New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-04-26
COMPANY FORMED
TO BUILD PLANT
NEW ULM HEATING COMPANY TO
INSTALL HEATING SYSTEM
INNEW ULM.
BUSINESS MEN SUBSCRIBE STOCK
AND ELECT FIRST SET OF
DIRECTORS.

| taken W secure CeIlCTdl uedClIlS pldIlt
for the two business blocks on Minnesota
street between Center and Second North
streets, by the formation of corpora
ton to be known as the *sNew Ulm
Heating Company" The articles Of
incorporation will provide for capital
stock in the sum of $4,000 with the
privilege of doing business as soon as
| SIC, 900 of the stock is subscribed for.
AS approximately $4,000 was SUBJ
scribed for at Fridays meeting it was a
foregone conclusion that there would be
no trouble in securing the additional
stock subscriptions to make the project
go. More than tWo-thirds OF the
property owners interested were present
and the sentiment seemed to be un-
animous in favor of the proposition.
According to the preliminary plans
outlined so far ten-inch main pipe will
be laid from the waterworks station up
First North street to Minnesota street.
From there smaller main pipes will be
laid thru the front easements of the
various property owners.
It was not only for the purpose OF
getting the property owners to subscribe
for stock, but also to sign an agreement
which permits of the laying of the mains
in their respective Easements and the
right to enter said premises at all reason
able hours, for the purpose of Installing
the heating plant in the first place.
making necessary repairs and for any
other necessary purpose that the meeting
was called. -.-....
The committee which had this matter
in hand and which had visited several
cities having central heating plants, told
the property owners that in their judg-
ment the only system to install would be
a vacuum system and not gravity
system plant. In the course OF the dis
cussion it developed that in the gravity
system, the condensed steam is not re-
turned to the plant but is drained OH
from the pipes direct, whereas in the
vacuum system, the condensate Is
returned to the station to be there used
again for the creation of steam.
Charles Foster of the Pillsbury co. Of
Minneapolis, consulting engineer, VINO
was present, stated it as his opinion that
the vacuum system had come to be re-
garded as the only economical SYSTEM
altho the installation expenses would De
fully rs PER cent greater than gravity
system. Supt. Mueller of the local
electric Liz hit and water works station
agreed with him and told those present
that the city was forced now to spend
about $1.0O day for boiler compound
portion of which expense would be
eliminated by the use of the water re-
turned from the mains. Besides 1nls
saving there would be a saving IN the
pumping expense, as the number OF
gallons of water to be pumped annually
for steam purpose alone would be ma
terially reduced.
For about half an hour Mr.. Foster was
piled with. questions which he answered
to the satisfaction of the questloners.
His answers, if anything, confirmed the
property owners in their opinion that a
central heating plant using the exhaust
steam from the city plant would be a
good investment and would pay for itself
in the space of a short number OF years.
The consulting engineer made it plain
that the matter could not be delayed at
all, because it would take fully months
to install the plant after the contracts
have been let. 1t will take several
weeks to prepare the plans and speclfica-
tons and sufficient notice would have
to be given to the contractors, so that the
contract could hardly be let before June
LIST.
For the first board of directors of the
New Ulm Heating Company Ferdinand
Crone, ALT. J. Vogel, Henry N. Scmsen,
G.. A. Ottomeyer and F. W. Johnson
were chosen. They organized immediate
ly by electing ALT. J. Vogel, President; G
A. Ottomeyer, Vice Pres. and F. w
Johnson, Secy. and Treasurer.