The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-10-13
Hamburger Mans Hard Luck Tale.

hamburger wan > rldTu LuCN dICs
six sandwiches for nickel, mis-
ter"
That's what one lady owner of a /
lunch stand on the south side called
to returning land rush visitor last
night. The visitor either did not be-
lieve the call OF the woman or, like
the rest of the registration passen.
gers coming through Norfolk, had fill.
ed his stomach with eatables from
heavily loaded basket which he car
ried with him on the train, or had
purchased several of the railroads
box lunches.
Il just yelled that to them for fun"
explained the lady. They wouldn't
buy anything, anyway"
The lunch stands are making no
money out of what they expected to-
be land rush. There were eighteen
lunch stands on the south side near
the Northwestern right-ofway and
five of them have given up the propo-
sition so there are thirteen left.
Next week they expect three more
good days and hope to lust break
even"
A News representative called on
| most of the lunch stands yesterday
and was met with shaking heads and
answers of nothing doing" when he
inquired how business was.
There is no land rush" says one
| owner. An evening passenger train
from the registration points had just
arrived with about 400 passengers but
the stands were deserted. You don't
call that land rush do you?" asked
the lunch stand owner.
Bake Fifty Pies; Sell Two.
| Two ladies who own one of the
stands on the south side will lose
money. When they put in their sup
plies to feed the hungry landseekers
they baked fifty pies. Two of these
pies have been sold. The others were
either given away or thrown into the
scrap heap. These two ladies also
purchased over S12 worth of meat
which had to be thrown away. Anoth
| er owner of lunch stand on the
south side bought $50 worth of meat
and this could not be sold. 1t also
was thrown away. Another man
|
| to throw it away. Similar tales are
told at other lunch stands. Only a
few Of the south side stands are doing
any kind of business. The location on
the south side seems to have no in
fluence on the landseekers and in
some cases those in an obscure loca-
ton get as much business as those
who are located closer to the depot.
The stands located near the city de-
pot of the Northwestern get more
business than those on the south side,
but owners of these tell the same
stories.
On the south side the thirteen
lunch stands complete for service cost
over 1000, estimated at low figure
averaging $50 for the stand and $45
for the first supplies, and not includ.
ing the electric lights with which
they are equipped. 1t is not believed
) any of these stands have yet taken
: in enough money to cover their first
cost. The stands near the city depot
: were more expensive. The Wilde
. Barnhart stand cost over 500 and an
5 average of SIS per day is taken in
The Stanton-Sires stand cost $50 and
; averages IS per day. Polling & Nc
: Cormick have a stand worth 500 av
t eraging $40 per day; Fred Domnisee's
: cost SIS and averages IS; Gills stand
? cost about s25, averages s. a day
while Joseph PluhaCek has tent will
Y the cost for installment about IS ant
= receipts running up as high as 81
;. per day 1t is estimated that the to
D tai cost of the city depot stands il
/ $500 and the average receipts are s6t
= per day.