New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-12
WORK, ON HEATING
PLANT WELL BEGUN
MECHANIC AND LABORERn BUSI-
LY TAP, TAPPING WAY THRU .
WALLS. -e...
STEAM WILL SIZZ IN PIPES ON
FIRST COLD DAYS IN
SEPTEMBER.

JUST at Cne Time Wnen about all a
person thinks of is how to keep cool rather
than of the winters cold, operations for
the largest heating plant in the city are
being pushed to the limit. w. A. Rupea
of the Healy Heating Co. of St. Paul, who
have secured the contract for the in
stallation of the municipal heating plant,
arrived here Wednesday to take charge of
the work. He will have personal charge
of the entire work and stated in an inter-
view with Review reporter that he
will see that the work is rushed as fast as
possible.
A present there are four mechanics
on the job and half dozen laborers but
the number is being increased as fast as
the men are obtainable When the
mains are being laid it will be necessary
to employ about twenty-five men more,
and these will as far as possible be- made
up'of local laborers. The work at present
being done is the installation of the main
pipes in the buildings and connecting
them with the pipes leading to the
different rooms to be heated. Holes are
also being made in the easements of
buildings that are to receive heat thru
which the pipes will be connected to the
main line. For this purpose it is
necessary in many cases to go thru two
foot foundation and as the work has to-
be done with hammer and chisel, the
air drills being too heavy to move from
place to place, it takes from three to five
hours for each hole.
The laying of the mains will be begun
as soon as the Rfc-wil tile arrives from
the East which will no doubt be the end,
of the week. Then the work will be.
pushed along steadily and the members
of the heating company and those who
are to have heat from the heating plant
will have MO need to fear the winter
weather.
Mr.. Rupea stated that he had received
instructions from the company to employ
as much local labor as possible. How
ever. the mechanics have to be skilled
in their work and for this kind Of work
only experts are employed. The material
will also be bought through the local
dealers as much as possible and even the
cement used will be ordered thru local
dealer. Two carloads of pipe have al
ready been received, one on the third and
the other on the sixth. Besides these
various smaller shipments have also
arrived. >
If nothing. serious happens to delay
the work, Mr.: Rupea expects to have it
completed In two. months az the contract
states that. the work is to be finished by
the 18th Of September. AT present he
has charge OF all the work but the time
keeper and outside labor foreman are
expected this week and they, will take
considerable work off his hands.
j., The work was started in the basement
of the Brown County bank and the
worknen are now strung all along the
block north of Center street. When the
material for the outside work, such as
laying the mains, arrives, workmen will
Immediately be set to. work at the power
house and will start laying the mains
upwards There will be three con-
nections with the power house.. one on
Center street, one on First and the other
on Second North. Two carloads oil
pipe for the basement mains and one
carload Of other material (fttings) has
already arrived and four additional cars
were expected yesterday The job COM
plete will take approximately 800 it. OF
10 inch main, 800 #. inch return, 80 it.
8 inch main and 80 # 8 inch return