People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 27-25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1896 — RENSSELAER STEAM LAUNDRY. [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER STEAM LAUNDRY.

1 rc-'T. mg an opportunity to establish a \y.i : 'S' tii.it the people have ]6ng j Vjeen i: need of. and at the same time makf ,t a iiiim.cial success. J. E. Spitlcr and J. i:. Kight. enterprising young men of Slice “ss: ul business experience, formed a partiu i. hip a few months since and installed a thoroughly modern steam laundry. Tney procured a first class laundryman a foreman, and began operatior s determine 1 to excel! in high class work. This the., have accomplished to the fullest extent and as a just appreciation of their merit the citizens are now bestowing upon them all the favors they can accept without enlargement of the plant. I‘°r jear. there has been a number of agencies for foreign laundries here. This custom was unsatisfactory and the work often poorly done, and as a result of the advent of Messrs. Spit lev & Kight very little work is now being sen t away. The laundr;. i located in the block owned by Mr. Spitle-r on Washington street next to Odd Leilows Temple. The machinery is all n w an 1 consists of every modern device to execute work in the hightest excellence. as well as being labor-saving and labile saving. At the present time t toy aie putting in a new starching machine and an improved drying room, to such proportions has their 1 main ess grown. A- •: They are doing work for a number of other tow ns, having agencies in several places, and constantly establishing others. I 1 eir specialty is tine linen work, though f :ey solicit family washings, which they do at prices within the reach of all. In the o uly spring an addition will be built to their present quarters and several now machines added. It is a business that is bound to grow under the clever management of this firm.