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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXV, Issue 15, 14 October 1905, Page 22

Hardly a room in the larger American hotels is now cleaned by im ans of the time-honoured broom and feathcrduster. Ihe dust and dirt are removed by means of air, with infinitely less physical exertion and with far greater rapidity. From every room pipes pass w through which the dust is sucked down into the cellar without allowing the slightest particle to escape to the atmosphere. So rapid has been the development of this sanitary system of housecleaning that even dwellings and small cilice buildings, although not provided with the elaborate piping system of the hotels referred to. are cleaned bv air. It is no uncommon sight in New 1 A’ork to sei* a waggon carrying a powerful vacuum pump, standing in front of a residence, with lines of hose extending through the doorway into tin* interior. The amount of dust drawn out through the hose is enough to alarm every housewife. and to confirm her dark suspicion of the hopeless inelliciemy of servants. Cleaning houses in this fashion is now a thriving business. The latest application of the vacuumcleaning method is (o be found in the car depots of one of the leading railways. After a long journey a passenger coach is anything hut a haven of sweetness and purity. Moreoxer, it must be cleaned with the utmost despatch. The “air broom” effectively and rapidly sinks out dust from cushions, seats, hangings, carpets, and ni.'lirossrH, without the commotion of the old method.