Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-06-08
CITIZENS OF MONMOUTH
UNANIMOUSLY IND0RSE
CENTRAL HEATING PLANT
INTERVIEWS WITH A NUMBER
OF BUSINESS MEN OF THAT
CITY TEND TO SHOW THAT
EVERYBODY is HIGHLY PLEAS
ED.

Mayor Potts, seven members oil
the city council, e. f. Ketter, City
engineer and r. M. White and Il.
X. Myers, who accompanied
Z. r. Locke to Monmouth,
III. 10 inspect the central heating
plant there with a view of granting a
franchise to the local Power Com
pany to install a plant here, return
ed Tuesday morning more devout in
their belief than ever that such a
proposition is a great thing for a
city.
These gentlemen report the plant
at Monmouth giving perfect satisfac-
tion and of all the patrons interview
ed, there was not one it is said, that
were dissatisfied with the heat fur
nished by the company. Several pa
irons at Monmouth, it is said, re-
marked they would not be willing un-
der any circumstances to return to
the old method of heating.
The cost of installing the necessary
steam coils in the dwellings of Mex
leo to connect with a central heat
ing plant is nominal compared to the
cost Of installing an individual plant.
j. o. Tinsley has a furnace in his
home. He says it cost him over 5000
to install his plant and almost half
of this amount was for the boiler.
The boiler and furnace are the por-
tions of a plant that depreciates. The
steam coils and radiators in the
house remains great length of
time. There is hardly any deprecia-
ton to them. Then the cost of
connecting to the street pipe is very
little. The cost Of furnishing steam
is figured for 200 days at 20 degrees.
During this time there are many
days when the steam can be turned
off. The cost figures about proper
tlonately to coal
But here is the saving According
to the statements OF customers at
central heating plant IL
Eliminates all dirt and dust; Keeps th6
stock OF goods In much
better shape; saves expense of fire.
frequent painting and papering Of
business buildings and private homes
cuts down janitor expense; and of
course takes away the portion Of
private heating plants that are con
stantly depreciating, the furnace boil
ers and their accompaniments.
Interviews from several of those
who went to Monmouth follow;
]. o. Tinsley said: 1--WE found the
central heating plant in Monmouth,
ILL.,, grand success in every in
stance. We interviewed number
Of the business men there in regard
to the operation OF the plant and ev-
en- the managers of business houses
at what is called the end of the
main spoke in highest terms of the
Among the mem interviewed was
a Mr.. Caldwell, dry goods mer-
chant. He is in building that has
a basement and three stories. The
rooms are SOx1O6 feet and he says
1t cost him $500 to heat the whole
building last winter. He says this
means of heating is a saving of at
least 5 per cent. This is counting
the dust and dirt Eliminated, that
would otherwise accumulate from a.
private paint or stoves. The price OF
coal thereHis $500 a ton.
Another merchant, Mr.. Owens, a
druggist, heats room 24x90 feet
with a 16-foot ceiling and his heat
ing bill last winter he says was $40.
Another business man who said
he did not get good results at first
owing TO the fact he did not know
how to regulate the cut off on his
radiators said that after some expla-
nation he now gets better results.
"The leading hotel of that place,
which contains rs rooms not counting
the lobby, bathrooms, and toi-
let's, and which is heated
by the central heating plant
and It was stated by the manager to
be giving perfect satisfaction He
told us 1t cost his 500 to heat it last
winter.
"One merchant remarked that the
ceiling of his store had not been re-
decorated and repainted for six
years. The ceiling was fresh and
looked to have been recently decorat-
cd. He was patronizing the central
heating plant.
j. w. Ballew: 1--WE found the heat
Ing plant at Monmouth to be giving
perfect satisfaction and practically
pleased with the systeih'
f. w. Pitcher: 'r interviewed a
number of fellows and al, said they
were well satisfied with the heating
plant.
Leo Hanley: Everybody spoke
highly of the success of the heating
plant"
S. j. sanford; "The Monmouth
heating, plant was found to be
a success in every particular. The
cost of patronizing such a plant in
preference to buying coal for indiviN|
dual furnaces is cheaper"
ANY BODY CAM
IF THEY WILL.