El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-06-02

not satisfied and if they continue to
forsake the mess kitchens in the fu-
ture as rapidly as they have in the
past, before the work is completed
there will be no mess kitchens In
1903 there were 1 400, 600 meals served
in these kitchens; in 1910 the number
had decreased to Isl 900. The meals
cost about nine and third cents each,
and were sold for 10 cents The thou
sand Spanish and Italian laborers at
work on the canal receive Is cents an
hour wages, and pay 40 cents day
for their rattons. Those rations are
almost exactly of the same weight
and nutritive qualities as the United
States army garrison ration, and cost
about 81 cents each. More than a
million of these rations were served
during the last fiscal year.
For the American employees there
are hotels at every town in the zone.
where meals are furnished at 35 cents
each Those meals cost, including the
service, a little more than 80 cents
each More than 2.OO0,0 900 meals were
served during the year and the daily
average was 1915.
The TivoH.
The TivoIi is the, Waldorf Astoria
OF the Isthmus, and of the whole tropi-
WI IL, 1OI tkbdt matter. rear AO
m1ral Stevens. retired, of the United
States navy, who has tried them All
declares that no where else in a life
time Of travel has he ever seen as
good tropical hotel as the Tivo1i
II was built by the. government in
1SUo and IS the rendezvous of all
Americans who travel this way. The
employees of the canal are given
special rates.
Built on a beautiful eminence at the
loot OF Ancon Hill, with Panama bav
and the city of Panama In front. An
con nil and the splendid Ancon hos
pltaI reservation in the rear. swept
Dy oreezes from the Pacific by day and
cooied by zephyrs from the Culebra
nils by night, surrounded by mighty
broad verandas. possessing a baIIroor1
and a dining room each ideally situat-
ed. It's cuisine excellent, its service
good. Its office force attentive to the
comforts OF its patrons, one can read
lIy understand why the Tfvo1f hotel
Is visited by every traveller and fs tbe
social headquarters OF the Isthmus.
II anyone thinks your Uncle sam il
a failure as a tavern landlord he has
never stopped at the Tivo1i. For five
dollars day one gets a room and bath
with meals that would cost nearly
Filtered Water Only.
Everybody in the employ Of the can
al commission drinks filtered water
mas full supply Of fee, and everything
else that goes to make Lying pleasant
ana comfortable The result of If all
Is that except for the petty complaints
that can never be silenced. no rnatter
what is done. the canal force is a
satisfied lot Of people
When the work began the snanish.
and the Italian governments did everv-
thing IN their power to prevent emf
grafton TO the fsthmus. and the United
states had TO stake some rernarlxabla
guarantees before they would allow
their people to sail. Now the letters
thaf go back to Spain and Italy from
here tell Of good times. good wages
good food. and good quarters. and
there is constant stream Of Iaborers
coming over, trusting TO the fates for
a job e9 lOi
1t Is the same with the West Indian
iaoorer When the work started he
was inclined TO shun Panama. Tales
OF the horrors Of the French devs
We're abroad, and the Isthmus seemed
to the negroes Of the Caribbean a SORT
OF pest-hole where death stalked nm
checked and uncontrolled. But that
has been changed long ago. and Pana-
ma is now an Ell Dorado to the West
Indian imagination.
Tomorrow-BanishiHg Inconsistencies
al the Panama Canal