The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-03-19
From Mondays Daily

From Mondays Daily
! Madison I.aunderers, Dryers and
, Cleaners. are now settled in their
commodious. 4ell lighted. and modern
new plant. OPPOSITE Brett's store. The
large building has been redecorated.
and finished In shades of dull blue and
gray. n convenient ladies' dressing
room has been installed and other up
to-date features added. Mr.. Madson's
business office will be located facing
| Front street. but as the room has not
been completed. a temporary Office
has been fitted up on the Jackson
street side OF the property. A fire.
I proof. drycieaning room will be built
on Jackson streets, 20xi2 feet, and
viii fll the space between the present
wall Of the building and the sidewalk.
, Work will start on the new addition
within n few weeks.
Plant In Running Order.
Residents of the city this morning
each received a neat notice to he ef.
feet that the laundry would to'ay open
, for business full blast, which was
welcome news. as although the laun-
dry has been running as well as pos
sible turing the remova, period. con-
81 erablo work had to be sent out Of
town. Now. however. everything Is
In good w~rklng orGc.. and all work
will be done I'm 'h'- city, In the usual
capable and satisfactory manner. Mr..
Madison has retained all the old en-
ployees. both Of his own plant and Of
tho Wysong laundry. which he recent
ly purchased. The different depart.
, ments are In charge Of highly efficl-
ent workmen. Il. G. Bronson Is fore
man in the laundry. Thomas Coils has
charge OF the wash rooms, George
/ Drost eoard manages the dry. cleaning
department. and Miss Rose Ginger
will have charge of the Office.
The Hat Department.
Charles Karras. an experienced hat.
ter from the east, where he has held
tmany responsible positions, will have
charge OF the hat department. q new
, branch of work just added to his
plant by Mr.. Madison. Hats will be
mado to special order. reblocked, and
cleaned by expert workmen.
| NJ. T.. Ennesgoard will have charge
, of, the tailoring department, and the
ladies' and gentlemens' alteration par
Tor. will be located on the Jackson
street side OF the building. where the
Temporary Office Is now located.
a trip through the new laundry
building Is a revelation I'm mechanical
lanndrying. Five big washing ma.
chimes are kept constantly busy. and
as fast as the goods are washed they
arc passed to the dryers. The section
al dry room has been replaced with
q new machine. known as the Ameri-
can Drying Tumbler. where the goods
are dried very rapidly. and with per.
/ feet safety to materials.
Many Patented Machines.
! Many patented machines for use In
I the laundrying of shirts are among
| the equipment. There Is machine to
iron. or press. shirt fronts. one for
the cuffs, one for the yoke and neck.
band. a sleeve press. and one for the
body Of the shirt.
| The large collar machine can iron
from five to six hundred collars an
hour, after which they are sent to the
collar shaper for the finishing touches.
The large mangle will iron materials
uD TO 100 inches In width. being one
of the largest made. The present
! plant of the Madison launderers. dry.
ers and cleaners Is as handsomely ar.
ranged and modernly equipped as Is
to be found anywhere. and Is an ad.
ed advantage TO the city.
From Mondays DaIiv.
Frank J. Busch. owner of the old
wysong laundry building, which col
lapsed late Saturday afternoon, was
asked today whether any part of the
old building would be left standing
or all the rest OF Il would be pulled
down and an entirely new one erected
on the site. He said he was not ready
TO answer this question. lie must first
make arrangements with the contract
ing company.
large force of men was busy all
day Sunday clearing away the wreck
age. from which twenty men and
4 three teams Of horses had so miracu
lous escape.
at was simply an unavoidable &C
! cident." said Henry Robel. Jr.. esti
mator OF the ]. b. Nelson company
which has the contract for the work
! 1--WE knew IL was hazardous job, sc
we did not have an ordinary contract
int had lump profit arrangement
We arranged that the owner shc"'
have II done at his own risk. We
agreed TO save him harmless. how
ever. In case OF injury to employees OF
TO other persons. as our own losses
along that line are covered by insur
ance. We are happy TO think that no
lives we're lost and that no one was
hurt"
! Considers Remainder All Rioht.
III. F. Blomquist, city engineer, was
asked today whether he considered
that II was dangerous to allow the
part OF the building that did not col.
lapse 10 remain standing. He said he
did not consider II dangerous. II was
no weakness In the building itself
that caused the collapse. II was
caused by undermining the walls.
Who II was that gave the men the
first warning. and induced them TO
get ready to remove themselves and
the two teams that were I'm the build.
ing. is uncertain. Many of the men
say II Richard Hack. who was on
the outside of the building drilling q
hole through the wall for n needle.
Mr.. Hack says no. had inst finished
drilling the hole.9 when he noticed
that, the wall was cracking. He could
hear the cracking sound. and he