Oakland
line of the Southern Pacific and CEN
ter at Ogden. while other magnificent
diners pass through this city daily on
Los Angeles and Overland Limited
trains Other cars are also attached
to all frSt~class Union Pacific trains
and all of these diners draw their
regular supplies from ogden head
quarters.
Thousands Fed Daily.
A close estimate Of the average
number of meals served on trains
monthly amounts 10 nearly 125,000, or
a daily average Of more than i010
meals and this is not taking into con.
sideration the meals served at hotels.
restaurants and boarding camps main
talned and operated b. the dining car
system along the Hartman roads. The
meals served on every dining car in
the splendid system are up to a high
standard of excellence and compare
more than favorably with those Serv.
ed in the best hotels Of the larger
cities of the east o. with the best din
ing car service found in any part of
the United States.
Hotels and Restaurants.
In addition 10 the dining car scr
vice on the Union Pacific, Southern
Pacific and Oregon Short Line trains.
the Hartman diling car and hotel
system maintain and operate hotels
at Council Bluffs. North Platte, Sid
ney, Laramie, Green River, Ogden.
Topeka, Abilene. Ellis. Kansas, Sterl-
ing. Colorado; Pocatello, Idaho, and at
Inlay. Nevada. while restaurants are
operated at Omaha. Cheyenne. Raw
linS, Evanston, Cache Junction and
Yellowstone. Montana In addition to
those named above. Superintendent
Lewis will soon open up and operate
new hotels at Carlin and Montello,
and will also omen up new and first