The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-21
NEW ULM PLANT
1t Will Cost $4,000 When it is
Completed.
Engineer Savage Estimates For Man.
ato.---Activity in Building Elec-
trio Lines

A. 81. Savage of st. Paul, con-
tracing engineer, who is northwestern
agent for the Fort Wayne Electric
Works of Fort Wayne. Ind, which has
the contract for putting in the NUM-
cipal electric lighting plant at New
Ulm, was in Mankato today. In case
the street car project should fall
through and the. city should desire to
put in a municipal plant he would
like to submit bid.
Mr.. Savage states that the plant at
New Ulm will cost..about $40, 900, of
which $50, 900 will be met by bond
issue and the remainder from the gen.
eral funds of the city. This plant will
be capable of lighting the streets and
doing all the commercial lighting and
furnishing power for all purposes for
ten years to come. The price gener-
ally charged for commercial lights
where the city owns the plant is ten
cents per thousand watts.
Speaking of Mankato, Mr.. Savage
said that this city would require a
larger plant than New Ulm, but he
thought that $40, 900 would..put in a
plant that would light..the streets-and
do share of the commercial lighting
besides. A plant could be operated
much more cheaply in connection with
waterworks system than without.
He would look for competition for the
commercial lighting from the present
company, and thought that it would
get share of the business, as it has
the advantage of gas plant.
Speaking of J. b. Collins PROPOSE
ton to put in street railway line and
lighting plant, Mr.. Savage thought
that the proposition was a good one
for Mr.. Collins and that the latter
would probably be willing to carry il
out without the street lighting part,
being satisfied with the stock. He
did not think that a street Car line in
; the city or one to st. Peter or the lake
resorts would pay, as the city is moi
Claire, Wis, to Chippewa Falls, ter
miles, is doing we'll because those
cities are twice the size of Mankate
and st. Peter. Lines that depend only
on summer resort business never pay.
Mr.. Savage's statement must be
taken with grain of allowance, &C
cording to business man to whom il
was repeated. he wants the city tt
put in a municipal lighting plant Sc
that he can have an opportunity Il
bid on it, and for this reason would
!, like to have the city lighting feature
4 taken out of the street car proposition
If the street car lile, of itself would
not pay, then the lighting contrac
would certainly be required by who
q ever puts in a line to make up thu
; deficiency until the business grow
: enough to be profitable.
The American Contractor of Marcel
10Th gives list of some Of the electro
? lines that have been projected during
:, the preceding week or so.
A contract has been awarded fo
extensions of the Stamford, Conn.
9 street railway trolley lines.
-. Plans have been prepared for al
electric road in New Jersey from
Moorestown to Mt. Holley, for tn,
! Burlington County Traction Co.
= An ordinance granting a right O
:, way to the West Elizabeth & Dravos
burg street railway company through
:, !, the borough of West Elizabeth, Pa.
. has been accepted by the company.
By majority vote of four to one
$50, 900 aid was voted for the Fl
Wayne Railroad Co. for an electri
!. line from Goshen to Fl. Wayne.
; A survey is being made from Winon
y to Wabasha. Mimi, distance of fort.
miles for an electric railway, t.
;, parallel the c., M. & st. P. railroad
From Nashville, Tenn, electri
lines are to be built fifty miles t
II Columbia and thirty miles to Gala
- tin, at an estimated $cost of 1, 500, OOC
\ Chattanooga, Tenn, parties hay
g been granted franchise by the cit
council of Decatur, Ala, to build an
operate an electric street railway i
Decatur and suburbs
The railroad construction colum
in this journal each week shows actiy
= ity in electric car line building.