New Ulm review., 1913-03-05
Local Capital
For Enterprise
Chas. Vogtel, Her. Held and
Elmer Haeberle Form
New Ulm Gas co.

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New Ulm Gas Co.
Local eotsrprise 10 responsible fol
the plan which 10 expsCted 70 relieve
ths congsstsd conditions now prevsil
ing q our city light and power pisns.
The New Ulm Gas Company. beaded
by Herman Held and Elmer Hsaberle,
and Comprised Of other leading busi.
mass men made application a. lssi
nights meeting Of the Civ Council
for . franchise 70 operate . gas plan,
ip the city OF New Ulm and there 10
little doubt Of the scheme being pushed
90 successful termination, backed
% It Ii By local men with local cspi-
81 70 finance it.
H,w to relieve the congestion at the
City p0wer plant has been vexinR
question for many months, the on
lsrxment of tho plant calling for vsst
sums OF money. Several times outside.
parties hsve been here and looked
over the field 70 see whether gas
plsot could be probably established
bus for ono reason or another the
plans never we're carried beyond the
Investigations made. Al two different
times frsochises we're granted BY the
Council, the first time in December,
1909, to Arthur M Smith Of Cleve.
land, O, sod tho second time TO r 8.
Fsurtsdo Of Chicago but nothing was
ever accomplished BY these gentlemen.
10 March OF 1912 thtrd party appear.
Cd and talked in such enthusiastic
terms Of the proposition that the
Commercial Club became interested
and sent Elmer Haeberle 70 make in.
vestigstiOns vt various points 10 Iowa
concerning established gas plants.
He reported favor ably but the citizens
Of New Ulm gave the prom0ters but
little encouragement and they did nUsl1
ask for . franchise. Mr.. Held and
Mr.. Haeoerle then took the matter up
OF their Own accord and made numer.
Gus trips to different cities investigat-
.'sng the operation. Of various gas
s. s%sts. They have been busy for q
sar with correspondence on the sub.
ject and have had gas engineers he .
going over the situation. They now
feel convinced that the proposition
can be made . paying one.
They plan to-: make the enterprise
purely local and have refused IN offer
of S1O, 900 capital from outsiders who
wished to take stock in the company.
Mr.. Held aud Mr.. aaeberle brosched
the subject to some of the business
men Monday and in the space of few
hours time had secured subscriptions
30 the amount Of $4,000. 1t is ex-
l,ected that something like $4,000 will
be required to finance the enterprise.
It is proposed to lay 81 miles OF gas
This Is according to the plat
made by the City Engineer when the
Council was considering other similar
This amount of piping
will supply practically all of New Uim
hat would require service. The
Company expects to be ready for
business July lst. 1t is the intention
oi the promoters to open q store where
gas stores and all sorts OF appliances
or the use of gas will be kept In
|tock.
The gas will be what is known as
water gas" and Is made from crude
I'll instead Of from coal, the sort used
. the cities of st. Paul and Minnea-
,0lis. It will be stored in steel tanks
'nd will 60 thru process Of drying
'hich will remove the moisture and :
prevent freezing, common fault with :
oal gas. It will be delivered to the {
onsumers under. pressure and the I
Obstacles of freezing and low pressure :
'eing done away with should enable 3
be plant to give very satisfactory I