The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-10
SOMETHING FOR SOMETHING.
Food and Shelter Depot Where Indus
try and Cleanliness Reign.


II is worth the while of any person in
terested In the amelioration of the condi-
ton of the laboring man to visit the Sal
walton Army food and shelter depot at
the corner of South Second and Weller
streets. A good work is being done I'M
der adverse circumstances, and any one
who helps the depot along can rest as
sured his charitable impulse Is not to
end In placing a premium on fdleness.
The depot is place where everything
is as clean as wax, the food placed on
the long counters could be eaten with
relish by people who think cleanliness
next to godllness." but in plain English
the depot is no place for drones. The
motto is something for something" and
a reporter who was sent there TO OBJ
serve what was going on found that this
is being literally carried out.
Financially speaking. the establishment
Is travelling rather rough road and were
IL not for the assistance rendered by the
city. namely. 500 appropriation. which
goes coward the fitting-up expenses, Sre-
cial Fowler would have to do closer fig
uring. Mr.. Fowler says that all that is
necessary at present 10 pay expenses Is
a sale of FIVE cords Of wood q Day. AS a
matter of fact the actual demand by
purchasers falls short three or four cords.
This of course makes IL hard 10 get money
enough to pay for the provisions used
for the $50 men, who depend on the shell
ter In the beginning the men were given
two meals day: but curtailment Ia work
has made IL necessary 20 reduce the num-
Der one-half.
The depot has as one of its branches a
full-aedged hask5s factory under charge
OF W. G.. Healy. This factory has been
in operation one month. during which
time 200 dozen baskets have been made and
placed on the market. When the reporter
was at the shop an order for ninety dozen
q. ..
ished Mr.. Heaiy said that he had facii-
tiles for making thtrtyflve dozen bas-
kets day. Up 10 the present time. by
dividing the work into one-half hour
shifts, about thirty men had been given
work day.
Ordinary market baskets. lunch baskets
and bushel baskets were made the TIM
Der being procured In and about Seattle.
Spruce. which is useful for the main body
OF the basket, Is purchased. but the maple
used for handles is obtained from the
forests by nsen sent cut from the factory.
II does not require skilled labor 10 pre-
pare the strips which are woven together.
so this gives the ordinary iaborer a
chance 10 work. \ piece Of spruce, sawed
the proper width. is placed in a vice and
then two men drag a plane along the
surface. thus tearing of strips that be-
come part Of the basket. The hinges are
purchased In New York city
Special Fowler has gang OF men at
work getting out drift wood that is
thrown M under the piankinw at The cor
ner of Weller and South Second streets.
| The old standing Joke about the man
vho went 20 bed while his only sui, Of
underwear was being washed might he
truly applied to some OF the hoarsfers AZ
the depot The exception would have 20
hs made however. that at the depot the
clothes are drying and actually ready 80
be put on by the time their owner comes
out of the bath tuh. The bath room is one
Of the most important features Of tire cs-
;ahlishmea, and IL is run on rules. so far
never broken. There are two bath tubs
supplied with hot and cold water. and also
a large brick waited heater The temper
asurs Of she rcorn IS high all tire ssrre
II will re readily understood that the
persons who Will avail themselves Of this
free BATH room have not two sGtts Of tr-
acYciathas The reason fer the heater
then becomes apparent. 4 man pats his
clothes in a hig TIN can Htled with water
and to no time they are boiled and ready
FOR drying While the drying IS gotng
on the man IS bathing
In order that there vaay be 70 trouble
among the hathers the following rules
have been adopted.
NO lead talking allowed
No profsae language.
Each rersoa will hattie and wash as
! soon rs possible IN order 20 make room
for others
s'So wrestling o. any fooIishnesS al
lowed Each person ~ili he responsible
| FOR his own clothes.
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