Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1914-04-07
THOSE ELEVATOR
PROPOSITIONS
What the Otis Elevator Company
Want to Install One in
Mercy Hospital.
MUST BE SOME DONATIONS
Committee Have a Good Supply of
Money on Hand but More
is Necessary.

At the recent meeting of the Hos
pital Day association the PROPOSE
| tions made the association by the
Otis Elevator company were discuss
ed and it has been thought best tC
apprise the public of these PROPOSE
lions. The letter which Mrs. KAN
rar received from them in March
and in which they were made is as
follows:
Dear Madam: in accordance with
our recent conversation with you,
we summarize below the different
propositions which we have made:
First: Our specifications of De-
cember 5th, 1918, for a single phase,
rope controlled, electric elevator
amounted to two thousand, one hun
dred and fifty dollars. This provid-
ed for a travel from basement to
third floor and if the travel is only
to the second floor, we can deduct
thirty-five dollars from the above
price.
Second: If the hand rope con-
trolled elevator is installed now, it
will cost to change the same to push
button control within a year after
it's completion, at least eight hun
dred and seventy-five dollars.
Third: If the elevator is install
ed now to travel from basement to
third floor and to operate on single
phase current and automatic push
button control, the price would be
two thousand eight hundred dollars.
And if the travel is from basement
to second floor only, the price would
be two thousand seven hundred dol
lars.
Fourth: If the elevator described
in our specifications of December
5th, 1913, is supplied with three
phase, 60 cycles, 22O volts, alternat-
ing current, instead of single phase,
we can make the basement to third
floor installation for sixteen hun
dred dollars with a $35 deduction if
the elevator is installed to travel
only to the second floor. AS explain
ed to you, it is the single phase
equipment built as it should be ITO
afford ample safety that makes the
big difference in cost. In order that
you may fully understand what re-
quirements are necessary in the way
of building changes, we enclose a
blue print of a preliminary layout
which, we believe, will give your
builder all the information that he
needs. Any additional information
you may require or further explana-
ton of this drawing, you can read
lily obtain from our Mr.. Marshall at
Omaha. AS stated to you when you
were at this Office, the above prices
represent the net figures for which
we can possibly undertake the work
and we have taken into considera-
ton the nature of the institution
and have made you very special
prices. We trust you will be able
to make satisfactory selection
from the propositions above mention
ed and we await your further COM
mands. Yours very truly,
Otis Elevator Company
March 10, 1914.
The single phase equipment is of
course the most expensive in the
long run and will cluse dipping of
the lights in the hospital when the
elevator is in actual use. Every
time the elevator goes up or down
there will be perceptible Pickering
of the lights. This is of course no
very great Inconvenience. But on a
single phase current a transformer
will have to be built near the hos
pital which will cost in the neigh
borhood of three hundred dollars.
Additional building on the top of the
hospital building, to insure the per-
feet mechanism and safety Of the ell
evator, will cost $500 over and above
any of these figures, if the elevator
runs to the top floor. II only to the
third floor. 1t will cost half of this
amount. or $3.50. There is now only
$500 in the treasury, so it will not
be hard to see that the citizens of
the town will have to come forward
with their contributions if we are to
install the elevator soon. The list
Of 500 donators Is not yet complete,
lacking yet two names to complete
the thousand dollars. The names
are given below: