Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-09
3BSEREF EVENING NEWS.
Saturday. August .. 1890.
TIE H0USRWORK OF II. PAUES
CATHEDRAL.

THE H0JSRN0Rk OF II. PAUES
CATHEDRAL.
This i most important item in
the WUtE CONNECTED with this mag /
niiicent structure, says The London 4
CcTpc5.teT AID Builder, and is all !
done under tine superintendence Of /
the CLERK u the works. who has Z I
little Office down ia the crypt, and /
Mr.. Il. r. Green, the Deah's vcrger, |
who c.tu well Teme.nter hos that, I
when tire Duke OF Wellington was I
barred there, tine hOusework was 1
multiplied some hunur-iiOld. for It I
took altogether six weeks 10 pat ~
aud tase down the wooden galleries l
erected On that occasion.
There are continually some forty
or fifty mechanics, wurkmeu, ami
cleaners employed within the sacred
eilHge, for there i always some
thing 10 b. done la reaovaiing,
cleaning, and the like
Fist uf all the steps have TO be
kept white and clean. Though
Wa.er is seldom used. they are beiug
necessarily swept, Tor which some
thirty hrCOnlS arr neeied, and some
two dozen pails, to say nothing Of
hundreds OF busters.
The whole Of the floor is swept
three times 4 week and thoroughly
washed once a month. 10 would
take Xxx men twenty-fJgr hours 10
clean the whole breadth Uf ~.
pIurs bu- II Is lone bit 10y bit--iive
people working at il day 10y dsy
until IL is finished. None Of the
cleaners % down on their hands
and knees i'm tine traditional style,
Dltu>ea We: broom first anu dry uD
with another. The windows are
cleaned once a year. and the whole
o., tnr building from top TO bottom
j. also thoroughly cieaused once in
the same period, gangs Ufmeu ae!ng
| -lLug urin baskets right away into
| Tie great dome. Whore Jhey lo0A.iiSe
dolls Ei,h their bloOms aud brushes
There is little piece Of flooring
which employs the sole attention Of
one man, FOR j. consists Of $50 piece
I Of oak cieyerly inlliI without tine
I aid Of a single peg O.. nail
The monuments must Ice kept
busted. Hall a dozen assistants go
/ the round Of them once In three
/ months. Every monument Is vis-
I tied. iucluding those upstairs and
iu the crypt, where. 10y the way,
/ the bellows Us-d Tor blowing the
/ great organ are placed, " OTked by
+. gas engine OF turee h0rst- power.
| Never q IGstyr ct broom i applied
10 the h.t,i, which viii hold twelve
! persons and weighs 5000 It's. Great
/ currents Of air pass through and
/ save the lab0f. But il tIkes = long
] time T. dust 300 chairs, to SAY
nothing Of great forms representing
! another 2lJJ seats. The value Vi
/ the wicker chain is over EiuJt.
IItal,s one man an hour - ignite
al the gas jels within the huiidibg.
, The gas meter is placed outside the
hii5iug for safety.
Euslas- important item in tie
/ uuusaW0rg = Tie heating u the
place ami the &'.au.lg Department,
for there axe something lie 2ib sur
t,iic,s. and AZ least sixty Of them ART
( nyeGe! every Sunday. As rule
they are washed once z month 10y
contract. When not IN use they
hang in immense warirbhes- The
stock OF cathedral SUPPLIES Is =
.r,lJ that numerous applications
Z age made for the loan u them.
An eye. too. has to be kept on th'
stoves ~ tue winter months. Their
are eight Of tagm, burning near
llv - ton Of coke 9 nay, ant
tney are situated under tae egypt
The zig coke cellar Of the caIhe
Eral presents 4 gOaI stock IN th'
cold weather. for tee fires never g
out. and q stUkgr watches then
Gav and night. At highs time, too,
, watchmau "walks his lonely
-5uuG-.r ~ soon Is the Cathedra
doors arc closed for the DAY, taD
Deans vcT-ur acss that the guard
ian Of the night is ~ his post. an,
ipGzTi~ cUEtsItcl.
nor must the winding Up 81 liz,
. lock be neglected. This Hui6
which j. also = matter Of contract, j
Hone daily. IL takes twenI!
minutes. not any too long when j; j
remembered that the Cl1ck-wOEi
govern, a :imvpiuce with two faces
each Of which Is 57st. ia Ciryumier
rGl-r. The minute hand in each ]
On. sin. long, ard weighs 1JIbs.
the. hour hand ST. Gin long. an,
/ weighs sliu-. sven the hour figure
a-r Of 1riu. ] ne, iiN. i thi
/ length If the Ipa.u.um; the weigh
~ the bottom ls i.ea.!us. IL bat
thirty times Ia = minute. There
q Etile gardening % dc ~ wei.
and f!i-- l. undertaken ty the Cor
pDration Of London. But what d
fr-tiiu- the pigeons, the c2their'
I u,-eyu-. oi which there are owe
90? Some twenty or thirty q
.lern. which inhaLit tie south SIDE
lrp fed hv the Deans vsTgeT, wh;'-
,ae u,hers.wnich never join in ".ti
/ those fed at the cathedral ..o-E 49,
looked after hy thepuhlir.
These pigeons ley their eggs III th
J arms and within Tie ioils Of tn
stone robes uf tn statues outside Tia
: hgi!ding. and 80 numerous an army
are they that their eggs are Offer
; I destroyed. They often enter duriHl
a service. : few Sundays aSo.wne
lie biz Vezi doors wtTu throw
arau. two Of them si-w in and sue
Z cossful.yav0iiel being 0Sught unit
the service was quite finished
I -..cAuucui NCErs.