The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-12-14
J. F. C0NNELL INSTALLED.
The Hot water System in the Alex
andria.

| new Hotel Alexandria, to make 1t one
of the most modern and luxurious
hostelries not only of the Pacific Coast,
but of the entire country as well. Before
deciding upon the installation of the
Connell system of patented heaters and
hot water system, the pencil plans We're
submitted to f. NJ. Harris, the chief
engineer of the Bilcke. Rowan Fire
proof Building Company and the Holen
beck Hotel Company, and We're favorably
passed upon by him after he had sub.
mitted them to the architects and owners
of the building Mr. Harris before
deciding upon the acceptance of the
plans. made an exhaustive investigation
of the various plants in operation
| throughout the city, and after doing
SO unhesitatingly recommended and
adopted the plans presented by Mr..
Connell, and they have given to the
Alexandria the most perfect system yet
devised. In a recent interview upon the
subject, Mr., j. +. Connell, the inventor
and well.known engineer, spoke rs
follows: THE hot-water system, the
heaters of which are being furnished
from my office. is the most extensive of
any yet installed on the Pacific Coast
| if not in the entire country. They are
in very general use throughout Southern
California in smaller sizes, and have
been adopted by all the leading hotels
of Los Angeles and the adjacent towns.
Those being placed in the Alexandria
and the Glenwood Tavern, at Riverside,
embody all the latest Improvements at
the present time. One of the most valu.
able features connected with the heaters,
and one, too that will be much appre-
ciated by the exclusive patronage of the
Alexandria is the fact that they Will
furnish water above the boiling point,
with steam at or about the atmosphere
pressure" Continuing, Mr. Connell
said; The water will be in continuous
circulation throughout the building at
all times, and hot water will flow from
a lancet at the boiling point, the instant
the faucet is turned ON As the water
is carried beyond the boiling point 1t is
steIilized and all the germs and foreign
matter are killed"
One of the economical features of the
system patented 10y Mr.. Connell is ap
parent in The fact that the water is
heated by the waste steam from the
engines and other apparatus, which
would otherwise he wasted. The waste
steam coming in contact with the cold
surface is condensed and returned to
the boilers automatically. A grease
removes 80 % 100 ercent of the oil pass
ing through the engines SO that the water
passing into the boilers is also pure
| These attachments are all of Mr. Con
nell's invention and protected 10y patents
Mr. Connell has had an experience
extending over u period of twenty five
years in the engineering line n large
portion of which has been devoted to
the requirements of this city Different
hotels of different capacity require
entirely different apparatus, and his eX-
perience has been so broad along these
lines that he is qualified to Judge of the
requirements of case with unerring
decision. For many years he has been
the chief engineer for the Stimson
estate, occupying IA similar position for
the Bradbury estate. He installed and
designed much of the machinery that
furnishes hot water steam heat and
elevator power for the Douglas build
ing, the IIenne building, the Lanker
SHIN block, the Currier, Muskegou and
| Spencer buildings, besides the Del Monte
the Imperial and Christopher's cafes,
aud half Il dozen OF her buildings, in that
vicinity. The engine room, where all
this power and heat is produced, is
beneath the Douglas building, aud
authorities on the subject agree that this
| little engine room is doing more work
than any other similar plant of its size
in the country, and it is generally al
mitted that there are but two or three
plants in the United States that equal
it. This power plant is owned and
operated by the Stimson estate ana
brings it in II most desirable source of
revenue besides furnishing all of their
own building with both heat and power
Among one of the most popular and
extensively used of MI, Counell's nu-
merous inventions the creation Of his
experience in the engineering world for
almost quarter OF century, Is the
! Connell noiseless door lock, in uae upon
- per cent. of the elevators of Los
Angeles. This device was patented about
one year ago and Is now coming into
general use throughout the country. 1t
would be almost impossible in this limited
space to enumerate the various office
and public buildings in Los Angeles
which have been supplied with Connell :
receiver, steam drum and water heaters:
suffice to say that among builders and
architects the apparatus is increasing in
favor, and but few of the modern huild.
ings in the city are without it.
At the present time Mr. Connell il
designing aud installing IN extensive
heating and power plant in the Brad
bury building, ~ the old plant was
found both expensive to operate and
inad' q late for the demands made upon
it. The new equipment in this building