Show New Commercial Laundry Finished Here Will Offer New Services Another modem facility may maybe maybe maybe be credited to Moab with the opening this week of a new v steam laundry The new laundry located on the corner of or First South and First East has been under construction since early s spring p r I n g and is equipped With the most up up-to- date equipment on the market Owned and operated by Mr and Mrs Bob Dob Nelson Denver the laundry will employ 10 people at the present time and additional additional additional addi addi- workers as the business gets underway Pickup and delivery service will be available to customers nod and If requested special day 1 service may be bc had Of particular Interest Is the linen supply service which heretofore heretofore heretofore here here- has been unavailable to this area The linen supply Is available to any business and for every occasion With the holidays coming up housewives may cease fretting over lack Jacle of large tablecloths Mr Nelson said the laundry will wUl furnish any linens needed for any occasion weddings weddings weddings wed wed- dings banquets or special events at home Laundry is washed waste In degree degree degree de de- de- de gree water supplied by a huge automatic heated gas-heated tank Jn in inthe anthe the new laundry and oil heaters heaters heaters heat heat- ers have been installed for use useIn useIn usein In emergencies A giant water softener Is connected directly with the city water inlet and only pure soap is used in the washings Clothes are taken from the washers and placed In extractors extractors extractors extrac extrac- tors for spin drying and go directly from the extractors to the mangles and pressers Only towels and soft fabrics are fluff- fluff dried Mr Nelson said only 1 per cent bleach mix Is used which is harmless to fabrics or skin Extra Etra large washers are installed In Installed Installed In- In stalled for use In washing motel laundry to avoid sorting problems problems lems Jems and to speed up service linens from each commercial business are washed together In one giant tumbler Everything was remembered in equipping the new laundry Just back of the checking stand standI lis I Is n a huge wheel of baskets Each order is Js placed In a n s separate parate compartment In the wheel for marking so lO there will be no errors in stamping articles A special power marking machine was Installed for stamping the laundry marks Equipment installed to give the customers efficient service Is Immense In the new building are four washers each holding pounds of wash dry weight smaller machines for finer fabrics fabrics fabrics fab fab- three extractors two utility util util- ity pressing machines for heavy laundry such as uniforms and trousers two mushrooms for tor pressing shirt yokes jacket backs etc a short unit collar and cuff machine and a special where both shirt sleeves arc are ironed at one time These are automatic second 10 machines tl to eliminate scorching The finished shirt is folded Jn do special shirt boards which are arc designed to stand 75 pounds pressure these are Ideal for traveling shirts will wUl not crumple even ina in ina a crowded suitcase These InI Incidentally incidentally in In- are used in no other I laundry in the state Mr Nelson said The work flat-work ironer is a tremendous tremendous tremendous tre tre- tre- tre machine with six heavy rollers Sheets and other flats are inserted in one side and pass under and over the rollers then back through and out the other side This irons boas linens on both sides A minimum of four girls operate the ironer and it has a capacity of sheets per er hour hoar There are three commercial dryers for bath towels underwear underwear under under- wear and other Items better fluffed than pressed All in all Mr Nelson says he heIs heIs heis is equipped to give the ultimate in laundry service to and nil the surrounding towns The laundry will be open for business this week and a grand opening will be held soon with the public invited to see the modem equipment at work Mr Nelson and his wife Elaine arrived from Denver this summer to oversee construction of the building They purchased a- a ahome home at Sundial Drive and their son Dave is enrolled in the first grade at Southeast Elementary School By Dy now they say they are certain they are going gong to love Moab and Mrs 1 Nelson who spent her early childhood in Price is eagerly awaiting the snow She said she remembered Moab as being a amore amore amore more tropical climate and was delighted to learn It Jt has four beautiful seasons Raising their son in the atmosphere of a n smaller town intrigued the Nelsons Nelsons Nelsons Nel Nel- sons too in their decision to tomake tomake tomake make this their home |