Evening journal., 1911-08-10
MODEL LAUNDRY
OF TURNER BROS.
Honest Methods, Up-tO-date
Equipment and Attention
to Sanitary Details
in Business
HAS EIGHT TEAMS AND
SIXTY-FOUR EMPLOYEES

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The perfect laundry" is a term that
truthfully could be applied to the es-
tablishment OF Turner Brothers. Of
Nos 423 and 425 West Second street
Their present large laundry and the
extensive patronage they enjoy be-
speaks more than anything else the
success OF Turner Brothers. sue
cess that has developed from a small
business and based on honest dealing,
efforts to please the public and care
ful attention to details and to sanitary
requirements.
From a small beginning at Seventh
aud Tatnall streets, Turner Brothers
by close application TO the business
and satisfying methods have built up
a trade that is TO be envied. and they
now have a complete plant, prepared
TO meet any demands that may be
made upon Il and 20 make good In all
their operations. Their policy al
ways has been to please the patron.
and that they have succeeded is am
ply shown in their advancement.
There are four of the brothers in
the business, and all are "on the job,
as the present day saying is. looking
after every branch Of the business,
giving the details their personal su-
pervieion. striving 10 turn out the
best work at all times.
"A satisfied customer comes back,
is the motto they always have had in
mind. and this same spirit has been
impaired TO their many employees
Courtesv is another fundamental
principle that supplements their en-
deavors TO turn out the best work
q. A. Turner. II. A. Turner, Il. 2.
Turner and Isaac Turner arc the
brothers engaged in the business.
They started in November, 1904, at
seventh and Tatnall streets and as
their business grew apace as the re-
suit of the good work and fair deal
ing for which they stood, they soon
realized the necessity for a greater
plant and enlarged facilities AS
result they removed TO Nos. 423-25
West second street four years ago and
converted the building into a thor
oughly modern laundry. with every
niece of machinery down TO the very
minute in the way of improvements
The machinery was selected, too, with !
the idea to make everything sanitary,
and Turner Brothers succeeded adj
mirably in this
First of all. there is the "mangle.
a machine with a misft name This
machine. as originally designed might
appropriately have bean termed a
rnangle because of the many fingers
crushed in II, but Turner Brothers
have a mangle with safety appliances
that makes 1t impossible for an en-
pioye to be injured II is really a ma
ofine with rolls TO iron fiat work,
s9lfusehold goods. sheets, linens, etc.
10 ale safety device warns the operator
. hen her fingers approach about seven
eight inches from the rolls, and II
wis warning Is not needed a SAFETY
Mage automatically slips into position
and also stops the machine, thus MAX
ing an accident impossible.
The washing machines, OF which
there are six, are interesting devices.
They are big copper-lined receptacles,
with lets of water circulating and
penetrating the goods to be washed,
and IN addition a scoop automatically
keeps pouring water on top of the
goods. There also Is a rotary and re-
verse motion that prevents the shirts,
household goods. etc, becoming en-
tangled In the machine and keeps them
separated.
The goods after being washed so to
the extractor, or wringer, although
there is really no wringing to dam
age the articles. There are three OF
these extractors, and they whirl the
goods around in them at 1900 revolu-
tions a minute which throws the water
OF by centrifugal force, and the
clothes are soon freed Of all water as
II they had been put under the Creates
pressure.
Then the goods go to the dryer
which is really a heated air chamber
The articles are fastened on travelling
devices. which make eight trip
through the dryer, and at the last tril
the articles are released automaucall.
from the traveller and fall in a pile
They are then ready to be ironed, anS
this Is an interesting process.
Shirts are ironed entirely by steam
pressure. and the articles are finished
as smooth and evenly as II they had
been gone over with a heated iron.
The collar dampener, shaper an,
edger does many things in one oper
alton and is really one of the ingen
ious devices in the plant. It is use
fn finishing cuffs. too.
Seven large suction fans are In
stalled. one in each end of the plan
.and one in the middle that keeps tn
interior at all times at a comfortable
temperature. In fact, the com
fort Of the employees is one Of the
hobbies with Turner Brothers.
There is a large frame TO stretcl
lace curtains and finish them Il
please the most fastidious house
holder, and there is a darning machin
to mend stockings into which a hol
or two has crept for the bachelor
Other articles that show signs o
damage also are repaired before be
ing sent 10 the patron. The soal
used throughout the laundering oper
alton is absolutely neutral and So pc
cent pure, a high grade soap TO
laundering purposes.
The packing and asserting depart
ment. IN which the employees sort ou
and wrap the thousands Of pieces q
laundered articles each week, fun
nishes an interesting study Il
remarkable how the dozens Of article
are assorted and find their way wit
practically no mistakes to their rigi
destination.
Turner Brothers now have eigl
teams in operation, collecting an
delivering articles for the laundr
and they have sixty-four employees q
their payroll, which indicates thi
their laundry is really an establish
ment Of magnitude. and something
which Turner Bros. are Justly prou,
FINDS SHORT MFASTrRFS