Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-10-04 | Page 8 | Your Auto Laundered in 24 Minutes by System of Cleveland Wash House

YOUR AUTO LAUNDERED IN 24 MINUTES MINUTE BY SYSTEM lyl OF CLEVELAND VI WASH ASH HOUSE r I c cI cy 11 fit y I t OI A 3 The autos advance on a concrete incline end nd at each of f four cur tops stops 3 a separate washing operation is performed by a I different set of workmen N. N E. E A. A Special to The Telegram CLEVELAND Ohio Oct 4 4 While While you rou go to the theatre your car gets a bath and grooming But if youre you're only stopping for a a. lunch or something at the fountain you can still sun have the toilet tollet of your pet motor vehicle performed without without without with with- out delay or inconvenience to your our self Its It's all In the system of the new Euclid Auto Wash ash which takes your Our I dirty bus at the door and in tn four progressive operations turns it out at atthe atthe atthe the other end of the building in 24 2 I minutes shining like a new dollar j The progressive plan of washing automobiles introduced here is likely to become standard in all big auto I grooming establishments The system in the Euclid Auto I Wash is this I I Four concrete runways built on onan onan onan an Incline are each the tho width ot of of I I an automobile Between the tracks for the wheels Is a pit or trough by which washers can get under the cars As the car is rolled onto a runway run run- way It is stopped between two platforms platforms plat- plat I forms running its length A manon man manon on each of ot these platforms attacks the top with air hose and brushes Underneath the car water is turned Into two spray pipes running the cars car's length and this loosens the accumulation tion of ot mud and grease I Six minutes or less lees is the first stand and the car moves forward one length and on each side another set of workmen attacks the wheels and chassis Soapsuds is drawn from froma a patented mixing contrivance Hot and cold water Is to tap and a kerosene kerosene kerosene kero kero- sene spray to cut the grease Another car length brings the machine ma ma- chine to the body washers who from either side attack body and fenders fender j I The last six-minute six trick on the runway Is Js In the hands of ot the chamois and vacuum men who dust cushions and upholstery and nd inside the top and dry the body with the chamois If It a polish is desired this comes extra and is done off oU the runway The work is timed like an elevator schedule schedule six minutes is the maximum allowed for each operation Six hundred to eight hundred cars carsa carsI a day is the estimated capacity of ot the Institution Each track is feet long Ten powerful lights on each side of ot either I track above and a row of ot lights along the floor illuminate the work worl But ButI I the entire building during the day is light as outdoors because of ot the great expanse of glass in the roof root One either side of the entrance next the gatekeepers gatekeeper's stand where each driver receives a check for his hiscar hiscar hiscar car are retiring rooms for customers Restful furnishings s and toilet facilities for fur tourists are featured J