New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-15

CRESCENT STEFAN LAuNDRy. took occasion
on Saturday last, the day this institution was
opened, to so over and examine it in all its details
We found it located in the large building formerly
occupied by the Messrs, Davidson, No. IT'S Caron- |
deet street. and better selection Of locality could
not have been made. In the front room on the
ground floor are placed the washing machines,
which are of the patent of the steam laundry |
company of Cincinnati Ohio. These are worked
by steam power and are capable of washing an
immense amount of clothing in very short space |
of time. Washing by this process is done altoge'
ther by water heated by steam the clothing is not
rubbed or pounded as in the old processes but is
cleansed by the water being forced through them
and being kept constantly in motion The bestidea
we can convey Of the machine is to say that the
clothing is placed in a barrel which is perforated
with holes through which the water can enter
with perfect freedom. This barrel revolves upon
axes placed in each end, which fit in both ends of
a water-tght box in which they are fixed After
having been filed with clothing the barrels are
closed and water is let into the boxes to certain
height, when they are securely closed and the
steam let on, and the machines set in motion. The
barrels are made to revolve rapidly inside the
| boxes first forward then backwards, and this is
continued till the clothing is entirely cleansed.
Fresh water is then let on and they are rinsed by
the same process. Then they are hoisted by dumb
walters to the drying room, whichis on the second
floor This is an alright compartment heated by
steam, where the articles of apparel are hung
upon racks and dried in a few moments. Then
they are passed to the ironing room, on the same
floor, where some fifteen or twenty experienced
laundresses do them up according to order, the
starching having already been done before they
came out Of the washing room, by the same pro-
cess as that by which they were washed.
It will thus be seen that the great objection
which usually has been made to washing by ma
chinery cannot be urged in this case, for there is
nothing in the whole process to break the fabric
or chafe it out 1t is cleansed solely by the action
of warm water and soap upon it, and even the
wripging out, by which all wash women prepare
for the drying process, is obviated by the clothes
being run through india rubber rollers, and
: squeezed dryer than they could be wrung.
The engine-a beautiful piece of machinery from
the works of Messrs Winchell & Co., Of Cincin-
matt, but designed by Capt. G. F. Hunt, Of the
: FIRMS of eighthorse power. 1t affords ample
power for all the machinery, and the boiler, from
the same manufacturers, furnishes the steam to
to run it and all the washing machines beside.
The project of this establishment was organized
by Mr. Joe. G. Browne, in February last, and was
carried out by the firm, of which he is a member.
That it will prove Of immense benefit to the COM
munity we cannot entertain doubt, for, in the
present scarcity of good laundresses, families
perence great expense and annoyance. AS the
establishment will wash for families as well as
steamboats, and hotels, the public may now con.
slider itself independent of extortionate and dis
honest servants, who lose clothing or dress their
relations with garments purloned from their EN-.
pIoyers' clothes baskets, and who charge any
price they please for half doing work. The prices
charged for washing by this establishment are
reasonable, and any person desiring to learn what
the tariff is, can do so by calling at the laundry
for price list. In case clothing is lost which is
unlikely, as everything is systematized, the firm is
amply responsible.
II We cannot close our notice of this cemmendable
enterprise without bearing witness to the high de
gree of mechanical skill eVineed by Mr.. Ed. G
/ Evans, the engineer of the establishment, and
) Capt, G. F. Hunt-the two gentlemen who put up
| all the machnery-and stating that all the steam
) pipes and fittings were furnished by our fellow
citizens, Messrs. Fry Smith; the csterns from
Messrs. McFarlan Il Co., and the filters from
Messrs. Selby & Donlon-all of this city, Thest
2 gentlemen have done themselves and the eity
credit in the work, and have shown that they de
t serve the liberal patronage which has been ex
5 tended towards them. Mr. Charles Il. ST, Clair
lately popular and efficient Ouachita and Re-
river pilot is a member of the firm which hav
established the laundry, and he will no doub
prove as useful to the public in that business as
his former occupation.
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