The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-09-29
BRIDGEPORT'S
 FIRST WASHING
 MACHINE INDUSTRY

Bridgeport is known throughout the United States as a manufacturing city, It manufactures almost every conceivable thing now on the market from pins to automobiles. So, why not washing machines?
 One of Bridgeport's most promis- Ing industries owes it's start to the rebellion of the married man from during his wife's illness. Casting about for substitute for the back breaking labor Of the scrub-board his nimble brain soon devised easier mornings task in the shortest possi- ble period of time.
 A unique electrical washing ma chine was the result, a model of which was constructed and operated for over a period of two years with the best possible results. It was so ufacturing Company was organized and incorporated for the manufac- ture of this machine. H. V. Leckie, of Stratford, an electrical engineer and graduate of Worcester Tech, and J. A Dickerman, of Bridgeport a mechanical engineer and a graduate Of Cornell, are the officers of this new company, whfch company bids our great city.
 This machine, known as The Dawn Electric Portable Washer, or The Dawn Mechanical Washer, does a
 
 makes play of wash day. Suppose you had just a metal cup, inverted and fastened to the end of a stick and you pressed this gently up and down This would create a suction or air pressure. The cup when you plunge it down would press the steaming studs into every fold of the fabric and drawn back on the up-stroke the hot water would be lifted and passed up through the clothes again. If you should take in your other hand a second stick with its suction cup and plunge it up and down alternately with the first, you would be initiating the, action and principle of the Dawn washing mechanism. Just that simple. easy. gentle movement thus causing a strong water current which dirt coud not resist and yet so harmless not to injure the most delicate, cobwebby fabric. These plunger vacuum cups of the"Dawn'' go up and down about 94 times a minute, or on an average of 23OO times to do an ordinary wash in 25 minutes. The machine is quickly ad- | Justed to your own set tubs, thus taking up no kitchen floor space. The little motor attached to a light socket drives it at less cost than any other electric washer ever invented. At about one cent for current, the Dawn l will do in 25 minutes as much clothes as husky laundress could rub over washboard in four hours It will
 
 fortables and yet will not in the least | injure the daintiest faces, f1annels lingerie. etc. The wringer, which is also electrically driven, sets on the | cross-piece of the two tubs, and is reversible. Therefore, you not only wash the clothes, but also blue and l rinse from one tub to the other with out removing the clothes as you would with any other washing ma | chine. The vacuum cups and wiring CT are removable and can be placed in | the tubs after washing is completed and the lids of the tubs replaced, thus not sacrificing the surface of the set tubs, which is valuable for preparing l meals, etc.
 The immediate success that crown ed the efforts of the infant concern is best evidenced in the fact that at present 100 machines are made and | sold each month and that in a years | time 200 machines will be manufac. tured each day. The Dawn is rapid i ly spreading out over the entire state | of Connecticut and dealers. every | where are recognizing the great value of this machine, taking advantage o1 | the great opportunity afforded them of placing this machine in the homes