Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-28
HOTEL HAS IT'S own LAUNDRY
Department Under H. v. Clark is
Best Between Chicago and
San Francisco.
FITTED WITH ALI APPLIANCES

AAlEU Win ALL hfFl1hNIEc
Away up on the thirteenth floor Of the
Fontenelie is located very busy depart
ment. where soap and hot water and won
derfui machinery combine TO Danish dirt
from the linen
II. " Clark is the expert dirt eradicstor
here. Mr. Clark was for q number OF
years in charge OF the onondaga hotel
laundry in Syracuse. N. Y. and was i'm
ported from there 70 take charge OF the
laundry Of the Fontenele hotel here.
which IL conceded 20 be in the very front
rank Of the first class laundries of the
world
Mr. Clark looks with real affection upon
his machinery. AZ a locomotive engineer
regards his locomotive
And well he may for nowhere else IN
Omaha and probably nowhere between
Chicago and San Francisco r. there such
an up-to-date laundry plant AZ this one.
This IL the only original motor driven
laundry in Omaha. II is all operated by
the pressing Of buttons. The big machines
ere started and stopped with no more
labor than you eKpend in pushing the
button that switches on the electric
light.
Moreover every machine IL % built that
the button which starts II cannot be
pushed while the operators hands can by
any possibility be IN the range Of the
machinery. In other words, Il is fool
proof. o.
No Chance for DiFt.
And what chance has dirt here7
Absolutely none. All IL can do when
confronted with such machinery IL 10
disappear from the linen and so where
II belongs
Here are the great tubs rotating alter
nately in one direction and then in the
other.
And here are big "eztractors." which
turn on their vertical axes at a speed Of
thousand revolutions minute Thsss
are for drying the wash They remove the
moisture by centrifugal force instead Of
by the slow and primitive process OF dry
ing
Then come the ''tumblers." which are
just bic drums which tumble towels and
upderclothes about and knock them apart
from the solid mass into which they have
often been forced IN the "extractors'' and
incidentally take off the loose lint
Here are great machines for ironing the
fiat pieces like towels sheets, pillow cases
and 20 forth
shirts. collars. cuffs and such personal
linens 60 through a process Of their own.
They are dried In a hot room instead OF
in the 'eNtractors" Then they go 20 a
special ironing room where there are
many wonderful machines. one OF these
irons the cuffs, another the collars, an
other the shirt bosoms and still another
the bodies OF the shirts
Collars Are Nodded.
Here IL a wonderful little machine that
haHnt even secured It's patent yet, Il IL
90 new. This Is a collar molder-shaper
ana Is designed TO produce perfect uni
formity OF finish and tie space TO the
extreme ends OF rundown collars OF any
style.
With this machine one girl can finish
q dozen collars a minute Depressible fin
gers In this machine adjust themselves
automatically and almost humanity to any
slEe or shape OF collar. The cylinder head
In II is electrically heated with positive
automatic heat control and regulation.
Though most OF the linens for the hotel
have been imported direct from ireland,
there will be a great amount OF rough
towels required and after the hotel gets
started there will be much repairing
TO "a.
For this purpose . room IL fitted IN
with power machines operated by n num-
Der Of women who win do nothing but
sew and repair
One Of these machines IL a darnlnE
machine run by power, the only power
darner In Omaha.
A schedule for the laundry OF Rueats'
garments will be In force OF sueh eff.
cheney and speed that shirts. collars,
underwear. etc. sent by guests 10 the
laundry before a. m win be finished
and delivered by evening Of the same day.
The ventilation OF tho laundry rooms is
feature worthy OF consideration, hay-
ing much to do with the health and the
efficiency Of the employees.
This ventilation IL Of such power that
u changes the air IN the laundry rooms AZ J
the rate Of 5000 cubic feet minute
Apartments for Employees.
Ard. say, YOU ought TO see the bed
rooms-or shall we say, apartmvnts.-
provided for the girls and women who I
work in the laundry They are on the
same floor around on the south side.
such big rooms they are. There will be
two beds IN each room and each bed will
be for one eiri Big. airy. well-ventllated
rooms with earpeted floors and rIeas.
sntiy freseoed walls.
A large rest and recreation room for |
these modern Madame sans Genes VIII be
lifted UP Al the southeast corner OF this
floor
There is also a laundry for the Eir,s'
own Ncfk, where they can do their own
washing and ironing
fispty OF hot water and numerous