The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-11-25
At THE ORPHANS HOME
A New Heating Plant Has Been
Successfully Installed.
IN THE JUSTICE COURT
Trial of Ed MCNEIL for FIRST Degree AS
sault Upon Thbodeau-He was
Ordered Discbarged-Gam-
b,ers Are Worried

Special Correspondence of the Standard.
Twin Bridges Nov. 22,-The new heat
ing plant at the Orphans home is in oper-
alton and Superintendent MountJoy
face is wreathed in smiles. the plant
was finished the other day and fire put
in the boilers. Mr.. Mountjoy stated 10
the Standard man that it works very NICE
ly and furnished so much heat last night
that all the doors of the home were
thrown wide open. OF course When TINS
section Is visited with one OF the Echtie
zephyrs that are so common during the
winter months the children Will not De
compelled to go outside to cool Oft, but
they will be much more comfortable with
the new arrangement than with the old
plant that has ben superseded. Then the
cost in fuel will be much less, as the new
plant only consumes about 1fO pounds a
day. while during real cold spell nearly
half a ton of coal was used. the Work
has been in charge and under the per-
sonal supervision of j. w. Christie. vice
president of the Adams Heating X
Plumbing company of Helena. An eNcfs
walton 20x30 feet for the boiler room was
made in order to get proper grades for
piping. The boiler room is made of con-
crete, laid up in good rubble masonry or
sound stone laid in lime, composed of one
part lime and three parts sand. The wall
is well bonded with headers and corners
tied with through stones they arc two
faced and laid to line on both sides and
faces well slushed up with mortar. The
footings are made of large fiat rock and
extend through the walls The founda-
ton for the chimney stack goes deeper
than the other footngs and Is built uD
solid to top of concrete wall. The brick
used is merchantable hard burned brick
and every sixth course is bonded in solid
walls and hollow walls are tied together
with metal bands, every fifth course
spaced 16 inches apart. The boiler stack
starts on stone foundation and is built
with hollow walls well tied together with
brick bonds. The room over the boiler
room is to be used for drying purposes.
1t was the intention to construct a good
sized laundry building over the room, but
the appropriation did not hold out.
The boilers are 26X9 feet and placed in
center of square. Steam pipes lead to the
main building, school house and hospital.
The radiation is of the Rocco pattern,
and the amount of radiation is: School
house $50 feet; hospital. 335 feet; laun-
dry, 100 feet; main building, 1916 feet. 1t
is of the gravity system with steam
mains and return pipe which carries not
water back to the boilers. The mains in
size are: Main building. Az; hospital, 2la:
school house, g. These pipes are covered
with asbestos pipe covering and then en-
closed in fir boxes filled with mineral
wool. The distance from the plant to
the hospital is 1874 feet: to the school
house. 1876 feet. and to the main building.
90 feet The plant is very complete and
cost about $500. All the buildings are
furnished with heat now al a comparative
low cost and the board of trustees has
reason to feel proud Of the Improvement.