New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-04-19
ENGINEER REPORTS
ON HEATING PLANT
WASTE STEAM AT CITY PLANT
CANBE PROFITABLYUTILIZED
AS HEAT.
EXPERT TO COME TO NEW UEM-,
FOR INVESTIGATION OF WA
TER PROBLEM.

Experts employed by the city council
on the heating plant proposition have
submitted two reports-one a pre-
liminary detailed report and the other
a summary of the whole matter.
The preliminary covers the manner.
in which the system may be installed i'm
this city. Because of the fact that
Minnesota street is paved, the laying of
pipes in the middle of the street is made
prohibitive on account of the cost and
the engineers suggest that easements be
secured from the property owners on
both sides of the street for the purpose
of placing the pipes in the Easements
near the front of the buildings, connect
! ing the two lines of pipe at both ends and
thus obtaining not only better circula-
ton of the heat, but also giving oppor-
tunity to shut off any certain building
should fire occur or anything come,
Iup which would demand such action.
It is estimated that the cost of running
the pipes through the Easements would
be even cheaper and in the end more
economical than if laid in the street or
alley, because the covering would not .
have to be as heavy and repairs can be
more easily and readily made.
The estimated cost of the system is
approximately $4,000 and upon that
figure all of the conclusions in the report
| are based.
With regard to the financing of the,
proposition, the first report says, speak,
ing of town where wimilar conditions
as those in New Ulm existed, "a stock
company was organized and in this ease.
an electric light plant was built an6s
turned over to the city for operation, the
city agreeing, out of the income, to paw
certain amount per year (amount being
stately until the whole had been paid,
This plan was found to work out success
fully in this one instance. We do not
know whether your city charter would
allow of such an arrangement. In the
case above mentioned the whole pro-
cedure was pronounced legal by the at
torneys for the city and the company"
Concluding, the report says: "In the
case of New Ulm we believe from our
study of the conditions that a properly
designed steam distribution system
would be successful venture, both from
a mechanical and financial standpoint,
provided that the system was not ex-
tended beyond point where too great
percentage of live steam would be re-
quired, and rate be established that
would provide adequate return for the
service furnished"
The report is signed by Chas. Foster
who visited the city a few weeks ago and
gathered the data upon which the report
IS based. Mr.. Foster is expected to
arrive in the city today and go into the
water problem in thorough manner,
gathering data for the purpose of sub.
hitting a report showing how the city,
AN guard its water supply for the future.
Not only the well system, but also the.
'reeks and the filtering system will no,
loubt be thoroughly gone into in the.
eport.
Members of the city council seem very
much impressed with the manner in
which the Pillsbury Company has
landed the problem so far, as it goes,
nto detail on every proposition upon
which conclusion is based. The report
n its entirety is regarded as very con-
ervative.
The second report to the committee
living a summary of the heating plant
ituation follows:
% the Honorable Mayor and City
Council,
1entlemen:-
In our report submitted to you on
.pril 10th, 1916, we endeavored to pre-
ent to you certain facts to show what
hight be expected with distributing
ystem tor steam heating from your
[ectrlc light and power plant using what
xhaust steam the lighting and power
'ad would produce and supplying the
alance OF steam required with live steam
urlng the three months of the wear
Inch would require the greatest amount
steam for heating purposes. We now
eslre to submit to you more complete
'port showing what might be expected
the way OF steam used during the
1tire heating season.
We have proportioned the percentage
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