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sented. An infirmary is also erected in the town for 

 medical and surgical treatment. Any person maimed for 

 life in the works receives a pension, or some light employ- 

 ment is given to him. Baths and wash-houses have also 

 been erected at a cost of ;^7ooo. The wash-houses are 

 provided with three steam-engines and six washing machines. 

 Those who bring clothes to the place are provided with a 

 rubbing and boiling tub, into which steam and hot and cold 

 water are conveyed by pipes. The ^vringing machine is so 

 contrived that the moisture is speedily expelled from the 

 clothes, and the drying closet is heated with hot air. The 

 clothes are then ready for the mangling and folding rooms. 

 All the processes of washing can be gone through within 

 an hour of the time the clothes are brought to the Avash- 

 house. The almshouses in the upper part of the Victoria 

 Road are built in the style of Italian villas, and are capable of 

 receiving seventy-five occupants. They were erected ' in grate- 

 ful remembrance of God's undeserved goodness, and in the 

 hope of promoting the comfort of some who, in feebleness 

 and necessity, may need a home.' The occupants are under- 

 stood to be unfit for labour, and may be either single or 

 married men or women. A weekly allowance of ten shil- 

 lings is given to a husband and wife, and seven shillings and 

 sixpence to those who are unmarried. A neat little chapel 

 has also been provided for them, where a service is held 

 every Sunday, and also on Wednesday evening. 



There was another great festival at the residence of Mr. 

 Salt, at Crow Nest, on the 20th September 1856. This was 

 his birthday, and also the anniversary of the opening of 

 Saltaire Works. Three thousand of his workpeople visited 

 Crow Nest, and on this occasion presented him in the 



