Spirit of the times. [volume] (Ironton, Ohio) 1853-1858, 1853-08-16
Washing.

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The "w,men folks" will be glal to
'lsosa that ,hors is hopo Of getting ri i Of
their heavy wosbing burden. The Tr.
bune Local visi,c he famous Hotel, ST.
Nicholas. Of New Yoik, where one man
and three women dispose Of from 5000 .
do5, 900 pieces Day, nnt iescr'br' rs
process. which a.copy:
.,ssttomg. wooden cylin 'er. four faoi ,
in diame.er, and four and hal fee, long
is monltcl on frame, so as 10 be dry"
ra BY hanl on one cnl Of the SHAFT
This shaft is hollow. with pipes 80 con-
nectei with It that hot or col water, or
Neaaa, can BE- iniro lace al tn: option
Of the person in chary'. The cyl'nde!
being half full Of water, a door at one
eni is opened. and 800 to 500 pieces OF
clothing ore thrown in, with suitable
quantity Of soap. and m alkaline fluid
which assists in dissolving the dirt and
hlcaching fabric, so that clo,hes after
being washed in this munner incre"se
in whiteness without having the texture
injured.
When the cylinder is charge it is put
in motion by small steam engine. and
male to revolve slowly, first one way
a few revolutions an then the other, by
which the clothes are thrown from silc
10 side, ia and cut and through the wa
ter. During this operatation the steam
is let in through double mouth pipe
something Of this shape (which has
o,c month in and one mouth out OF the
water; the steam entering the water
through the immersed end and escaping
through the other, by which means 1t is
made to pass through the c'olhcs, COM
plctely cleaning them in fifteen or TWEEN
" miuutes. The steam is now cut on
and the hot water drawn through the
waste pipe, and then cold water intro
duced, which rinses the articles in a fe"
more turns Of the cylinder They arc
now suffered to drain until the op'rito'
is ready to take them out, when they
are put into the drying machine, which
runs like millsione, and its operation
may be understood by supposing 'ha
milestone 10 be a shallow tub, will
wire network sides, against which TIT
clothes being placed it is put in rap''
motion, the air passing in strong cur
ren. into the top and bottom of the. tu
and out Of the sides carries all the moist
.ure with i, into the side case, from whenc
it runs away. rhc length Of time re
,auis,e to dry the clothes, depends uPo
the rapidity Of the revolving tub. 1t
should run 5000 revolutions in min
ute, five to seven minutes woull b
quite sufficient. When there is not SUI
,fcient ste eam 10 run the dryer with tho
speed, it requires double that. In wash
ing and drying .hcre is nothing 10 injur
the fabric.
Ladies caps and laces are put in ne
ting bags AMI are not rubbed by han
,ormachine to chale or tear them in tn
least, but they nre cleanscd most PEI
fectly.
|, can hardly be imagined what
long line of wash tubs would be reqn'
ed TO wash 5 900 pieces day, and viii
big clothes yard to dry them in; viii
here the work is done by four ne
sons, who only occupy part Of bas
ment room, the other part being occup
ed by manglc, and ironing, and fol-
ing tables. Adjoining are the airif
frames. which are hung with clothes ar
then showed into room steam pipe he
ted. when tkey are completely driel
a few minutes.