The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1916-11-24
A PRINTING HOUSE WITH
"DUST EXCLUDERS'
Preventing Five Dangers-Ashes,
Dust, SCOT, Fumes, Explosions.
Planning Safety First

In the designs for the Republican
building now being built at Black.
Foot, one of the watchwords was
"anti-dust." Blackfoot is a town OF
many poor chimneys, and stoves
shed dust and SCOT into the houses
In business houses where fine goods
are kept on sale, poor chimneys are
responsible for heavy damages on
goods. In the new Republican build
inc, stoves are eliminated, and fur
mace takes its place. The furnace
ic in the basement, and the basement
Is cut off from the rest of the build
ing by tight door. The furnace
will be in separate room in the
basement, and it will be separated
from the basement by a tight door.
The architects, Cannon & Filter, of
Salt Lake. said they would build a
chimney that would be right for
heavy draft. People who clean out
stoves and furnaces know that ashes
when handled will rise and float about
the room like a fog. Besides the
precautions mentioned above to keep
the ashes and dust out of the way, q
Lpit is provided under the furnace,
SO that before shoveling out the
ashes, a faucet can be opened and
the ashes wet down. Then it can
be handled wet or moist, so there
Is no chance for it to rise in the
air. 1t will be wheeled to the ele-
vator and taken out of the building
wet.
In every printing house where a
linotype Is used, there must be a
small smelter or crucible for melting
and purifying the metal every time
it Is ready to recast into type The
fumes and SCOT arising from the
f1uxing of the metal are expected to
rise thru the chimney and pass away,
but as matter of fact where Chin
neys are poor, they generally pene-
trate the whole building, poisoning
the air and soiling goods and furni-
ture. The operator gets 'leaded,"
somewhat as they do in the real
shelters in mining regions, and the
linotype room and the Cmelting room
are undesirable places to work
In the new Republican building
this matter will be combated by hay
ing the linotype in the cleanest, best
lighted spot in tho building, and the
metal in the casting device will be
kept hot by means of an electric
heater that makes the least fumes of
anything yet invented. A ventilator
will draw from the top of the metal
pot to tho outlet thru the. roof, and
there will be the least of fumes and
the least risk of gasoline explosion
that can be had with any known de-
vices for operation of linotypes.
When the metal is ready to be .puri-
fled for recastine, it will be dropped
into a metal tube in the composing
room and it will deliver itself into
the cruciblc in the basement. There
it will De "smelted" and the fumes
and SCOT drawn by double fiues into a
specially-built chimney with heavy
draft. When the metal has been
purified and cast into pigs ready for
use in the linotype it will be trans-
ferred in small car to the elevator,
taken to the floor of the press room |
and carried by the car to the limo
type.
When the floors are swept, a dust
absorbent will be used, and in clean
IN the radiators and other furniture
where dust lodges, it will be taken
off with an electrically operated
vacuum cleaner, machine that
drinks the dust instead of scattering
t around the room to settle again
IN something else.
The precautions already described
or securing pure air and for keep
ng the inside of the building clean,
.lso pave the way for keeping paper
'tock and printed goods clean. All
with specks of ashes and
loot on it is unfit to lay printed
natter on Us it comes from the |
presses. A window that admits the !.
lust from the street with every gust !
# wind lets the damaging element [
nto the fine working parts of presses
nd linotype. The windows Of the
republican building will be grooved
nd striped to exclude the dust, and
he doors will be fitted with metal
trap to make them tight. The
round floor will be two feet above
he pavement, to bring it above the q
rifting dust of the sidewalk, and (
here will be vestibule at the front a
DOR to help keep out the gusty '
vinds. Besides taking these precau- \
ions to keep out the dust, the stock a
DOM for storing all of the fine paper d
'ill be located in the center of the \
uilding and will itself be closed in a
ight. This room will have a capa- T
lty of four tons of paper stock, and
very kind and ream will be easily
often at. The value of the full
to k room will vary from about \
1 200 to $4,000, according to the v
uality of the paper carried. lie