New-York tribune., 1903-04-03
PASSING OF THE BROOM
pacuum S1ceeping System Tolls
KneH
ADVANCE IN SANITARY SCIENCE.

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length the Kenney Air Sweeping System. tn.
article created much interest and brought IN
quiries which would 10 call for something
further on the subject.
After many years exhaustive study and expert
ment David T. Kenney perfected this system ABOUT
a year ago. 1Bis epochaI invention (for so may
rightly be termed idea in practical form which
marks the passing of the old order OF things. ana
especially a particular which vitality concerns
the health of crowded communitiesJ is not the
chance discovery of Iayman- Mr. Kenney.
engineer Of deservedly high repute. has devoted
some OF the most notable inventions IN the way
ar and Yanf11iy of his Pp!saha Working knowed Of the
subject So well known are these 70 archtects and
present would receive respectful considera ton. but
IN tn,s case " u zhe On 3b e r5os S .
ly. at the moment when the difficulties Il IS meant
structures. reached their climax, which has Won
a Sisyhpus task Il is to clean with broom and
besom the modern hotel. government or apartment
HtsygsiIs T and tbe wear and tear o. the articles
cleaned 10 say nothing of the payroll for labor.
Here is one instance: In In certain building n
costs 5000 to send these to the carpet cleaner Just
ings in New3Yori city in any one OF which the 4oor
space IS equal to that OK a sn1all town: the pop
9toeT OF r, a. Jis1d l = the broouls ana busters 10 to
the pals and to do the serubbirgl Why, II is a
In the brief time Since its invention Mr. Kennsy
has introduced this system into many pTomineat
office buildings, hotels. department stores ara
FIatiron and the Manhattan Life Insurance Com
mont hoteis IN course Of CONSTRUCTION win probao DIV
rave the most varied and complete systems and In
All cases it has been found 10 give entire salts
faction, superintendent Of an important edifce
0ne-third in the expense OF cleaning. In "A twink
ling could remove the last particle OF dust from
ure as the Broad-Exchange Building. despite ijs
vast floor space Of over 26oO00 square feet
Ii is also of incalculable benefit to the railroad
service Of the country Who has not paid the
,i MhsH ra SOIL = second sfferwsrd9 Ana Who has not
ms % apPafT e, fbf Iungs nasal passsges and eves
from the intermittent efforts Of that same atten-
dant dust" the seats and aisies OF the Pullman
in which he was for the nOnCe prisoner (Pasteur
once made the remark that the dust brush and
broom were a thousandIold more ddnserouS tnsn
gunpOwder. and cost the world thousands OF lives
Continent and this dust has been A contribution
from the aIka desert, which has iusidiousy stolen
ferings have been Of the most aggravated form
Think what It means & tneT & 70 nav nave s a G1G %
dust vanish from plush seat from apparel from
And the O dust. as dirt is least o6jectioHsbs
is the army Of germs disease gerrns.-tnat e nd
den therein that convert a nuiSane INTO a dangsI-
Even in the well ordered dwellings ot the metrop-
illness one inhaIes in the nefghborhoOd Of 500
bacteria day What must he not get into his
places of amusement office buildings and depart
nent stores? a gentleman OF prominence. speak
of the chief department stores Of NeW-4ork CITY
tack OF bronchitis that think came from nothing
else but the inhaIations Of that dust And his
that dust which has sifted through windows and
T 9R4 do2r oP xsfors apd sef It 0Foqfht IS e @ % 1 Of
streets. and teening with bacteria-the sputa OF
cOnsumptives and catarrhal sufferers. the excreta
of animals and other disease germ breeders TOO
monv of Dr. n p LOOMS. professor OF therapeu-
tics and clinical medicine in Cornell Medical Col !.
265oocSooS or 5000 10000 of germs are dis
charged from the lungs of a single cOnsumpttve IN
twenty.four hours: the germs are eousneG up up
lodged in the street on the floors OF rooms carpels
dries it becomes fine ysf BodfT H9S55 s9 IN 'G Credits 9
bacteria into establishments Dr. William II
Thompson. formerly Of the medical department. OF
the New-York University. has testified at length %
the sins of dust as an intermediate agent n the
are but few of those whose testimony might be
quoted along line. the science of to-day having
determined that dust means germs. germs con-
Now. by this system. it must be understood the
dust is drawn by vacuum through hose. carr carried "a
into an airght cylinder ana & mere GiSlbIeI' @ b fb =
blast system-compreSsed air. And wtthal il is so
gentle in its operation it will not harm the most
delicate fabrics; indeed. some Of the Oriental car
sole purpose OF cleansing without lmpaiF1ng tnslg
COStlieSt goods For, despite the skill ana care
ings. pOrteFes etc. intrusted them. there are
some of these so very heavy. some so old, some
them through the machine cleaning process with
in NeW-York which weighs three tons-think Of the
expense and worse the danger OF putting that car
pet through the ordinary cleaning process.
And there is another greatt, item Of expense that
touching
cleaning question: most Of the wealthy and faSridi-
ous guests of New-York's fashionable hostIertes
rooms after former occupants unless every stitch
OF drapery and carpeting is removed and cleaned.
FastidouS? No. educated: they are simply avoid
ing a known danger: and the equally educated
I'm stock duplicates of the carpets etc Think what
he can instantly and with trifing expense renew
a room, and so save the expense OF duplicates
When the Kenney machine has got through
with it's work there is neither dirt. IN the most
ing: and how triing Is the labor OF accomplishing
this wonderful feat-a light lire OF covered hose.
handle it, is pushed over the floors and behind it
up IN pristine neWneSs ana nflghtneSs- Ihere IS
nothing complex or intricate about the process IL
is as simple as pushing a carpet sweeper-and a
And it must not be supposed that the knowIedss
System is confined TO New-YOTk- The great archi-
day, but anticipate the dicta of the science
OF hygiene and sanitation OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
out the land know il esteem IT and susscffv it II
may be found in the King Edward Hotel in Toronto
The builders of the far famed Frick BGiiSng. in
Pfttsburg-described as a "parlor from cellar to
factory thing put in it, and add the effect the
carpets is very satisfactory as II seems not only
raising the nap somewhat Nor the archi-
stalled this system in their buildings been te oh
ones TO indorse Mr. Kenney's inventfon-the writer
thority as the conservative Scientific American
having enthusiastically described it "a machine
comium Il added the statement that. 'sside from
machine is the advantage Of being able to ct
many times more dirt up at a sweeping Out OF ar
OF dirt that could he collected after an od-styls
cleaning would be about one-half pound This
Of dirt out of rug Of that size which Mas sIp
posed 10 have been cleaned every day
tion. and 10 have 1t thorOughly explained. and he