Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-09
9BSBRET EVENING NEWS
Saturday. August .. 1890.
THE H0USEWORK OF ST. PAULS
CATHEDRAL.

THE H0USRWORK OF 81. PAUL'S .
CATHEDRAL. /
This i most important item in
the wCc6 connected with this mag
niiicent structure, says The London
AID builder, and is all
done u.der tine superintendence Of /
the CLERK Uf the works, who has \
little Office down Iva the crypt, and
Mr.. r. r. Green, the Deah's vcrger,
who can well Teme.nter hoy that, I
when the Duke Of Wellington WIS I
Jurivd there, tine hOusework was
some huuureiiOlI. for 1t I
took altogether six weeks 10 pat W 1
aud tase down the wooden galleries |
erected on that occasion.
There are continually some forty |
OF fifty mechanics, wurkmeu, ami |
employed within the sacre-i !
eiihCe, for there i always some I
thing 10 be done ia reaovaiiug, |
cleaning, and the like
Fnst OF all the steps have TO be
kept white and clean. Though
wa.er is seldom used. they arc beiug
necessarily swept, Tor which some
thirty brOOmS ART nee,ied, and some
two dozen Isils, to say nothing Of
hundreds OF busters.
The whole Of the floor is swept
three times q week and thoroughly
washed once a month. IL would
take xix men twenty-iJar hours 10
clean the whole breadth Ui ~.
paul's Eu. IL Is done bit by bit-iive
people working at il day 10y day
until IL is finished. Noue Of tine
cleaners 20 down on their hands
aud knees in the traditional style,
Ultu>ea wec broom first AMI dry w
with another. The windows are
cleaned once year, and the whole
pt Jnr building from top 10 bottom
Is also thoroughly cieaused once in
the same period, gangs II meu Icing
-lLug W in baskets right away into
| Tie great dome. here they lO0a,iike
dolls with their bECOms aud brushes
There is a little piece Of flooring
which employs the sole attention OF
one man, for i consists Of $50 piece
/ Of OAK cleyeriy inlaiI without tine
/ aid Of a single peg O.. nail.
The monuments must lie kept
busted. Half a dozen assistants go
/ the round Of them once in three
months. Every monument is Wis
/ tied. including those upstairs and
IN the crypt, where. 10y tine way,
| the bellows Us-i FOR blowing the
great organ are placed, worked by
! I. gas engine OF turec hOTst- power.
| Never Gasisr ar boom i applied
/ 10 The bail, which viii held twelve
! persons and weighs 5000 It's. Great
| currents Of air pass through ami
save the isb0f. But il takes = long
! time u dust @JIi chairs, To say
nothing Of great forms representing
another 2JJD seats. The value Vi
the wicker chair- is over Glove
Il takes one man an. hour - ignite
al the gas jels within the huiidibg.
, The gas meter is placed outside the
building for safety.
| Euytasc important item in tie
bousewCre = lie heating Of the
place ami the &,.SH.lg department,
| for there are something lie 2,iJ sur
l,iic.s, and At least sixty Of them are
/ needle! every Sunday. As a rule
they are washed once 4 month 10y
contract. When not In use they
hang in immense warir15es- The
stock Of cathedral SUPPLIES Is 50
.ryaJ that numerous applications
! age made for the loan q them.
An eye, too, has TO be kept on the
stoves IL tHe winter months. There
. are eight nf iagm, burning near
lily a ton Of coke DAY, anu
tney are situated under the crypt
The zig coke cellar q tire catht
Z sral presents 4 gOsI stock IN ih'
cold weather. for t'e fires never g
out. ami q stDkgr watches then
Gav and night. At nig ms time, too,
, watchman ''walks his lonely
rounds" ~ soon Is the Cathedra
iBors arc closed for the Gay, ta'
Deans vcr-or auss that the guard
ian Of The night is ~ his post. aDl
IrgzTt- cuEtrUtCl.
nor must the winding up q ia,
lock lie NEGLECTED. This WuiE
which j. also . matter Of contract, ]!
rfuue daily. 1t takes twenty
minutes. not any too long when II j
remembered that the clJck-wOrl
governs a timvpipce with two faces
each Of which Is 57ft. ia cirgumier
crl-p. The minute hand in each !
gF. sin. long. and weighs 55lbs.
the hour hand ST. Gin long. au'
weighs 3liuS. i.yen the hour figure
arr -If. gffn. ng.; lift. i the
! length ri the P,aHuium; the weigh
~ the bottom Is i.cs.!us. II bat
thirty times in q miuUtc. There j
q Little gardening % DC ~ wei
and fha. Is undertaken ty the Cor
uorstiou Of L1uGnu. But what -
irSdiu- the pigeons, the cathedri
u,-eylS. Of which there are owe
-5u2 Some twenty or thirty O
-lern. which inhahit the south side
are fed bv the Deans veTgeC, wh;'-
,ae others. which never join ia " ID
those fed 1t the cathedral lOlr 49,
looked after hy thepuhlir.
These pigeons ley their eg-s IL Tia
arms and within Tie folds Of tin
stone robes Of tn statues outside thu
: hui!uing. and - numerous an army
are they that their eggs are Offer
destroyed. They often enter during
a service. : few Sundays ago. wheI
.Ge bic west doors were throw
nuau. two OF them G-w in and sue
cCssfulIyavOiicl being Ocught unit
the service was quite finished
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