Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1913-05-11 | Page 24 | Walker Bank Now Scrubbed by Electricity Building Uses Current in Many Ways

Walker Bank N Now OW Scrubbed by Electricity Building Uses Current in Many Ways A L Lr it ff I. I r. r i hJ r fp y U J t I s t t h 1 v fit d H sf I d F vJ p if if t I f. f J hi I f d I tr t P t I 10 l 1 g Mt 1 1 J. J I 4 I tt t. t r r y y x f. f N t tt h d r t ff t i t Y a R Ra t 4 n iJ t f J tl j d dt a L I J j. j 1 f r i Y t 1 i I U. U l' l d. d oi r arr r 7 y 1 w W v h J i I tl f Y X 3 r t r rt rw I M t J h w aX rN Jt f- f t f- f t ij S A Y d fr Z il f d l Y f V Yh V. V g q a V Y p l' l i t r t- t t Y 1 Y t r h d-h rY r.- r. v I ky V x t i i ye tWy f y t tt t Scrubbing the tho Walker Bank building with Kith electricity 1 HE first electric scrubbing scrubbing- machine THE I to be shipped Into the tho intermountain tain region has been Installed In Inthe Inthe the Walker Bank building building- where It Is being used to scrub the hc marble to tad nd tile the floors In the corridors and In the thc bank I The Ibe electric scrubbing machine Is le used primarily to Improve tho service as ns by ho its operation tho the floors can bo be more thoroughly cleansed At tho the same s. timo a town man can cover a much larger area than by tho the old method Between and persons by actual count do business dally daily In the Walker Banat Bank building more building more than tho the combined population of ot Logan LoS and D Provo To keep this big building clean under circumstances requires a 3 jamall small army of employees as well as the b best st Janitors work all day sweeping the lobby and corridors of or the tho I dirt which accumulates hourly hourI find and at night the tho floors are aro scrubbed by tho I electric machine The finest vacuum cleansing cleansing- plant In tho the city operated also b by electricity Isi IsiT Is lg iT i Installed in ithe the basement with connections conc conc- I at every cry floor This his is used nightly to suck the dirt out of tho offices offices of of- feces and supplement the work worl of sweeping scrubbing and dusting The walker Bank building I I as It does docs tho the most modern ideas In construction and operation Is Isone Isone Isone one of tho the largest consumers of or elec elec- electricity electricity in the cH city To ro sup supply pl electric light t for its population of ot approximately approximate approximate- ly 1000 requires In itself a largo amount the of ot current In addition thero there are illuminated sl sign n on the tower visible all over the tho city and tho 2500 2600 candle cundle- candlepower power flaming arc lamps lamp with which the building has recently been surrounded surrounded surrounded sur sur- rounded making the sidewalks and streets In tho the vicinity at night as bright as day k kAn An electrically electrical operated ico ice machine cools tho the drinking water after It has been filtered and antl an electric pump keeps it circulating to the sanitary drinking fountains on every floor I Another electric pump raises water from the city mains to a big reserve tan tank Ie in the tower The Tho Importance of 01 tho this feature was demonstrated at time of or tho the water famine last winter of or the residences residences resi resl- When a a. large largo proportion dences commercial buildings and hotels were without water the tho tenants of 01 the Walker Bank building had plenty of or hot and cold water at all times A powerful electrically driven fan ran draws air from outside through a a. cleansing sheet of 01 spra spray and forces It Into the banking room whence tho the foul Coul air all Is drawn by another fan An electrical air compressor regulated regulated regulated regu regu- automatically furnishes compressed com corn pressed air for doctors and dentists Direct and alternating current is 18 furnished furnished furnished fur fur- for tor their motors and other apparatus ap ap- ap- ap An electric motor operating an automatic automatic auto auto- matic matte stoker feeds the coal to thy the boilers making perfect consumption and eliminating the smoke nuisance Great ninety-horsepower ninety motors operate the four modern passenger r elevators ele ele- Tho Thu automatic elevator In the bank leading to tho the safe deposit vaults In tho the bal basement ment and the other elevators are also electric Tho traffic manager 1 can communicate with the operators at all times by b means of or electric signals signals sig sig- nals and the car thre thresholds are illuminated illuminated Il Illuminated il- il electrically Electric telephones telephones tele tele- phones electric bolls bells and electric buzzers buzzers buz buz- mal make o quick communication between between be be- tween various parts of or the building El Electric power was largely used inthe in inthe the tho manufacture of the materials and andIn andin in construction of tho the building making malting the entire structure a wonderful example example exam exam- pIc of or the modern uses of or electricity