Morning journal and courier., 1886-03-11
NOISE AND MACHINERY.

NOISE AND MACHINERY. A Visit to Thomas FOrsyth's Elm City
 Dye Works and Steam Laundry
 Millions of Collars and Cuffs and
 shirts Laundrfed and Dyefng Bone
 Without End-The Steam Carpet
 Beater's BIs Record-A Busy Estab-
 lishment.
 A we'll known writer once said that next to the serenity imparted to him while writ ing his books by the presence of flowers on his sanctum table was the similar effect em- anating as it were from the consciousness that his linen was of immaculate whiteness, his collars and cuffs especially. HEureka" exclaim all, whether so situated and inhu- enced or not, when receiving their shirts, collars, cuffs, etc., from the Elm City dye works and steam laundry, State street, corner of Lawrence, Thomas Forsyth proprietor, central office at No. S7o Chapel street. MT. Forsyth's laundry and dye works establish ment has become New Haven institution and peep inside it yesterday showed to what perfection complicated machinery can be carried and with what great success it may be utilized in this business. A glance through the place tells of the enterprise of the proprietor, who has spared no labor nor money and utilized his long and thorough knowledge of the busi- ness to render his establishment what it is known by the best judges to be,
 unrivalled in it's field in the New England
 States. A large force of help is employed.
 Women and girls do the lighter work. An
 immense business is done. Some of the ma chinery is wonderfully complex in appear ance, but very simple in operation. There in ho Ian, hydraulic washing machines from which the glistening white suds were oozing desper
 ately. The capacity of these machines for work, and the work they do is wonderful. Like 'Ole Virginny" they ''never tire" They take into their ponderous interiors at one time seventy-fve white shirts or 2,OOO col lars and cuffs, and perform the required work quickly but perfectly. Many families send their whole washing to be done at the laundry. All the towels, napkins, table cloths, etc., used the dining room cars on the New York road are washed and ironed here This is but one item. The customers for the laundry work are number less Another noticeable machine is the hy dro-extractor, or what tn @ hands for short call ''the whizzer" In this cauldron-like receptacle the clothes, wet from the wash, are whirled around thousands of times minute and the water is all extracted in tine giddy dance of the machine. Then there are the starching machines which starch from 1, ,000 to 1 ,500 pieces at time. Then there are drying closets in which the drying is done. Talk about Russian baths these closets will answer. Here in twenty minutes 10000 collars and cuffs, 800 shirts, and any amount of underwear will be thor oughly dried. Then there are the st cam l mangIes which will do to per lection 10000 sheets, pillow slips, table
 covers, ,etc., in 10 hours. Then there are the ironing machines, each of which will iron I 0 ! G.. la,- It is interesting to see how deftly the girls will operate their machines and how nicely the work is done.
 There are other machines in the laundry department and there is considerable hand work by women. By the use of the best
 machinery regardless of cost, and the best skilled labor Mr. Forsyth is able to fill all
 orders from a thousand different sources in
 time and make prompt deliveries of the goods. The perfect system of recording each order in detail, the practiced eye of the skilled feminine help in asserting work
 when ready for delivery, the frst-class machinery and the thorough system in gen. eral which governs the business, ensure perfect satisfaction to patrons, both in the quality of the work and prompt and exact filling of orders.
 The dye works department is also supplied with the best machinery, and here is plenty of heavy and costly machinery also. Here costly dresses, shawls and gentlemen's gar lnents, in short everything calling for the process, are redyed in the best manner and with the best results A large and massive new cylinder arrived yesterday and was being placed in position by about dozen men.
 In another part of the building is the gas manufacturing apparatus. The concern uses an enormous quantity of gas for heating purposes in it's laundry work, and manufac lures it on the premises with the New Eng land equalizing gas machine.
 The concern also furnishes it's own water supply, having tank in the yard which holds 90, 900 gallons and is ever kept full by the aid of force pumps which fill it with water from eleven wells on the premises
 One of the greatest objects of interest to the public at MT. Forsyths is the new steam carpet beater of the most improved kind, which has been viewed with awe and admiration, and it's work approved by hun dreds of our prominent citizens. It beats carpets in the best manner without the least injury or damage, and the hot steam places an eternal quietus on all bugs, insects, etc., that the carpet may contain. As a carpet beater and insect killer it is 8 great and un- qualified success. MT. Forsyth has already many orders on his books from people who are getting ready for the annual spring cleaning, and the carpets are both called for and delivered. The housekeepers rejoice at this easy way of disposing of this vexing part of the annual vexatious housekeeping problem.