The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-03-02
RADICAL CHANGE
IN CULLEN HOTEL
Compressed Air Cleaning Plant
Will Be Installed in
HOsteIry.

| When Ben Haywood com mpleIes the re-
| modelling OF the Cullen hotel. he will
have installed p compressed air cleaning
plant. which will render II unnecessary
ever 10 take a broom under the roof OF
that hostelry. The chambenaids, in
stead OF using a broom TO sweep out the
rooms, will use a compressed air suction
tube. which VIII be rubbed over the car
pets and which will draw the dirt and
dust through the tube down into n tank
in the basement. From a standpoint of
sanitation the new plan OF housekeeping
seems 10 be absolutely perfect, and it
accomplshes the work Of sweeping mad
cleaning the rooms without creating any
dust. The dust. in fact. Is drawn down
through the tube instead OF being spread
about IN the air by the vigorous strokes
of the chamberpaid's broom.
The compressed air plant is operated
by steam in the new power plant Of the
hotel a perfect suction and exhaust
system are arranged. and the plant Is
piped 10 every floor in the hotel. The
suction pipes on the various floors are
so arranged that they can be connected
with d hose long enough to reach to any
corner of any floor In the building.
At the end OF this hose is a long steel
tube Attached 10 this tube is an oblong
piece OF steel which contains at the end
a slit about a foot long and about an
eight OF an inch wide In sweeping car
pets this piece OF steel with the slit IN
the end is rubbed over the carpets. and
the strong suction draft forces through
the tube and down the pipes every par
ticle OF dust and dirt.
Yesterday morning, while Mr. Haywood
and Tribune reporter We're experiment
ing with the device. Mr.. Haywood threw
a saucer fun OF -four on the carpet. He
stamped IL down and rubbed II in with
his feet. Then the suction arrangement
was run over II once and IL disappeared
as II by magic II had gone down the
tube and into the discharge tank in the
power house, three floors below. in al
most second OF time, No dust was
created In removing 1t from the floor.
Water thrown on the carpet disappeared
instantly after the suction arrangement
had been applied to II,
The force of the suction tube Is strong
enough not only 10 remove all dust from
the carpet. but II pulls fine dust and dirt
through the carpet, and keeps the floor
Itself in perfectly clean condition Be-
cause of this 1t will never be necessary
10 take up the carpets in the new Cullen,
FOR, II they were taken up, the floors
under Them would be found to be as clean
as though they had been scrubbed daily
for year.
The compressed-ar plant. therefore,
guarantees not only that the rooms Will
be kept much cleaner than II a broom
were used In cleaning them but II as
sures that the germ breeding dust and
dirt so common To A hotel Will never be
present In the Cullen. Special brush at
tachments are provided for the cleaning
OF walls. for cleaning wood or tile floors
which are uncarpeted and for cleaning
cushion chairs The suction Is so strong
that when a brush is applied TO the wall
IL takes considerable strength of arm
10 withdraw Il, The arrangement Is re-
garded as one which Insures perfect
sanitation. which broom can never do.
Chambermaids in the Cullen will still
be armed with feather busters TO remove
dust and dirt from the furniture. bua
hrooms will be a thing unknown In the
hostelry hereafter Mr.. Haywood expects
to have the hotel remodeled about the
middle OF May. He is building a fine
new power house and light plant in the
rear. and Is practically rebuilding the
hotel throughout. Among other things a
grill room will be Installed.