It was so much better than the poor stuff served in most of the eating-houses; and, with the sweet roll added, so much better than the free lunch and glass of beer or whisky with which too many had been accustomed to regale themselves.
SIGNAL SUCCESS.
Steadily swelled the tide of custom.

Within a year a third store, adjoining, was added.

But the enlarged premises soon proved inadequate to the accommodation of the still-increasing crowd.
At this writing "The Central" is from six to seven times larger than when first opened; and there lunch in its rooms, daily, nearly two thousand persons.

One room has been fitted up for ladies exclusively, in which from forty to fifty can lunch at one time.
But Mr.Baily looked beyond the cheap coffee and rolls by which he was able to keep so many away from bar-rooms and restaurants where liquor was sold.

He believed in other influences and safeguards.