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reserved, a waiter to serve them, and their din- ner, as they had ordered it, ready on the table. “Another and more simple plan of feeding
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the hungry, and one which is more generally availed of, is for the restaurant keepers along the line of road to furnish travelers with a nicely-assorted lunch, packed conveniently in a small basket, delicious in quality, and appe- tizing in the manner it is arranged for eating. This basket of luncheon is taken in the cars, and consumed at leisure, the empty hamper, with its appointments, being collected by the railroad employees, and returned to its owner for use again in the same manner. “The difference between this delicate and
refined mode of refreshing the inner man, and that which obtains with us, is apparent. Adopt the European plan here and a fortune will be quickly earned by the persons who car- ry it out in all its details. Our people are not slow to recognize what will add to their com- fort, and we are always ready to pay liberally for proper service.” One wonders if Fred Harvey saw this
latter piece? The Pennsylvania Railroad’s Logan House, in Altoona, Pa., had already adopted a plan similar to what the Times’s writer described. February 22, 1897: Before we leave heavy snowfall for perhaps the last time in 2015, con- sider this, also from The New York Times: A snow slide demolished the train station and 12 freight cars in Ophir, Colo. Seems the station agent and his wife were in the station having dinner at the time. Good fortune smiled on them, as “the timbers fell in just such a shape” that the agent was only slightly injured and “his wife did not receive a single bruise.” July 1905: A fictional account — “Bear
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