New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-06-21
CONTRACT FOR LONG DEFERRED
PROJECT FINALLY LET TO
HEALY co.
ST. PAUL FIRM GETS WORK FOR
$21, 626. WILL EMPLOY
LOCAL HELP

of perfectly good second hand heating
plants for sale cheap along Minnesota
street between Center and Second
North street about the middle OF Sep
TENDER for the representative of the
Healy Plumbing and Heating Co.,
declared at the joint meeting of the
City council and the New Ulm Heat
ing Co. last Thursday night that the
steam would be kissing in the pipes
by September 18th if the company
was not held up by some unforeseen
difficulty.
There were three bids for the big
job of supplying the heating equipment
and the prices ranged widely. The
successful bidder was considerably be-
low the other two bidders. The j.
G.. Robertson Co. of St. Paul thot that
it would require $4,000 to do the work
and still allow the contractor fair
profit. The Milwaukee Conduit and
Insulation Co. placed the amount still
higher and made their bid $34, Job.
Both concerns seemed surprised at
the comparatively low bid of the Healy
Co.
The efficiency of the underground
construction guaranteed by. the three
firms varied considerably. The Healy
people guaranteed 80 percent, the
Milwaukee company 80 percent and the
J.. G. Robertson Co. 92 IL percent.
When it came to a discussion of the
actual meaning of the term efficiency"
there seemed to be considerable doubt
as to what was really meant. Each
company sets it's own standard of eff
cheney and the final result would in
all probability differ widely. It. was
stated that at a convention of repre-
sentatives of the heating companies
of the country held recently it was
found impossible to fix a definite stan
dard of efficiency for all companies
to be governed by. ..>........>.,. -.
Each representative was given a
limited time to discuss his proposal
and to- explain his system. Both the
high bidders seemed a little inclined
to rap the successful competitor and
seemed to question his ability to do
the work at his stipulated figure. Mr..
Robertson declared that he. had cut
his bid as low as possible and still allow
a ten per cent profit. - ~. =
The successful bidder in explaining
his system stated that the "Ric-wil''
his bid as low as possible and still allow
his system stated that the ''Ric-wil'
system OF underground insulation is
being used by his company in thu
twenty or more jobs they are nov
working on and that it has been approved
by the United States government il
the work they are doing for, them
~ The system is the product of the Ric-wi
Underground Pipe Covering Co. o
- Cleveland, Ohio. The Insulation is Q
standard quality and has been use'
by the German government for man,
years. The construction is to be foun'
in nearly every large city in the country
The heat conduits are encased in
composition that has great resistanc
for heat and cold and the compositio
- is in turn encased in split sewer pipe
The clay sewer pipe is clearly MOI
lasting than the wood casing specific
by some companies.
The Healy company is well know
and reputable firm whose work speal
for itself turnout the Northwest The
have done nearly all the work for tt
Great Northern Railway from St. Pa
to the coast and a great deal OF ii
work in the Twin Cities. They d
the work in the new High School buil'
ing and have recently completed
central heating plant in Milaca.
Each concern was a little doubt
about getting prompt delivery Of {
the material needed in the constructit
of the local plant but the Healy repr
sentative assured the council and Hea
ing Co. that they have plenty of tt
pipe to be used for conduits to be RI
under the sidewalks and basemen
of the various establishments and cou
commence on this stage of the wo
at once. He felt safe in saying tn
by the time the rest of the mater
is needed it would be available. T.
contract would be completed on tin
he declared, unless there should be sor
unforeseen delay in procuring the !
quired material. He also promis
that in as far as possible local lab
\ would be used on the job.
The contract price is to include ever
thing needed in the construction wi
the exception of the cover traps, mete
and valves in the different buildin
to be supplied by the new project. F
an additional $500. variators will