The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-22
SCRANTON, PA, lDAPTTALIsTs IN ST.
PAUL LOOKING DIVER THn
FIELD
FOR A CITY HEATING PLANT.
IN THEIR OWN0 TOWN STEAM IS
FURNISHED To PRIvATE CON-
SUlGEnS.
ALL KINDS OF BUILDINGS HEATED,
Maj. w. M. MaynAdier, Formerly mt
Fit. Smelling, Comes From the
Coast for HIS Health.

John A. Mears and John T. Rich
ards, OF Scranton, Pa, are IN 1T. Paui
looking up two enterprises which may
be OF future advantage to the city.
Messrs Mears and Richards are classed
with the coal barons Of Pennsylvania,
each having large holdings. Mr.. Rich
ards is the owner of large ten-story
building in Scranton, In addition to
his other interests. They are at the
Ryan.
One Of the objects which brought the
gentlemen to the city is to look over
the field relative to the possible In
stallation of q city steam-heatlng
plant on the order Of those now IN use
In New York, Scranton and other
places. The system sin Scranton Is
one Of the most complete in the coun-
try, and is operated with the least ex-
pense. 1t is patronized by the citizens
very largely, and Messrs. Richards
and Mears believe that q similar plant
In this city would be welcomed, pro-
vided a franchise could be obtained
from the city council for that purpose.
In Scranton there are two large
steam stations with a capacity OF near
1y 1000 horse power. The steam from
these batteries is conveyed all over the
main portion of the city In suitable
sized mains, and sold to private con-
suners for heating purposes. Inc
business is exceedingly profitable. Inc
steam is delivered at sufficient pres
sure to maintain an even temperature
during extreme cold weather. Mr..
ID o1,o 10, % ,ny,fn
Glob that, during the coolest wealth
err, there has never been a failure OF
the system. The steam pipes run IN
all directions from the stations, to the
distance Of mile and a half. Large
Office buildings, bank buildings, city
and county buildings and scores OF
residences in Scranton are heated with
this steam direct from the power sta
tons.
In Scranton coal is practically dirt
cheap. Power stations burn culm, the
cheapest fuel known. 1t is delivered
for 55 cents per ton. Clum is the refuse
of coal, but, with proper furnaces, 1t
can be burned. It is too coarse ana
poor, however, to haul any great
length. Yet, notwithstanding the great great
cost Of coal in st. Paul, as compared
with the cost in Scranton, Messrs
Richards and Mears believe that a
universal heating plant In st. Paul
would be a paying venture.
IT noticed this morning" said Mr..
Mears, chat St Paul Is located upon
a bluff. This impressed me with the
fact that, If a power station was 10
Gated near the river bank, that the
drip and hot water from,the city isys-
tenn would flow back from the city
into the station, and be used over
again. and will be economical conden-
sation.
"Your coal bills In st. Paul are enor-
nous on account Of your long and hard
winters. Now, I believe we could in
stall a. system here and rent our heat
and save each customer half Of his coal
bill. We would charge for the heating
and steam according to the number OF
cubic feet in each house or apartment
to be heated. Last winter we heated
our bank in Scranton for $40 the en-
tire winter. Steam is turned on the
1st Of October and runs until the mid
die of May We could supply all kinds
If buildings including churches and
school houses.
What we will do Is, Of course, mere
lv a. supposition. We will look the
ground over while here. It LIS possible
YOU know to use the exhaust steam
from electric light stations for heating
purposes Enough Of this steam goes
to waste constantly to do a tremendous
lot of domestic heating. If we could
secure sufficient connections of this
kind. 1t might be necessary to build
and equip generating stations"
In New York the domestic heating
system is even more extensive in it's
scope than 1t is in Scranton. The
Gotham plant carries a pressure Of
eighty pounds in the street mains, SUI
Of elevators
in hotels and small Office buildings,
which have no Independent steam
plants.
interested In a patent scheme OF their
own invention, to replace deralleo cars
and locomotives upon the track. the
device will be shown to the railroad
officials of st. Paul.
Mai. W. M. Mayna der, Mrs. May
nader. Capt. c.. g. Scott and Mrs. Vir-
ginia Bishop, Of San Francisco, ar
rived In the city yesterday and reg
1stered at the Ryan. The party Will
leave today for Ashland for an IN
definite period. -,
Mat Maynadier was connected with
the post at Fort Smelling fourteen
years ago, and is we'll known to many
Of the citizens of st. Paul. He was ap-
pointed paymaster with the rank OF
major twenty years ago by Gen. Grant
and has served the army In different
portions of the country since that
time. Two years ago, while travelling
through the northern portion Of Cali
fornia, Maj. Maynadier was thrown
from his horse and suffered partial
paralysis of the left side from which
he has never recovered. He was placed
on the retired list and returned to San
Francisco Recently he has shown no
signs of Improvement ana was brought
East by Capt. Scott and Mrs. Bishop,
who is companion to Mrs. Maynad1er.
Capt Scott was recently appointed
an Indian agent with headquarters In
Washington. Maj. Maynadier greatly
enjoyed his trip East over the Northern
Pacific. Years ago, when the country
was new and wild, the major Travelled