Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-02-16
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS


on, Nash, Mosher, Payne and JEFF
frey.
Absent alderman Painter.
On motion the reading of the min
utes Of the last meeting was dis
pensed with.
The committee to whom was REFER
ed the Electric & Water Co. s bills
for the months Of Nov. and Dec. re-
ported as follows:
Grand Rapids, Wis, Feb. Z, 1911.
To the Honorable Mayor and Com
mon Council of the City of Grand
Rapids.
Your committee to whom was re
ferred the November and December
bills of the Electric & Water Co. for
city pumping, with directions to take
same up with the Wisconsin Railroad
Commission, respectfully report as
follows:
Pursuant to our request the Rail
road Commission sent Mr. Natwick,
Of their service department, here with
orders to test and adjust our meters.
Mr. Natwick made the test and ad-
justed the meters as per the report
of the commission, which report is
hereto attached and made a part of
this report
Your committee would further re-
port, that desiring beyond a doubt the
questions involved, requested the
Westinghouse Electric Co., the manu-
facturers Of the meters, ~ send their
expert engineer to examine our me-
ters, and report the fact regarding
the questions involved, which report
is hereto attached, and made a part
of this report.
Your committee recommends that
the bills of the Electric & Water
Co., be allowed as presented
(Signed), E. I. PhilIeo.
Fred Pfeiffer
Fred Duncan
Madison, Wis, January 26, 1911.
Mr. E. l. Philleo, City Engineer,
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin.
Dear Sir
With regard to the celebration of
the meters at the Grand Rapids pump
ing station recently made by our Mr.
Natwick, our engineering department
reports the condition of the meters
as follows:
The upper meter No. 1851 was
found to have a slight creeping tend
ency but the creepage was so Sigh
that there was no appreciate error
in the registration of the meter due
to this fact After completing the
tests upon the meter Mr. Natwick
made a slight REIMBURSEMENT of the
light load coil to eliminate this creep
ing tendency. This meter is used
with two series transformers having
a ratio of six to one, and two poten-
tial transformers having a ratio of
twenty to one. The gear train of
the meter was designed for use with
a series transformer having a ratio
of two to one, therefore the meter
reading should be multiplied by three
because Of the present transformer
ratio. The meter was tested using
each coil separately and two coils in
series, which would detect errors in
the meter under extreme conditions.
1t was also tested on an inductive as
well as non-inductive load. The me
ter registered well within the limits
of the rules of the Commission in all
these cases, in general registering
within y of 1 per cent of the correct
value, the maximum light load error
being between 1 per cent and per
cent, with the load all on one coil
When the load was on both coils the
error was slightly over Il of 1 per
cent. The inspector used one master
meter belonging to the Electric & Wa
ter Company, which was first check
ed against the portable standard
which the inspector brought from Mad
ison the day before.
The lower meter, No. 1858, was
tested under the same conditions
and was found to register we'll with
in the requirements Of the rules with
out any tendency toward creeping. All
errors in registration Of this meter,
were less than 1 per cent. The in
spector found by examining the re-
cords of the company that on Deem
Der Is, 1910, the meters were proper
ly connected and adjusted, although
prior to that time the connections and
adjustments of the meter were proba-
bly, different from those observed at
the time the test was made
Mr. Natwick informs US that a spe-
cial committee of the Council is in
terested in the results of this test,
but as we do not have the names of
the members of this committee we
trust that you will give them the de-
sired information. We are sending a
copy of this letter to the Electric &
Water Company.
Trusting that this covers the infor-
nation desired, remain,
Very truly yours,
INC Railroad Commission of
Wisconsin,
J. NJ Winterbotham, Sec.
Grand Rapids, Wis, Feb. 7th, 1911.
Mr.. E. L Philleo, City Engineer,
Grand Rapids, Wis.
Dear Sir
I have inspected the connection on
the meters at the pumping plant and
found them o. K.