The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-07-15
SIZE AM LAUNDRY.

Erection Of an Extensive Establish.
me"t for LauGdrying Your Liuen
by steam.
Dallas has an enterprise just established
'nst is necessity long felt, and one which
'ae travelling public, as we'll as the resident
p pulation, will certainly appreciate. l, is q
Nesm laundry, supplied with all the novel
Ao9 modern machinery for turning out
so'ied Clothes until they are az clean, bright
ara polished as il newly purchased.
Mr.. Charles Z. Kuehlihau, who has been
engaged In the laundry business
IN this city for the past
tnree years, seeing the necessity for such IN
institution, owing TO his increased business
ano the rapid growth fthe city, has ascot
a'ed With him iu business Mr.. Devereux, and
| erected one Of tbs most complete steam
isundries south OF st. Louis. The establish.
ment Is known as the City Lsundry," and
10 located on the west sids of Market street.
between Main and Commerce, formerly
known as the Rock building"
"A representative Of the HERALD visited
Tue establishment yesterday in company with
MI. >. u. Hunter, of the firm of II.
W. TRADER " Co, of Wsxshachie, who
suppli the machinery for this laundry. 1t
WAS noted in a general way that the whole
process of wa'hing and ironing was carried
on III most thorough and systematic man
| nsr.
On the first floor stands a tsn,horse power
engine ard boiler. driving the various pieces
OF machinery. Ga this floor are Also TO be
iound me washing machines, immense
III -.
pieces per dsy. Then the rinsipr and
oiuing tubs, all fitted up with cold water and
ohi'pg,pipe'; thence to the power wrineer.
ooiied linen goes through the above arpsrs
Jus IN the order named Then
u Is taken to the steam drying room. which
Is Situated in the second story, and has a
capacity OF drying ten Thousand pieces per
nour wi1hoH regard to the state of the
~sa'ner-let it DO wet or dry. The clothes
atser thorough drying, are taken to the
s'archer also driven BY steam aud ittel with
boiling pipes, etc. From the atarcher the
articles are sent to the ironing room, which
u large open room where number q
ouxom lasses in white aprons aud barred
arms may be seen plying smoothing
irons over snowy. white linen Here also
was found very expensive, novel and COM
pieie machine for ironing collars, the bosoms
OF snirts, ETC, having c'pscity of fifteen
nuodred shirts per day. Or course the are
many parts OF garments that can only be
manipulated by hand, and TO do this a regular
corps OF experienced laundry women, above
referred to, are employed Other pieces of
machin'ry OF minor character are located
about the establishment, all of which
was furnished BY that enterprisine
hrm of H..W: GRADER g. Co., of Wah. hchie'
who have. a depot in that civ for The
distribution of nearly all k nds of valuable
macn'nery' and who long expsrience and
ripe Judgment MI Kuehlthau consul ed 10
p'rfec,i' & his establishment. The most #
the machinery was mai ufactured in Troy, N.
l., and is OF the latest and most improved
patterns for laundry purposes. Massrs.
GRADER q Go. are recognized as one of the
Leading firms in the state in
the machinery line, and carry in
stock and are agents for the leading manu-
facturer. OF machinery in different sections
of the Union. "'
The City s cam Lsuudry COMPANY deserve
much praise for establishing such a cos,lv
spd bent fetal Industry 10 this CITY. and L
10 to be hoped that they will receive that lib.
eral support merited by their endeayors 70
give complete satisfaction in LAUNDERING
clothes on short notice. Judging from the
systematic swiftness clothes were seen
lsundried by the herald man
yesterday, all can rsst assure of dispatch,
prompfmess and satisfaction for favors en-
trusted 10 them. The firm do regular wash.
ing and make shipments to For Worth.
Cors'csna, Marshall, Wsxahschie and other
adjacent points. 0'A''