New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1914-01-07
Trying out j New
City Equipment
New Dynamos Practically.
Installed and Put Into
Operation.
Still Enough Work To Keep
Force of Men Busy
Another Month.

Another Month.
Monday evening the newly installed
combination engine and dynamo was
given it's first Try out and worked very
satisfacto' lily for the space of the two
hours that it was in use. 1t was again
put to test Tuesday morning and Il
was the intention to run it thru all OF
last night, II all went we'll.
The new machine is what is known
as direct connected outfit and con-
siets of q $50 horse power Mcintosh 4
Seymour engine, an alternator of 3l2s
kilowatt capacity and an EXETER. Tho
sxciter runs on direct current and ia
necessary to magnetic the fields of the
alterna or. An EXETER of smaller capac-
ity has been installed also for the use
ut the old dynamo of $50 Kilowatt
capacity as soon as it has been rebuilt.
The engine is a 4 valve engine With
the valves in the head and is of the
latest construction. It is self-eiliny,
two pumps being constantly in ope a
ton to pump the cylinder oil and lubri-
eating oil to the various parts of the
machine where the same is required.
The lubr eating oil is pumped into
tank from where it runs in continuous
streams to the different bearings, re-
turning too RECEIPT BILE from which it
is again pumped into the tank.
The fly wheel ia 9 feet 6 inches in
diameter and weighs tons. There is
fully two feet deep, built
OF co0cret to in which the wheel revolves.
II is txpectet that there will be con-
siderable saving 10 fuel by reason OF the
installati q of the new engine. A Co -
mot Co liss engire of the single cylin-
der type as now used in the electric
light ant requir 26 pounds of water
per horse power per hour. It is claimed
for the new machine hat it requires
but % pounds. This means that q 26,
OF the present fuel consumption per,
no 60 power per hour will be required,
saving of 13 of the coal consumed.
1t Was seven weeks Sunday since the
small engine was taken out aud thu
output OF the plant c ippled. About a
We ks work was done on the pipes.
before that time. The concrete fonn-
dation for the engine which is fully S.
FEET thick required whole weeks tue.
to construct, three days being taken up
by the carpenters alone to prepare the
necessary patterns for the concrete
work. 1t was necessary to shut down
the plant two whole Sundays and for
part of the time on several SUNDAYS
IL ore and few times at the noon hour
during week days. Another whole
month is apt to roll by before all the
work is completed.
AS soon as the new machine works
satisfactorily. the old dynamo will he
shipped to Minneapolis to be rebuilt.
This will take about two weeks. "A
soon as the old dynamo is back in
place, the automatic regulations On
the old switchboard will be install.
and all the newly installed machinery
Will be painted maroon color. With.
10 Cay or two new belt sbift-r
which is being manufactured by Chss.
Leonbardt will be installed and thao
it will ba possible to run the tripl
power pump with the new engine also.
On the average men have been on ,he
JOB constantly, the number at times
being increased to 9 and 10.
All the pipes and fittings necessary
TO pump the water out of the contains
mated we'll have been received and this
"Wednesday morning the pump viii
be started up and kept in operation
for two days to pump out the water
which will be run off into the sewer.
At the end Of that time another test of
the water will be made and if it still
shows contamination, the we'll NAV ia
condemned.
AT the recent meeting of Germania
Lodge No. s Hermann Sisters, tho
following officers were elected for thf,
ensuing year: Pres, Mrs. Gustav
Goetsch; Vice Pres, Mrs. M.rIa
Bachmsnn; Recording Secy.. Ali,s
Julia Berndt; Financial Secy.. Mi
=! Gebser; Treas, Mrs. Ern,t
Wlcherskl; COnductress, Mrs. Then
Mueller; l. O. Mrs William Jams..