New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1915-06-30
COMMERCIAL CLUB
WORKS FOR PLANT
HAVE PREPARED REPORT on
ACCESSIBILITY OF CENTRAL
HEATING PLANT
MEETING TO. BE HELD TUESDAY
NIGHT FOR FORMAL DIS
CUSSION.

Shall New Ulm add central heating
project to the present Lighting am
Water system and by utilizing what is
now an entirely waste by-product realize
clear profit of twenty Eight per cent
on the necessary investment of between
$4,000 and $4,000? Such is thu
problem the Commercial Club expects
soon to lay before the city council. The
figures are based upon the estimates
furnished by the American District
Steam Co. and in view of the accumu-
lation of cold facts presented in the
pamphlet compiled from the report, the
business men of New Ulm are almost q
unit in asking for prompt action on the
proposed central heating plant for the
business section of New Ulm.
The Commercial Clubs committee
for the purpose of investigating thu
feasibility Of the measure, composed. Of
Messrs. Hage, Johnson and Steinhausu
have been quietly at work investigating
the central heating systems of other
cities until they have gathered EAR
array of facts and figures that's sh6uld
convince the oldest citizen OF. Missouri.
The most imposing bit .of information
at hand is the report Of ]. C. DeRema
of the American District Steam Co.
based upon close study Of actual con
ditions in New Ulm., This report .h&
been printed and distributed among
the business men affected by the pro
posed heating plant and is marve
of condensed and business-like info1-
nation. Mr.. De Remer first explains
the project in full. He says IN part:
THE Method Of accomplishing thu.
distribution of steam heating consists
of the installation underground, sd
wrought iron piping equipped With
correctly designed expansion devices,
outlets for draining the condensation
and having openings every so feet. foe
the connection of service pipes to thu.
buildings along the street. The piping
is carefully insulated and protected from
the injurious effects of the elements hy
the Standard methods of constructors
which have been developed by the
American District Steam Company.
through thrity-eight years constau
experience in this line of work.
I'm the most successful systems the
steam is supplied to these distributing
mains at low pressure, having first beer
used to generate electricity in engines
or turbines of non-condensing design.
There is thus obtained from the fuel =
second product which in many cases hax
become the major project of the industry
The steam after passing through engines
or turbines will contain approximately
80 per cent of its original heat and by
separating out the oil and water. eon-
densed in the station apparatus the re
manning dry steam becomes available
for heating purposes. From the an
formation obtained by our Mr.. Hay
ward, we assume that you are at present
operating your engines non-condensim
and throwing away the exhaust steam.
By putting a slight back pressure upu
the engines, say from three to Eve
pounds, this exhaust steam may be
turned directly into the heating mains.
Next in Importance to a standard
system Of design and installation IS the
matter of establishing proper charge
for the heating system. Experience has
taught us the fallacy of any other thar
the meter method of charging. We hayr
developed thoroughly proven con
densation meter which accurately weighs
the water of condensation from The
return pipes of buildings. By thk
means record may be obtained of al
steam sold and thus direct comparisons
may be made with cost of manufacture
and maintenance. This method Of
handling the steam heating business Is
infallible, whereas, any other basis II
charging for the product is sure to not
only decrease the profits, but possibly
lead to the failure Of the project. Ths
success of district steam heating ysten
in New Ulm, when operated in con
junction with the electric light ana
water plant as is herein proposed, wH
be most gratifying, since the principal
item OF operating cost, namely fuel, wN
be very small. due to the large quantiti9
OF steam already available from tie
electricity and water Operations"
The project Is then divided and sub
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