Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-09-24
ENGINEER FAVORS
WATER POWER PLANT
REPRESENTATIVE OF POWER
COMPANY ADVISES COUNCIL
TO BUILD STATION AT DAM.
HAS PROPOSITION TO
MAKE TO THE MAYOR
Believes Power Can Be Developed and
Plant Erected at Cost of Approx
mateiy s12ooo-His Company Would
Take the Job and Guarantee at Least
100 Horse Power.

lO Horse Power.
y. L. Bogart. a consulting and de-
signing engineer. representing the
Power Engineering Company. of Min
neapolis met with the members of the
city council Friday afternoon at the
request of Mayor Ingledue, and gave
MS opinion of the advisability of at
tempting 10 develop water power from
the Iowa river.
In giving his opinion TO the council,
after making a superficial examination
of The ground Mr. Bogart said that it
would be the height of folly for the
city 10 neglect the great opportunity
il has 10 harness up the water power
ana he believed the entire work couio
be pue for from $4,000 TO ST., 600. He
agree; 10 draw the plans for the work
and to superintend all OF the engineer
ing work. if the city desired his SER
vices. and VIII submit a proposition for
tn Mix = the mayor
He SAID he had received an inquiry
from MAJ = Ingledue a. 10 his opinion
in regard t. the matter and the prob
hydraulic engineer. blM he had replied
10 the mayor that il would be iulpos-
sble for him = make any estimate of
the warh without first going over the
greunl an& Investigating the stua-
ticn
Maen asked il competitors would
nor &, AGED It disadvantage if the
engineering work was done by a rep
:esenja1ive oi a construction company.
Ny z ga; replied that ne did not be-
eve hat such would be the case. as
no one would Object 10 submitting bids
on his Specifications. as it was general
y known that MS company uses only
standard apparatus and his specidca-
tons would call for such. If he pre-
paced the plans.
He made it plain that should his
company b awarded the work il would
guarantee TO furnish the amount of
power set forth n the contract
Gould Develop 100 Horse Power.
Nr Bogart took measurements at
the river Friday morning. He eseinat-
81 that the river. at its present low
stage could develop about forty horse
power al the wheel shaft. some power.
of course being lost in transmission.
NJ normal stage the river could de-
velop several hundred horse power
The city uses an average of $780,
600 gallons Of water a day, and 10
pump this amount Of water about fifty
horse power would be required Dur
ing the greater portion of the year Mr..
Bcgart believed the water would be
sufficiently high u handle all Of the
pumping. despite the resistence II the
wheel and board. He suggested that a
small unit Of about Twenty-Five horse
power be installed TO operate the low
pressure pump that brings the water
Water Power More Efficient.
NJ Epgart said that water power
proved far more efficient .hau steam
power With steam power. from fifty
q sixty pounds Of steam are required
FOR one horse power. and the thermal
efficiency II steam pumps is very low.
According = Mr. Bogart the river
5rairs $50 square miles
TIE MINNEAPOLIS company installed
water power At Waverly three years
ago and the plant has run night and
day since that time The station has
pumped all the water the city needed
ana the city has had more and toetrer
light. the Lighting plant being run BY
va ter power also The city is prepar-
ir.- u erect another station 10 take
~ se Sufpius wafer ana 70 fur-
i.'A . ths private eiec'rlc cor
i2l ~.
Wns' rover WIN cost.
ne pfooao pie cost OF aeVeloplns the
wa po"er mere sa!o MI. Bosart'
VOL" "e pel"eeh sIV'oVo ana l2'oeo'
.pt W2uId result IN saving or from
@4op l9 sooo month IN cost OF main
lehance
re @eclared me Gam ana retaining
VAS 70 Dc excellent and all that is
no" necessary 20 make an IDEAL pant
Is 90 haf+t'ss up the power
Il the CITY Goes not go ahead with
me work ne be!eVed that II should
ieEhllt some corporation 10 use the
power ana not let II 90 TO waste. He
thought that ne was IN position to
look into the matter from an un-
biased standpoint and Thought the
POKER should be develo q TO the limit.
A NrneS the CITY WOULD nave Suflclent
power to sell 70 the Marsha!lto"n
Light Power q hallway company. II
hey desired ii and in all probabilities
they would as they could buy 1t Of the
city cheaper than they could manu-
so