The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-09-03
FINE NEW HOME
Of ROYAL LAUNDRY
Will Move Into Handsome Seventh
Street Building Sep
TENDER II.
HAS ITS OWN
ELECTRIC PLANT
Equipment the Best Which
Twentieth Century Minds
Can Devise-CompleJe
in Every Detail.

Equipped with every twentieth CEN
fury device to facilitate work. noth-
ing spared to offer sanitary and ny
eienfc surroundings and with an eye
looking towards the comfort OF en-
ployes, the new building OF the Royal
Laundry, Nos S07-313 North Seventh
street, is rapidly nearing completion
and will be formally opened septem-
Der IL.
Nearly all the machinery has been
installed and Manager NJ. 3. Flor
sheim is confident that everything VIII
be in shape to open on schedule time.
What the building cost MI. Florsheim
does not wish to make public, but II
can be said that the structure. thor
oughly modern IN every particular,
is one of the most expensive or Its
kind IN the country.
Mr. Florshetm Is one of Richmond's
successful young business men. Prob
ably no man In the city of his years
has attempted such an undertaking,
as he in putting up building which
is one of the finest of its kind here.
1t would be almost impossible to sur
pass 1t from point OF convenience
and still maintain the artistic taste
Of the architect
Fronts Ninety Essea
II fronts ninety feet on Seventh.
between Broad and Marshall, and ex-
tends back nearly TO Eighth street,
The front 10 composed mostly of huge
plate glass windows, white tile and
red brick and terra Gotta.
Tile floors mark the entrance. with
all woodwork of white with. mahog-
any trimmings. This Is the public
office. while the sanctum OF Mr.. Flor
sheim is separated by a glass par
tiuon.
IN the rear OF the ofTices on the first
floor is the hugo wash room. delivery
department and drivers quarters.
In the wash room will be found the
most improved automatic tubs, wiring
ers, dryers and other simflar machIn-
cry. Each piece Ia operated by an
individual motor, supplied with cur
rent generated by private electric
plant of the laundry. No steam Ia
used. Electricity Is the keynote OF
the whole scheme. Mr.. Florsheirn Ia
particularly proud OF an apparatus for
bleaching by electricity.
The basement is occupied almost en-
tirely by huge furnaces and the cleo
trio plant, and thirty thousand gall
Ion emergency water tank.
Second Flood.
The second floor Is devoted TO the
asserting room, packing department
ironing room and a lunch room for the
employees. Here also will be found
beautifully appointed baths and show
ers fer the use of the Office employees
This is an entirely new departure for
Richmond laundry, and shows Mr..
FIorsheim's idea OF providing for the
comfort of those who work for him.
Details have been worked out To
separate the blacks and whites while
-
1t is hoped to avoid internal disturb
ances."
The ironing room. like the WASH
ing room. Is equipped with every con.
ceivable up-to-date device. One TEA
eure Is newly invented dryer, which
will remove every tota OF moisture
from piece of linen In fifteen min
utes.
For a larger portion of the worn
machinery Is used. but for miladys
finary the fashioned natiron is re-
sorted TO.
Hardwood floors are found all over
the building.
Outgrown Present Quarters.
In four years the Royal Laundry
has outgrown it's present quarters In
Seventh street, between Broad and
Grace. although that Is looked upon
as a model establishment.
The business OF the concern has
grown marveloasly. Work Is done for
all OF the big hotels here and other
large concerns, such as the Pullman
Company. Family work" Is also
handled.
Thirteen wagons are kept constant
ly busy, while one hundred and TWEEN
tytwo men ana women are required
to keep up with the work,
Men who have visited laundries In
nearly every State in the Union de.
clare the new home of the Royal to
be the finest they have ever seen. A
great many laundrtes have the same
equipment but only very few boast
plant OF the tremendous size as thar
which Is now In Richmond.
Troy. ". r., the home OF the taun-
dries" IL said TO ~ossess nothing which
can surpass that owned by Florshtim-
John II. Wilson was the conuector
and c, X. Bryant tho architect
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