New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-04-21
Yearly Report Of
Municipal Plant
SUPT. MUELLER SHOWS COST ar
MAINTENANCE OF POWER
e4 STATION
THE NUMBER OF CONSUMERS
INCREASES MORE THAN 10
PER CENT IN YEAR

According to the report of Supt. Az.
Mueller for the fiscal year ending Manhs
31st, 1915 the total original cost of the
power house and equipment, trans
formers, pole lines and electric meten
exclusive of the reservoirs and water
mains, aggregated the sum of $72s
168.43. This is made up of the follow
ing items: J. G. Robertson, contracs
in 1902, $12,595; Union Machine Co.
contract in 1914, $13,S77; Webber
Chimney Co., 1880; Otto Tape,
addition to the plant, $1,74O; Extras TO
plant in 1914 and 1915, $685.; old build
ing and old stack, $4,000; coal shed and
other sheds, $615; pole and x arms,
$6,338.95; transformers to date, Sc, 19a-
"a; 9O2 electric meters at $6.17 get
$5,565.34; old cistern under plant, $3.50
tools and Office fixtures, $50; t2E
miles of No. 10 w. P. copper wire,
$6,162,5O; 10 arc lamps at $12.0e
81, 1920.
The original first cost of all equipment
outside of the station is $18,235.06.
Of this amount $6,338.95 goes to She
account of poles and x arms The
original cost of all transformers as
$4,413.63; of 12O. miles of w. C. cope,
wire is Sc, 1890 and of 100 arc lamps
$500.
During the past IL months ti1eceora-
mercial output amounted to G16. I52~As
w. The total output for tiaesarc lights
for the same period was Ill ,299 X. w
and the total output for the motor
pump was 6.367 K. W., making a. grand
total of 784,32S X. W. The JOsa
amount of coal consumed for the fiscal
year ending March 31st, 1915 amounted
Eto# 6,687 1903 pounds. The amount oi
current consumed for public purposes
was as follows: White way, 28,6As
*. w.; North German Park, 400 ky:
Engine House No. l, 230 K. W.;zEnginF
House No. 8, 1873 K. W.; PolieesStation-
III K. w.; Western Union, ia K. w:
City Clerks Office, sos K. w.; arcs or
separate meters, 89,1O2 K. w.
The unmetered water consumed in The
past IL months is made up of the follow
ing items: North German Park, 86G $50,
gallons; Engine House No. /, 6.25s
gallons; skating rink, $50, 1000 gslla2s
sprinkling street, 5,118,325 gallons; ex
tinguishing fires, 100000 gallons; city
cemetery, 100000 gallons; light .ahd
water plant, 100000 gallons, making
total of 9 1882, 1868 gallons.
During the past IL months 81 new
light and power consumers were added,
making grand total of 9O2 light and
power meters in use at the end of Ghe
fiscal year. The number of water con
sumers during the past twelve months
has been increased by 70 and the total
meters in use at the present time are 671-
The largest number of kilo watt hour.
Tor the motor pump was for the month
OF October, 1914, when the same totaleS
1852. The month of December, 1914.
was the largest month for the consump-
ton OF commercial current, the same
totaling 1869 kilo watt hours. Fm
the arc lights the largest monthly con
sumption was in January, 1915, when Il
totaled ll,541 kilo watt hours. The
largest amount of coal used in any
month was in December, 1914, when q
total of S17,843 lbs. was consumed.
The smallest amount of coal was used IL
May, 1914, when total of only 400, 41e
lbs. was burned.