The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-03-22
1t the Finely Equipped Modern Es-
tablishment of SIayton and
Bryan on West Pike Street.

a model steam laundry-that Is
what the finely equipped establish
ment OF Messrs. Slayton and BRYAN
In the newly built Jameson building
ON West Pike street, below First.
may properly be termed. 1t is the
embodiment of an ideal in the steam
laundering business for 1t has all of
the modern machinery, equipment
and facilities with an experienced
and skilled management conducting
It along the proper lines to make it
so.
A New Plant.
The establishment is practically a
new one. Recently the laundry was
moved from the Jameson building
on North Fourth street, Glen Elk. to
It's present location and when this
was done all of the machinery and
equipment that had been superseded
by newer inventions was thrown out
and the latest machinery procured
to take its place.
The building now occupied was
built especially for the laundry and
1t is
Commodious and Convenient
in every particular. 1t is built of
artificial stone. The mechanical de-
partment of the laundry is located
in large room in the rear which is
lOOx4O feet in dimensions, extends
to the height of two stories and has
two ground floors. The asserting
and bookkeeping departments are To-
Gated in a room in the front 50x2O
feet which Is fitted up like "a store
room.
Inspected Plant.
A representative of the Telegram
called at the laundry this morning
and inspected the plant and he was
quite pleasantly surprised with the
tne equipment, excellent arrange
ment and able management, as shown
in its smooth operation.
In the extreme rear OF the me-
chantcal department are the large
boilers and steam engine that pro-
vide the motive power for the plant.
In front of this are situated the
washing machines in which the
articles to be laundered are washed
Here are also located the extractors
machines that wiring the water out
OF the clothes after they are washed.
They look something
Like Big Dynamos
turned on their side and containing
a large tub which is whirled around
at the rate of fifteen hundred reyolu-
tions a minute, Next are the huge
Hagen mangles-massive machinery
that iron all fiat work such as table
clothes, bed spreads and the like.
This machine is the best that scien-
titic skill has been able to produce.
On the rear floor Is also located one
OF the drying rooms. where cloth
ing is dried in few moments by
steam heat.
Many Special Machines.
On the second floor of the main
working room are located quite a
number of machines each providing
Tor certain part of the work Of
laundering. Here are to be found
starching machines, some for collars
and cuffs, some for stiff bosom shirts
and some for other work. Another
dry room is located on this floor.
There are dampening presses in
which the clothing is pressed and
slightly dampened for ironing. Then
there are dozen different kinds of
ironing machines. There are shirt
bosom ironers, neck and wristband
ironers, body ironers, collar and cuff
ironers and in fact machines that
viii iron any thing that is possible
to iron. Some Of the machines are
big ones, and expensive, especially
the large collar and cuff ironer.
For Collars and .CuAc
One department on the second
floor that particularly strikes the
visitor is the one devoted to the
finishing of collars and cuffs. There
are quite a number of special ma
chimes for these purposes and each
Kind performs certain function in
the finishing of this work. There
are special machines for stand-up
collars, lay-down collars and wing
collars. For stand-up collars there
are edgers which have cloth-coyer-
ed steam dial and
A Revolving Iron Cone.
the former of which steams the edges
OF the collars and the latter furnish-
es the smooth edge by ironing. There
are automatic seam dampeners for
lay-down collars and turner's for the
same. Following these are edeers
for this class Of work. Special ma
chimes are also provided for the nm
ishing Of wing collars.
There are machines for dampening
the wing points, another machine for
dampening the seam, then machines
Tor ironing the wing and moulding
It TO the shape It had when originally
new.
Asserting and Wrapping.
From the second working floor the
visitor next comes TO the asserting
and wrappIng denartmenf aftnr nnus.