Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-02-27
TEE TRsCHEE. STEAM LAIN
It is in E'uEi Blast as,a Eas
Esfcnty OF Work.

HeSudy say >.
The Republican reporter yester
day paid a visit to the new steam
laundry, and took Ill the whole
works. There are nine persons
aside from the Superintendent, ELI,
ployed in and about the establish
ment, three women being included
in the force. Joseph Wells has
charge Of the washing department,
and at the rate at which they were
turning out the white skirts and
other garments, an immense amount
of work can be done with the pre-
sent force. The drying room is a
curiosity, aud consists Of good
sized room provided with clothes
horses on which are hung wet clothes
after passing through the wrinser
The horses run on rollers, and be
ing once filed, are run back into
the room, which is heated by iron
pipes and kept at proper temPera-
ture to ensure rapid drying of the
garments. The washer. in!o which
the clothes are first p|acad, is a
monstrous affair. CONSISTING Of a big
drum revolved by steam, lined with
corrugated boards, similar to a
wash board. Into this receptacle
are thrown the s0ilcd clothes. and
the washer set in motion. After a
thorough scruoolng in this rolling
bath, they are taken out and placed
on the receiving taole, and each
piece gone over separately. If
spots or dirt marks are found, they
are taken in hand, and by means of
a brush, soap and water, are re
before going up into the
boiling tub. Should they be extra
dry garments, especially WOODEN
ones, where the dirt clings closest,
they are introduced to the pound
ing tub, where few applications
of the FOUNDER releases the obdu-
rate dirt, and they are consigned
to their fate in the rinsing tub,
from there to the blueing tub, and
onward to the squeezing maws Of
the wringer. The visitors will at
once be impressed with the fact
that there is no special wear upon
the clothes. There is no rubbing
On ragged wash boards, no twisting
and tearing Of hands aad clothes
All goes smoothly and without any
perceptibIe wear. Every one
knows the Chinese Washermen will
destroy new shirt in three or four
with the ruinous acids
md compounds used. Here there
s nothing Of the kind. Soap and
water, aided and abetted by steam
Ind gentle manipulation by eX-
oerleRced hands, extracts the dirt
md leaves them ready for the hands
If the starcher and ironer. The
roning table, the boss ironer with
lis machine for polishing collars
md cuffs, the horses containing
Try clothes, being drawn out and
made ready for the ironer, the
,roan of the maHgle as it pressed |
he wrinkles out of the sheets,
,iliow-cases and towels, all showed |
hat business was being done, and |
hat the employees knew how to do |
t. The boiler is placed in the |
ear end of the building, and
lose by the engine that keeps the
In motion. A room is
'eing added to the main building,
0 be fitted up as a sleeping apart
aent for some Of the help, 1t is a
ourcc of great qualification to the
tockholders, particularly, and to
he people of Truckee, that the
aundry is completed. The delay
q its construction has been avoid
bic, and those who nave visited
he establishm ent since its COM
ietion, only express wonderment
hat it was completed SO soon.
he large wringer has not yet ar
wed, but is expected daily, and
nee in place, the Truckee steam
aundry will be one Of the most
omplete laundries in the State,
to do all the work of
he town, and in a style and at a
rice that will CONNIE nd itself to
he patronage Of the entire pub
C.
me Hundred and Fifty Dollars