The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-05
costs MONEY To.
| WASH WINDOWS
To Keep Panes of Glass in New
house Buildings Clean Causes
Heavy Outlay.
TWO PERSONS CONSTANTLY
EMPLOYED IN WORK
Each Washer Cleans an Aver
age Of Ninety Windows
Every Day.

Lots OF nice things have been said
about Salt Lake City's two big sky
scrapers on South Main street, the Bos >
ton block and the Newhouse building,
but probably the most sincere and con-
scientious boosters OF the city have
never stopped TO think about the enor-
nous amount OF work required TO keep
the buildings up and the number of peo-
pie employed in operating the big struc-
lures.
h For those who have never thought Of
. the work done each day by the employees
OF the two eleven story buildings, 1t may
4 be interesting TO know that there are
Eighteen women Janitors employed in
both structures each day, They go to
. work until o'clock In the evening. Dur
Ing this time the scrubblng is done. Then
The women return at $3.50 O'Clock every
morning and work FOR an hour and half,
busting the offices.
/. One watchman. four night janitors, one
engineer. eight elevator boys, three fire
men, one electrician, two window washers
and two elevator starters are needed TO
Operate the two buildings. besides the
women and the superintendent.
As a protection against fire and
watchman every hour during the night
The buildings have their own alarm and
register system and as each floor is
visited by the watchman, a record is
n
little mechanical device in the supcrin-
tendents office. a report is sent 10 the
police station every hour during the
night, too.
"a Many Windows to Wash.
"a On each floor Of the two big structures
arc l20 office windows and these arc
washed religIously each week: The two
window washers average a floor and a
half day. or about $50 windows. The
washers do their rubbing and scruooing
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There Is any question about their work
being done right, Just visit either OF the
Buildings and see for yourself. You
will find the panes as spotless as they
might be in "Spotless Town All of the
rnen and women employed in the Boston
and Newhouse blocks receive fairly good
'pay. The women get $50 month for
ther work the isnitors $50 the window
Washers $50, the firemen Si5, and the rest
$T5 and UP.
IN The elevators in The building are so
operated that there is a car al the top
floor every tventy-seven seconds. II is
Estimated that on an average business
DAY the cars I'm each block carry about
$500 passengers. on days when there is
n parade or some street denonstra lion
the number of persons carried In the
,ipper windows in The buildings are
places OF advantage at such time.
q superintendent Keefe Talks.
N To talk with Jack keefe, the young
Heshing as bag Of cracked Ice laid
Igently on ones fevered brow in the cool
gray dawn oi the morning after the
night before. He Is a salt Lake booster
from start TO tinish and what he doesn't
Know about the buildings in bis charge
IJs hardly worth knowing. Neefe says
Ihe was born in London and received thc
Education that he earned for himself in
New York. He Was employed as an
itleyator boy in Chicago Tor long time.
working in thc Masonic Temple, the
[Fishcr building and other places where
Islevator bovs have TO hustle like mad
Iall of the time" He came 10 Salt Lake
sCity to take q job as an elevator boy in
tthe Newhousc structure. He had only
Worked ner. Il short time when he was
lpromoted 10 tho position OF starter and
Ithen a short time ago was made superin-
ltcndenl OF both buildings.
salt Lake City is some town. believe
lme' said Young Mr.. keofc. Saturday
bafternoou. II wouldn't go back east now
Bfor love or money. although | Was pretty
lonesome for Old CHI when | first came
oout here. This town has a future and |
iam glad that ! am one fellow. at least,
-'who listened to the OFT heard advice; 90
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