Show LUNCH tUNCH WAGON THE POOR MANS MAN'S FRIEND t WORKS ON THE RAPID TRANSIT PLAN W-i W A great reat Institution is the night Ight lunch lunchI I wagon It Is the poor mans man's friend If II jt were were- o not for these h hese se movable i ints many any an ai u unfortunate fortunate would go goto goLfa 11 to t bed hungry y Its Its hours are from C GO GOS 05 p p. p m m. to C Ga a a. m m. i WI When When the fir first t. t roseate streaks of l. l l dawn awn illumine the sky the lunch wagon wagon wa wa- gon like the ld animal seeks its lair lali 1 t Lunch Wagon n fl in lU Its Lair I a Its Hs n Salt Lake happens to be beI I f Q poal c l and feed yard Third r. r 1 lc l I State streets streets across across from ford ord i-I i fre te five lunch wagons In Salt nd tid four of them are strung o 0 e 1 north side of Second SecondS South tate tate ate to Main Mam street t The The- fifth t p 1 its stand on the south side South street a few ew steps from corner orner of Main Arsons who have hae never been inside t e e humble lunch w wagon agon express the loftiest U st disdain for these unpretentious P J l eating Ung places They sniff at the savory l idor dor escaping ng from the windows and ass by with their noses in the air I Chey will tell you that they they are aie dirty Ii they Sd-they h id they d-they they could not be induced to eat I Ir i t inside a lunch wagon IT ri the r l u em nt w were vete te a five dollar billAs bill I t t As Clean as a Dutch Kitchen IF I i Such persons dont don't know what they they're re re E t talking about As a matter of fact fr II k ej iy-ery iy i bout a lunch wagon is is' is 5 clean and neat and the theod N od g ten generally r served erve In sandwiches sandwiches- N-J N J holesome wen welt cooked and you h. h smile really appetizing r jr e p patronage i is almo almost t e entirely conI conto con- con I tin ind d to men alth although ugh o occa occasionally you you- 1 find a girl and her bel fellow sitting it- it the counter i For Fat the he ben benefit of those who have rever patronized this institution which fills fills' a niche peculiarly its own a descriPtion description de- de of the interior may prove of t interest The exterior is familiar to ld every everyone one D Description of the Wagons The lunch wagons of Salt Lake are I. I I in some cases remodeled street streetcars cars relic of the days of the p patient I Salt Lakes Lake's Five Movable Restaurants Patronized by Business Men Laborers Laborers Laborers La La- borers and on Account of Rapidity of Service ervite Like Wild ild Animals They Leave Their Lairs at Sunset and Seek Them Again When the First Rays of Coming Comin Dawn Appear mule In other cities the wagon wagonS wa- wa gon gong gonS are more pretentious notably so In iti K Kansas City where they are larger and in some cases fitted with stained- stained glass windows Here the windows are either painted white or of gro ground nd glass I When you first enter the door of ol the lunch wagon you see from four to half halfa a dozen stools You Yol are lucky if you find dud one of these vacant round about I the midnight hourIn hour In the early part of the night or when the drawn draws nigh the rush lush is net bo so great but from 10 till about 2 o'clock the lunch counter clerk is really leally the busiest man in Salt Lake Lale lIe He Plays layS a alone alone alone lone hand doing all of the cooking and dishwashing himself Why He Plays Play a Lone Hand Hand This is done not for the reason that help would not be acceptable le for at times the wagon chef is taxed to th limit to l- l keep 1 up with his customers but because his little kitchen space Isso isso Is Isso so limited that were there two vo men behind the counter the they would be continually continually continually con con- in one others another s way As it is the boa boat boast t of the lunch coun ter tee man that he can dook cook YOu anything anything anything any any- thing you call for in hi from thirty seconds seconds sec see to a minute it would never do for him to have have any anyone one in his way Dispatch is his watchword and many of the the- customers go to the wagon more moreon on account of its quick service than because of the modesty of Its charges A shelf runs around the kitchen part of the wagon upon which a goodly store of cooked and uncooked viands Is deposited A gasoline range lange sits on one side The bill of fare is always the same and consists of sandwiches of fried chicken hamburger ham and eggs or cold ham eggs in all styles pigs pigs' feet pork and beans any of which costs only 10 cents Coffee or milk Is 5 5 cents as Is also pie and doughnuts Bowl of Soup for a Nickel One of of orthe the Wagons that of Mrs York TorU which stands on Second South at the corner cornel of Plum alley serves serves a bowl or of f soup with crackers for a nickel This This' is the only wagon that is run b by a woman The proprietors of the other wagons an Bob Cannon on First South Ike HIke Canham Second South and State and Joseph Stewart who wiO runs two wagons on Second South on one near Commercial street and the oth other r rnear I near Main i Probably r t bably-t the e most popular pular order is isham ham and andr eggs although although- hamburger makes a s second cona tany fanY persons who who ho patronize the lunch w wagon gon gI give their orders through the window an and either eat at their sandwiches on th tilt thi street or take it into a a neighboring sa saloon loon where the they can wash down then their l lunch with a 1 glass of beer Rounder Appreciates cates I It Altogether th the lunch lunch wagon agon is quite ja la desideratum and ni and is by no ho one more appreciated than the rounder who Is getting home in m the wee small smal hours of the morning The are of ne necessity necessity necessity ne- ne close but the proprietors say There I is a a living in it It |