Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-03-03
WOMAN's WORLD.
HOW a BIG HOTEL WASHES IRIS
DISHES BY MACHINERY.

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The little girl who wished that hel
kitten was able TO do homework, ssbe.
cause then 1t could wash the dishes,r u
not alone In looking upon the family
dish washing rs .bugbear. and she
could not fail 10 be interested In q mon
ster machine that Ii used in o hotel in
Springfield. Mass, which, with the at
tendance Of three persons, washes about
Io,Soo dishes during the three meal hour
Of each day. Formerly five persons were
Repaired TO wash and dry dishes brought
from the tables. By using the machine
only three are required, one woman "a
pack the dishes in the basket, and an.
other q strong man to really do the wash.
ing. and third 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 Il also. but 1t was found
that the operation was too wearing, and
the old method was resorted to.
The appliances for the great washer
consist Of long tank divided into four
compartments. similar in appearance to
set tubs; the first containing strong, hot
soapsuds, the second also q soapy water
as hot as the first, the third and fourth
being filed with clear water at boil
ing point Attic left Of the tank Is a
long table upon which the dishes are
placed ready to be washed, and upon
the right is another. q drainer table Of
same dimensions, where the dishes are
sorted and placed ready for the tables.
Six strong, round, open baskets OF wood
and brass are used in the operation, the
dishes being packed into them; cups,
sancers 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
manner that the water has free play be-
tween them.
Over the tank extends trolly track
from which is suspended q number of
pulley ropes with heavy iron hooks At
tached to the ends. The man who works
the ropes hooks one rope into . basket
filed with dishes and lifts 1t into the
compartment containing hot suds, and
leaves It there awhile 10 that anything
sticky may soak of. 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 IL e
lifted into the next tub, where il IL left
. moment, until another basket IL lifted
into the first compartment.
Then basket number one was worked
up and down in tub number two and
lifted into the next, where IL Is treated
In . similar manner. Finally II IL
worked In the tub containing the clear
boiling hot water, from which il Is lift
ed TO the draining table. where young
woman with heavy white gloves ON her
hands takes the dishes out and sorts
theEi- Here some one asks, But when
are they driedy' The instant that they
are lifted from the last tub the drying
process begins, and while they are being
taken from the basket they are dried by
the heat in them. Not one dish Is
broken during the operation, and this Ia
one Of tho prime advantages In the
method. Good Housekeeping.