The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-04-08
TINE STEAM LAUNDRY.

This establishment, that has been
well advertised in advance. is open
for public inspection this afternoon.
1t is situated at IwiIei, short dis
lance back of the Oahu Jail. A
finer site for industrial works. or
public or private building, could
hardly be found in Honolulu. There
is commanding view of the city
and harbor from the spot, while not
the slightest breeze from the Nuu-
anu pail is unfelt. The main build
ing is 40 by 80 feet in dimensions,
and covered with galvanized iron
roof. Fronting east, two doors
open respectively on the office and
the asserting room. From the office,
10 by IL apartment with appro-
pirate furniture, entrance Is given
to the reception room, 20 #. by 20
it., where the clothes are received
and marked with each customers
number. The "duds" 20 through
door from the latter room into the
wash room, 20 #. by 20 IT,, where
they are first put through washing
machine-a big hollow, cylinder with
corrugated segments for giving the
necessary rubbing, furnished with u
pipe at the top for letting in cold
water and one at the bottom for adj
hitting steam to heat the water.
They are taken out Of this and put
into drying machine, that looks
not much unlike the centrifugal ar
rangement in sugar mill, which
makes them as dry as vital statistics.
Hence the clothes are taken to the
drying room, 25 #. x Is IT,. situated
in the northwest corner, where several
large clothes horses are stabbed,
running in and out conveniently on
rollers, systems Of steam pipes on
the floor of the stalls furnishing the
requisite heat to eliminate ali the
remaining moisture, after the clothes
have gone through more revolutions
in the wash room than Mexico could
reach in a century. There is large
machine in this room, looking like a
cross between planning machine
and printing press, which is for
ironing sheets and the like. The
ironing Of other articles is done in
another room, 20 #. K 35 IT,, en-
tered from the drying room. 1t is
fitted with tables and boards for
about a score Of hands, and has a
neat labor-saving machine for polish
ing collars and cuffs. On all these
appliances the surfaces with which
clothes come in contact are to
be blanketed and covered out
side with unbleached muslin.
Every care will be taken to
ensure absolute cleanliness in hand
ling clothes. Out Of the ironing
room the articles are taken direct to
the asserting room, furnished with
numbered receptacles for separate
customers, the apartment being Is.
IT. 20. #. The engine and boiler
room. at the southwest corner,
partly in the main building and
partly under an extension shed, oc-
cupies Is IT. x So f., and contains
10 horse-power engine with boiler
of capacity to furnish steam to the
other apparatus mentioned above in
addition to that required for motive
power. There is ample space in the
rear of the building for outside dry
ing, the breezes having full swing at
the clothes lines. The various de-
partments are well planned for the
most convenient operation of the
whole works.
Mr.. T. j. Mclaughlin, manager
Of this new enterprise, with his
brother, is pushing on the work of
completion, and the carpenters were
giving finishing touches to-day.
large expenditure has
been incurred for local skilled labor,
The only imported work being the
machinery, that has come, through
The agency Of the Pacific Hardware
Co., from the Joshua Hendy Ma
chine Works, San Francisco. Three
skilled workmen from the Coast for
The laundry are on the ground, and
i've or six are expected by next
steamer. In the ironing room the
work is expected to be largely done
BY Hawaiian and Portuguese women.
The laundry is being inaugurated
,o-day with a liberal internal " wash
ng' furnished visitors, not neglect
ng teetotal palates, with ice cream
md pastry fabrication, Of Mr.. Harris
'est.-[April 3rd.