The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-22

big enough for royal castle. In really
big buildings the number runs between
fifty and hundred. If there are fifty,
perhaps twenty will be women-the buck
ct and mop brigade. There is a special
underground room for the mops, buckets,
dust brushes, whisk brooms, wiping cloths,
securing feathers, and so on. Everything
is kept in orderly array there, and what
ever goes out must be duly fetched in
The women begin work at o'clock in
the mourning. BY 8, or a little after, they
have all the floors clean in the long CORR
doris, the stairs looked after the closets
scrubbed, the woodwork and window stills
immaculate of dust. Then they troop
away, to reappear at in the afternoon
with brooms, dust pans, brushes and
cloths Most of the offices are by this
time vacant. The superintendent pass
key opens them and the sweepers fall
to work. But before they go far the
waste paper boys come to empty waste
baskets into Hght-wheeled cars which
convey the days accumulation to the
freight elevator, and thence to the base
ment.
Since all the really big buildings have
their own electric plants, Il follows THAI
the care of electric lights is a part of
the housekeeping. The women do not
touch them, however, that is left to the
men of motors and dynamos, some of
whom move swiftly from office to office.
inspecting every light and remedying Wis
ible defects. 1t is much the same with
the distillmg plant which supplies ten
ants their drinking water. The distillers
look after pipes and pressures, though
usually only when there is complaint of
something wrong.
Men also do the window cleaning-men
specially selected for thoroughness. So
briefly, and agile strength. 1t is not every
man who can clean windows a hundred
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out which no man is permitted to at
tempt it. The belt is of the very best and
toughest sole leather, about three inches
broad and furnished at each side with a
looped strap, which slips over a metal
finger, built into the window casing The
man wearing 1t can safely lean his whole
weight against it. He will be wise though
to look up, not down while he wSrks
There is story of one man who looked
down tainted dead away, and hung limp
and corpselke in the window until res
cued by his fellows
On the face of things the window clean
ing compan MES that figure so largely in
keeping clear commercial plate glass.
should be a boon to the sky-scrapers. But
such is not the case. SlIy-scraper house,
keeping needs must take account of two
things-the weather and the within, or
convenience of its tenants. If company
cleaned its windows it would be at set
times and seasons-and pretty generally
within the eight hours Of general work,
from nine to five. Its own men work late
and carly, so as not to incommode those
IN the offices and besides have regard to
clouds and wind and weather They are
not required, however, to do more than
a days work and never allowed to ex-
rose themselves to weather unduly Sc
we're.
The clock winding company, contrary
wise, is a delight, and a relief 1t un-
dertakes for so much a month to keep
any clock, great or small, wound and in
such repair that II shall not vary by more
than a half minute either way, from exact
time. 1t began by attending 10 the very
big clocks, like those In church spires, and
upon public buildings and has gradually
extended It's scope until now II VIII even
look after the watch In your pocket, II
need be. II has curious record books. and
route maps showing clocks 10 be wound,
when. where, OF what make. and how Of
Ten. At FIRST % had just two employees
Now clock winding IL recognized busi-
ness
But itfis nothing IN comparison with
that OF supplying toilet requisites. Hair
"a dozen growing companies parcel out
and dispute the privilege OF furnishing
offices nOt merely with clean towels daily.
but with soap. combs. brushes, mirror
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