Arizona republican., 1892-06-22
WOMAN'S WORLD.
HOW A BIG HOTEL WASHES ITS
 DISHES EY MACHINERY.

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 The little girl who wished that her kitten was able to do homework, "be- cause then it could wash the dishes" is not alone in looking upon the family dish washing as bugbear, and she could not fail to be interested in a mou- ster machine that is used in a hotel in Springfield, Mass, which, with the at tendance of three persons, washes about l0,S00 dishes during the three meal hours of each day. Formerly five persons were required to wash and dry dishes brought from the tables. By using the machine only three are required, one a woman to pack the dishes in the basket, and an other strong man toroally do the wash ing, and third a woman to remove the dishes from the basket and sort them ready to be carried away. When the machine was first used the silverware was washed by it also, but it was found that the operation was too wearing, and the old method was resorted to.
 The appliances for the great washer consist of a long tank divided into four compartments, similar in appearance to set tubs; the first containing strong, hot soapsuds, the second also soapy water as hot as the first, the third and fourth being filled with clear water at boil ing point. At the left of the tank is a long table upon which the dishes are placed ready to be washed, and upon the right is another, drainer table of same dimensions, where tho dishes are sorted and placed ready for tho tables. Six strong, round, open baskets of wood and brass are used in the operation, the dishes being packed into them; cups, saucers and dishes of similar shape at the bottom, upside down, to permit the water to wash into them thoroughly; over them are packed plates, platters, etc., also upside down, and in such a manner that the water has free play be- tween them.
 Over the tank extends trolly track from which is suspended a number of pulley ropes with heavy iron hooks at- taohed to the ends. The man who works the ropes hooks one rope into basket filled with dishes and lifts it into the compartment containing hot suds, and leaves it there awhile so that anything sticky may soak off. This basket is then, by the use of the pulley rope, worked up and down in the water by the man in attendance, after which it is lifted into the next tub, where it is left moment, until another basket is lifted into the first compartment.
 Then basket number one was worked up and down in tub number two and lifted into the next, where it is treated in similar manner. Finally it is worked in the tub containing the clear boiling hot water, from which it is lift cd to tho draining table, whore young woman with heavy white gloves on her hands takes tho dishes out and sorts them. Here some one asks, But when are they driedT' The instant that they are lifted from the last tub the drying process begins, and while they are being taken from the blBlct they are dried by the heat in them. Not one dish is broken during the operation, and this is one of the prime advantages in the method. .--Good Housekeeping.