Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-08-30
All THE COOKING.
Ej'c,rical Kitchen Cooks Meals Of
Employcs


Epcirical IItchcn Cooks Meals Of
Employees.
II has been most thoroughly demon
lsiratcd that II In equally as important
to keep the employees of concern well
fed on good, wholesome food as II II
10 keep a good supply of first class coal
under the big boilers In powderhouse
Remembering this fact the General El-
ectric company Of Schenectady main
| ltains two large restaurants at It's nam
moth plant In that city where the em-
ployes can go AT all hours of the day
and regale themselves with lunch
or q fun meal at u nominal cost and be
assured of obtaining the very best the
market affords In roasting, baking.
frying and broilIng Is done over the
mysterious fires Of electricity. There
are no dirty ashes. no dusty handling
of coal. no SCOT no foul odors. All Of
these devices are Of the companys
own manufacture aud as they have
been In actual use for years their
worth and economy have been thor
Ioughly tested
The kitchen of the restaurant In
the main office building az Schenectady
| * equipped with large baking and
roasting ovens, stock kettles, broilers,
Igrids, stewpans, n steam table plate
warmer. hot plates cereal cookers,
water boilers, coffee percolators. etc.
There are also n potato pealer and q
dish washer. both driven by small ell
ectric motors The size and extent of
this electrical cooking installation can
be judged when II Is stated that be-
tween 1900 and 1890 persons are
served daily form this kitchen During
the week ending Aprll 10, 1000 persons
were served, of which 3.7G9 ordered a
| Ifull meal the remainder n partial one.
/ The preparation Of this food required
' the consumption Of i20 kilowatts OF
electric power which is equivalent 10
1915 watt hours per person per full
meal, which at n rate of bc n kllowait.
would be about ! lac n meal.
The electric baking owens are forty
1--WE inches wide thlrty-two sncsies
deep and eighteen inches high and
they win bake 100 loaves Of bread In
y foriy-iive minutes. The oven reaches
maximum heat In fifteen minutes and
this Is the special advantage of baking
by electricity. In the large roasting
oven thirty-five pounds Of beef can he
roasted In less than three hours time.
With the large broilers steak one
inch thick can bo properly broiled IN
FIVE minutes. All the other electrical
devices work in this simple, swift and
sure manner doing their work well
and thoroughly with a total absence OF
smoke, dirt or gasses and do not heat
up the surrounding atmosphere in the
kitchen.
The electrical kitchen on the hottest
day presents a fairly cool appearance
Electric fans quickly remove the little
radiant heat which comes from the
cooking food and th6 room Is never
sweltering hot as II IL whore coal fires
are used
Down In the main part Of the plant
is located n large cement building Of
two stories, which Is used exclusively
for restaurant purposes by the shop
employees. AZ this restaurant the em-
ploye can purchase for very small
sum a substantial meal or lunch If
he so desires he can at any time, ex-
,cept between - and 1890 when din
ncr Is being served. get sandwich or
some fruit, a cup OF coffee or glass
Of milk
For the most part the meals are
served from long counters. instead of
tables but each restaurant has also tho
regulation dining rooms for the use OF
heads Of departments, foremen, etc
Hundreds Of people are fed each dny
ot this shop restauran and every hit
the cooking Is done by electricity The
chef or his assistant throws a switch
and the oven gets hot in a few min
utes, another switch and the broiler is
ready for the steak and the pressure of
"a finger starts heat under the coffee
perculator, the stock kettles or any of
the other cooking utensils, When the
work IL done the simple reversing OF
the switch turns or the current and
the heat Is gone until II Is wanted
again
Under(ed, hungry mechanics can NOT
turn ont goo dwork Men nourshed
by poor unwholesome food can not
do their best. For these reasons the
restaurants were established NJ this
great electrical plant, as well as most
OF the branch plants and time has act.
.uallv demonstrated the wisdom If this
Industrial philosophy Health means
equally as much 10 the employer as To-
the emplOvo. both lose when an en-
plove Is forced to lay off for few
days on account of Illness Skilled
workmen are very scarce and high
priced and like a valuable machine.
they must he kent In good repair and
In perfect order II thev are to last long.
The Industrial restaurant has been
proven thorough success and many
Of the other large manufacturing con-
Germs are following the excellent ex-
ample set by this electrical company,