The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-19

and they arc then ready for the sort.
ing room. after having been inspected
All ladies wearing apparel is ironed
by hand electric irons being used
throughout the plant. Whatever fc@-i
nine clothes are not ironcd bv hand
are handled oy specially designed "a.
chiuery that leaves the 6nstod
articles i'm beautiful co-di;;ol. both in
appearance and rs to cloth.
Flat Work Ironing
All 1at worl, is ironcd by beire fed
between revolving rolls the under ones
Of which arc heated, The work cones
out smooth and dry ard thc attendants
work Ike automatic machines iH .od
ing the clothes. No voocns nor San
neIs 60 into the dry houses. NJ such
garments arc dried by the uatJra beat
of the room This prevents shrlosing.
The curtain -irctchcr Is another in
tcrcstipg device in the rlaut, Tho eao-
vas covering is marked oG into
measures aud curtains are siroichei
according to their proper size. \ cur
tain is pipucd OF thc pad and then th'
face OF the pad Is turned down INTO the
tank from which flows tbc bot arr thar
dries IL.
Another feature that causes a gccd
deal OF comment on the part Of thnse
who inspect tho plant is what = known
as the "toWc tumbler. This Goa
sists of q great revolving drum, into
which the bath towels are put. The
drum j. turned rapidly and bot olssf
Of air driven into IL at tbc same tune:
The towels arc taken out white apo
soft and fuzzy
Water softenins Plant.
Every gallon Of water used 10 the
washing Of clothes in the Model Plant
is chemically tested daily for the pres.
ehce of cloth-destroyiug properties
chemist l. in constant attendance al
the plant. Ttc water used III tbe estao'
Iisbmcut j. pumped 10 tanks st the
rear Of the building holding eighty
Thousand gallons. The water is then
treated 20 take ont al Of the lime aud
me ynesia, and 30 thoroughly IS tbisg
done that the Model is today using ia
per cent less SOAP in its work than any
other plant in tie city,
The softeninG process IS known ~
The Cartrigbt.Ca Four-way system'
and the distributing pumps and otnef
apparstus are the best that mouef
could buy.
The steam and heat and electri@
power and light for the ontire plant y
generated in the building. and thy
boilers have an automatic stokor iced
that eliminates ali smoke from the
great concrete stack IN the rear Of ting
buildipg.
The building is equipped with ad
automatic sprinkllpg system Tor 6r9
prevention. end throughout the d'fterI
ent department, tbc employees, are mol
permitted to drink from cups, ouoolin3
Fountains being installed at conveuient
places.
Employees Dining Room.
There are many employees IN the
Model plant, most of them women ana
girls, who bring their lunches daily
In most plants the employees eat thelf
noon day meal wherever they can find
space. and the result is more or less
confusion and dirt.
At the Model. in the sunny southr
west corner of the second floor, diui
ingroom has been partitioDed od
with glass partitions, and here the emf
ployees eat their lunch. The company
furnishes coffee. cream and sugar freq
to every emnlovee, and they are weE'
como 10 ali thcv want waitress is
provided. end the employees Of the dit
feront floors lunch at different periods
Few cafes can boast AS clean and vcu
kent an eating room as Manager Wig
nal Maintains,
With the completion Of the plant
and the removal of the business FROM
is former location on Orpheum averu9
AL drivers were nut on an honor sySl
ton. aud heavy increase ~ buslncsf
has resulted from this source alone, ae'
corlinr "a the company's officials.
The Model is in every sense OF the
word = local institution. h
& general invitation has been .ex
tended 20 the public TO visit the p'snf
ar auv hour Of the day. and an attenot
ant j. always on duty to show visitors
throurh tho establishment
Takinc tho institution IN al its de-
oar,ments. there is little question but
that il represents ono OF the most carei
fully planned laundrics ever erected ~
the west. and one that sets 2 new
standard Tor cleanliness. sanitation,
the careful and scientific handling ,of
garments ard the cleaning of every &c
scriation Of clothes suscentiole to soI
water and a minimum amount Of SOAP;
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