The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-03-13
Council Will Receive Bids on Electric
Lighting Plant.
Bids to Be Opened March 30th, and on
Building March 23rd.
Plant Intended to be Added to at Any
Time City Desires.
First Cost Will Come Within the
$4,000 Limit.
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From Wednesdays Daily.
The council met last night with w. 1.
Gray the Minneapolis engineer who was
engaged to prepare plans and specifca-
LIONS for municipal electric lighting
plant, and went over his work. The
specifications are very long and explicit
and seem to be thorough. A high grade
plant is called for, to come within $4O,-
600 limit, aside from the building. The
plant proposed would have capacity of
$50 lights, but only IS would be used at
present. Fifty more could be added lat
er at an expense of S., 900 to $4,000.
The alternating system is provided for,
which is the most expensive of the two.
Architect Gerlach submitted floor plans
and front elevation of building for the
pump station and electric light plant
combined, to cost about $4,000. The
walls will be of brick, and the roof sup
ported with steel trusses, and the build
ing will practically be fire proof. 1t
will be SO feet deep and l24 feet wide
over all, but the main part will be only
AZ feet deep. The walls will be Is feet
high The building will contain the
boiler room, coal shed, electrical plant
and pumping station.
The council spent some time examining
the plans before coming to order at Gals
p. m.
A petition for sidewalk on Fifth
street between Main and Ann streets
was received and referred to the street
committee The same disposition was
made with petition for a crosswalk at
Front and Franklin streets.
The balance due John D. Duane for
printing 5000 copies of the proposed new
city charter was ordered paid.
A communication from the Cannon
Falls commercial club, suggesting the or
ganization of a municipal league, and
asking that the city be represented there
March 18th, was read and laid over un-
til the next meeting, which will be March
GOTH
A resolution from the state grocers
was read, thanking the
mayor, council, citizens and others for
favOrs extended.
The recorder was instructed to adver-
tise for bids for constructing a new
station and electric light build
ing on the city's North Fourth street
bids to be opened March 23d,
at 2 p. -.
The recorder was authorized to adver-
tise in st. Paul and Chicago papers for
bids for the construction of municipal
lighting plant, bids to be opened March
30th at 2 p. m.
The Specifications.
The main points in the specifications
are the following:
The material and workmanship shall be
of the highest grade, and the contrac-
tor shall make good for one year after
the final acceptance of his work all de-
fects which may develop on account of
defective machinery or apparatus.
The plant shall be completed by Nov.
LIST, but delays due to strikes, riots or
accidents beyond the control of the con-
tractor will be allowed. The fine for de-
lay beyond Nov lst shall be $25 per day.
The city assumes no liability or re-
sponsibility for any part until the plant
has been formally accepted in writing.
The plant shall be given a thirty days
trial run after completion. Payments
shall be made on monthly estimates, 80
per cent being paid.
There shall be two triple rivited, butt
Joint, horizontal steel return tubular
boilers, to carry $50 pounds pressure per
square inch, eighteen feet long by six
ty-six inches in diameter. The heads
shall be of the best open hearth fange
steel of 10000 pounds tensile strength,
and one-half inch in thickness. The
shell plates shall be of the best open
hearth box steel with not less than 3d..
600 pounds tensile strength, and seven
sixteenths inches in thickness. There
shall be fifty-four best lap welded tubes,
four inches in diameter, in vertical and
horizontal rows.
One tandem compound condensing belt
ed Corless engine with heavy girder
frame cylinder Is inches and % by 81
inches or equivalent, and the speed shall
be about 81 revolutions per minute,
Variation governor to be equipped with
automatic safety stop. Fly wheel to
weigh not less than $4,000 pounds, four
teen feet by thirty inches face.
One condenser of syphon jet or mice
tor type of the Buckley, the Baragena.
nath or equal make, to be erected and
connected with all necessary piping, and
capable of condensing 1000 pounds OF
water per hour.
One light service duplex piston pump
of Worthington, Deane or equally good
and approved make, ten inch stroke, put
in pump pit. Diameter water cylinder
seven inches, and diameter steam cylin'
der seven and one-half inches.
Two simple duplex piston type, brass
lined boiler feed pumps of Worthingtor
or Deane or equally good make.
One high grade and approved make and
type of vertical closed feed water heater
with at least sixty feet of heating sur
face.
One double leather generator belt
twenty -four inches wide.
A second Corless engine and second
generator belt, and an additional pro
posal on furnishing and installing com
plete waterworks power pump, and one
tandem compound condensing belteo
Corless engine, cylinder diameter ten ant
twenty inches, stroke twentysix inches
speed ninety revolutions per minute.
One altimator of $50 kilowatts capa
city, single phase, sixty cycle, 1920 o.
$500 volts, belt driver of most moderr
and approved type and design, minimum
speed 600 revolutions per minute.
A suitable EXETER dynamo of ampl'
capacity to properly excite the alternate
Two current regulators of fifty ar
lamp capacity each.
Seventy-five 6.6 ampere series alter
mating enclosed arc lamps for stree