New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-09-13
STEAM TURNED ON
BY OCTOBER FIRST
WORK DELAYED BY STORMS
AND NON-ARRIVAL OF.
MATERIAL.
TRENCHES ALL BUG AND Law.
ING OF PIPES is UNDER
WAY

Realizing the close proximity of the
gold weather and the necessity Of THE
completion of the heating plant which is
being Installed by the New Ulm Heating
Company the work Of constitution is
being pushed as rapidly as possible and
will be ready for use by October 1st.
The Healy Plumbing and Heating Com
pany of St. Paul is doing the work and a
large crew of men is rushing the plant
to completion.
According to the contract the work of
laying the mains was to be completed by
September 18th, but owing to delay in
receiving the material, the steam will not
be ready for distribution until October
LIST. Another delay was caused last
Wednesday when during the heavy rain,
water rushed down the excavations
Causing several caveins which meant a
loss of several hundred dollars to the con-
struction company.
The pipes on Minnesota street were
laid first and that work was completed
Saturday. The mains were put into
the tile that was laid for that purpose
\when the paving was put in, several
years ago.
All mains leading from the power plant
to Minnesota street are being laid on
First North street and virtually all the
excavations have been made. The mains
are being put down and already more
than block of it is in place with about
six hundred feet more to lay.
A five foot nine inches deep trench
was dug. A four inch concrete base
was laid and then a Z inch drain base
was placed. Then the steam pipe and
: tile are laid which allows for three and
one-half foot covering. -
The mains from the power house to
Minnesota street are ten inch pipes with
four inch return and on Minnesota
street the steam pipes are six inch with a
two and one-half inch return.
All pipes through which the steam
passes are of steel. The pipes are laid
in what is known as the Ricwil tile.
These tile are split and the lower half is
laid on the drain base. The steam pipes
are then put in place and covered with a
mineral wool after which the top half of
the tile is put in place and packed with
an elastic cement which never hardens.
The work at the power plant is also
progressing rapidly. The receiving tanks
have been put in place and all of the
machinery is here and is being installed
with as great a rapidity as possible. Be-
sides the receiving tanks there are two
vacuum pumps, 10 by 48 foot oil
separator, a 10 by 48 air receiving tank
and valves and other equipment with
the steam header.
The object of the oil separator is to
separate the oil from the steam before it
goes into the mains. As the steam comes
from the boiler there is considerable
amount of lubricating oil mixed with it
and this must be removed before going
into the mains. The receiving tank
receives the water as it returns from the
pipes, removes the air therefrom and the
water is used again.
The system is one of the most complete
and economical manufactured and is
one that gives satisfaction wherever in
stalled.
w. A. Rupea of St. Paul has charge of
the work here and has employed in the
neighborhood of twenty men. Mr.. Rupea
and the firm by whom he is employed
are very reliable and there is no doubt
but that the work will be credit to all
concerned
The same firm that is installing the
heating plant received the contract for
laying eleven blocks of sewer and water
mains along Front street. Work was
begun Friday and will be pushed as
rapidly as possible to completion.
It is required to dig to depth of
twenty feet in several places while an
average depth of seventeen feet will be
reached. The sum Of $13,O 900 is involved
in the contract.