Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-03-22
PREPARING FOOD
FOR TRAVELLERS
Dining Car Chefs Prepare Elk.
tended Menu in Kitchen ID
Feet Long BY 2i2 Feet
Wide.

New YORK. March 20 what would
your cook say II YOU told her 10 pro-
pare u meal Tor zoe guests, aud pro-
Nid.d ~ Kitchen with floor space ~
feet tons and -. feet wide aud q pam
try about sia hy four II Is safe 4"
say that she would give notice "c-
fore YOU had time To- explain that N"d
wanted a menu offering as widv
choice rs that of tho hest hotels And
VI YOU added that the Kitchen ANA
dining room would bc travelling 1T q
rp,cd Of from 20 To- 80 mites an h"'f
white the meat was being cooked ana
SERVED. Imagine the Indignation 80
your outraged servant
Vet this Is what H. being done "n
the railroads OF the country every
duN. and these limitations imposed ~
tn. lack of spnco and the necessity Tor
sp.cd are not the greatest that must
he overcome pid you ever stop 81
,uauir. how tho little restaurant
dar,ins about the continent are stool
Ell ana controlled Uotcl manager o.
know the difHcGltN of keeping track
al supplies and equipment when thc'
are standing in ono place, hut sup
pose ,hcy were In "a or so after, ut
toraltirs aud moving as fast lH pow
,riul onginos could haul thcm towards
80 or 60 aihcr locautios' IN, prob.
TEN would then assume proper ,"uf
ma, would mako tho hut, man gasp.
The solving 90 tho problem of fc"d-
ing the huudr lis - thousands who
81. tN,.. nd,
dn, has boon on" Of the latest dcyr'-
opmcnts in rallruadiug y giimps-
into the inside workings of the scrv-
zee 30 of interest tu everyone who trnN
els nid eats.
Different roads haN" dili'rrii
methods. ct course. hut the system
un those which give IA" best scrvicc
does not var, greatly con- Tho Penn
s,huuia, which was one of tine piI-
n,,rs In this fi,ld. Their, is - sup,rin-
t.nd'ut of dining cars and r's,aI
ants with AN office go the now station
la New york cats. who has chars, OF
IN. service ON tho Tines cust ui Plus.
burg
t'udor his >up.rt ision thor, are o.
steel dining cars 80 wooden car. ana
AIN station restaurants. The norm p
force uf employees working uudc' Dee
direction is about i.l2o Last votf
There were 1.l30.U"o meals served %
TIA. dining cars ON this road alone
aud 1898. zoe in the restaurants. b.
total Of 3.t23.pnn meals. ,trIt ON. of
which had 90 br dulA recorded aud
checked against the amount eft snp-
plt.s given out and Ia, cash receipts
ia the ofnc" of the superintendent
Every year the dining car service To-
increasing in extent ana cliiciencr. II
WAS not TN 10. fan OF 1852 that tho
PENNSYLVANIA began to sorkr meals
un is trains. IN that year four din
INK ears were pat on the New York
Chicago limited In 1906 the COM
rany vac operating a. dining ears on
90 trains. Will, TODAY There are rs
cars doing service on 90 trains
Provisions for tho Restaurants are
houEht direct ana kept m their own
store rooms and rofrigoiatng plants.
but NATURAL, this rtruot be done on
dining cars Tho base, 81 supplies for
them il a commissarint when a car
is pat into service il Is ri,tcd out with
% standard equipment costing about
,2.u0e Tho conductor cor steward
then takes charge and makes ont
rrquisiii0n 'ur necessary supplies ~,
D. responsible for everything contain
cd ia tn, car. and Do a hpttl, eft cream
or an OYSTER fork BIS missing at tho
cnd of The ruH 10 BE- known 30 miu-
utca after the car gets back 10 tho
central station az Sunnysldc or Love
island when tho steward turns n