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Show Worthy Home Institution OneDeservingofOur Best Support An employe of The RicruiiLrcAX was shown through the American Steam Laundry a few davs ago and there he saw a business that is employing em-ploying the best business methods possible in doing Its work. In tho first place tho visitor was struck with the cleanliness ot the building throughout. As the motto of this institution in-stitution is "keep clean" his attention atten-tion was directed unconsciously to the floors, walls and machinery and everywhere things about were as "neat as a pin." There was a place for every thing aud apparently everything every-thing was found in its place. But this is a small matter. The American Steam Laundry has spared no expense In obtaining up-to-date machinery and equipment which has been systematically arranged for the convenience ot laundry log. The same class ot machinery that Is found In the Troy and similar large laundries has been Installed. People who simply, enter the front door to drop bundles Of to receive their small parcel have n.p conception whatever. as to the inner workings and extenslveness of this hpme institution. The machinery alone has cost many thousands of dollars aud there are twenty persons constantly employed by the laundry. On entering tho building from the front door tho first room to enter Is the sorting and', wraplng room, In which are the wall pockets or package receptlcals. Next to this room Is the marking room. Every article ot clothing cloth-ing as soon as received is taken to this room and receives a mark. Next the clothes are taken to the wash room, In which are four large washing machines, ma-chines, two extractors for extracting the water from the wet clothes and a large mangle for the pressing of clothes. All this machinery is heated by steam generated by the large boiler In the rear of the building and is run by a large motor. The mangle h a great labor-saving devise and was Installed In-stalled at a cost ot 11,150 f. o. b. at Cincinnati. This mangle Is composed of a great many cylinders running parallel par-allel through which the clothes pass when the cylinders are heated, and they come through the machine with even a better finish than were they pressed on an ironing board by hand. This mangle is brought Into use for all flat clothes, such as' table linen, bed spreads, towels, bar aprons, etc., and they come out of the machine having been ironed or pressed on both sides. Adjoining the wash room Is a large dry room tilled with steam pipes in whlclt the wet clothes are hung after they have been taken from the extractors. The temperature of this room can be legulated and tho heat' can be mado so Intense that a batch of clothes can be dryed In less than thirty minutes If necessary. The wash room Is also equlpt with shirt starcher and also a collar und cud starcher. Tim hlrt starcher Is so mado that it is not ucccssary in order to get tho collar and cuffs starched to have starch smeared up the arms and on tho bosom of the shirt as used to bo the case by the old method employed. In the cellar Is found all the shafting shaft-ing and the motor for manupulatlng the machinery In the finishing room, This room Is the front of the building adjoining tho office room on the west. In It is found the girls attired In white aprons, llfteun In number. Thev are Continued on Page 8 t Worthy Home Jnstitution Continued From Page 1 putting the finishing touches on the shirt waists, men's shirts, collars and cuffs, skirls and pieces or goods that need .special attention In pressing. In this room are various press machines. The shirt press machines do some interesting in-teresting work. They are so constructed con-structed that there is a different press for every part of the shirt, one for the cuffs, one for the collar, bosom, body and the sleeve. There are two body presses. Damping machines are used which do away with the old style damping of rolling up In a cloth. A collar and cuff Ironer has been installed at a cost of nearly 11,000. The collars are fed Into this machine and come out Ironed. This modern devise, which Is made on the samo principle as the mangle, will Iron 1,000 collars an hour. This will turn out the collars five times as fast as the old machine recently re-cently discarded. There are five Ironing boards fur hand use at which girls are constantly employed. It Is the aim of the laundry laun-dry to make amends for all damage done by It and for all rtronertv lost. If buttons are torn off they are promptly sewed on. A first-class set of hands are employed with a general foreman over the work. Mr. John Erlckson of Missouri, a laundry expert, ex-pert, has been recently employed. He will more his family to Logan. This home institution is deserving of all the support the Logan citizens are able to give it. It has been built up through the expenditure of considerable consid-erable money, and in order that it shall be made a paying institution persons should consider boosting for It by giving it their work Instead of sending it away, aud in this way we can build up a laundry second to none anywhere. |