New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-03-22
COUNCIL STRIKES
WAR PRICE SNAGS
ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF $4,000
EXPENDITURE GROWS TO
OVER $4,000.
NEW PUMP AND REPAIR OF OLD
MACHINERY AMONG COUN-
" GIL PLANS.

From contemplated expenditure
estimated at little over $4,000 for the
installation of a new pump at the water
works, the city council is now facing an
investment of over $4,000, according
to the bids submitted by the several
contractors at last Monday evenings
adjourned meeting. The bids called for
the repair of the old Luitweiler pump at
the station and the installation of another
deep well pump, large enough to permit
the direct connection with the mains at
the station and pumping the water into
the Center street hill reservoir.
d. The bids submitted at the meeting
were as follows: Union Machine Co.,
$6,l58 for new pump and 81, 139 for
repairs; Minneapolis Engineering Co.,
$5,025 for new pump and 81, 1877 for re-
pairs; j. G. Robertson, St. Paul, $4,000
for the new pump and 1897 for the re-
pairs necessary to the Luitweiler pump.
The last named bid probably will be
She only one considered by the council,
as it not only is the lowest Of the three
bids, but also meets the requirements of
the city. Mr.. Robertson has installed
several of the pumps now in use at the
local plant and is familiar with the re-
quirements to greater extent than his
competitors. He was present at the
meeting of the council and explained the
workings of the proposed new pump as
well as the repairs which would be
necessary to put the old pump into con-
dition for use in an emergency.
Although the matter of delivery did
not enter into the competitive bidding
the interesting fact was brought out
during the discussion that the manu-
facturers are at present working right
up to their capacity and cannot make
deliveries short of from sixty to one
hundred and twenty days. This con-
dition seems to apply also to the manu-
- facturers of electrical machinery, the
: representatives of electrical machines
: present at the meeting stating that de-
liveries of less than sixty days are out Of
the question.
That the city council is face to face
with serious problem is apparent. Ac-
cording to statement by Supt. Mueller
the city will in the case of dry summer
be unable to meet the demands of the
&c
equipment is run to it's full capacity.
The we'll on Center street hill can not
be depended upon to furnish a great
deal of water, although the pump at that
place is large enough to furnish consider
able more.
The present plans Of the council in
clude a change at the pumping plant
which it is believed will reduce the cost
of pumping. The plan is to do away with
the storage of water in the German Park
reservoir and connect up the mains direct
with the new pump. In order to do
this a number of changes are necessary
in order to prevent damage to the mains
through uneven pressure incident to the
working Of the pump. The bids include
an air chamber to take this up.
Because of the complicated technical
wording Of the bids the council decided
to refer all the bids to the water and
light committee for thorough investi-
cation and Friday evening hold an ad-
Il l.
finally.
Several building permits were sub
mltted to the council, but as some of
them did not meet the requirements of
the fire ordinance, they were laid over
to be taken up It the adjourned meeting
Friday evening.
Mr.. Aufderheide appeared before the
council on behalf Of the New Ulm Brick
& Tile Works. The members of the
council had practically decided to use an
outside brick in the construction Of the
new building at the cemetery and he
urged the council to set the example of
patronizing home industry by using the
cement brick manufactured by his firm.
AS the contractor is about ready to begin
work on the new building the sanitary
committee was instructed to take the
matter up with the contractor to see how
long he would wait if Mr.. Aufderheide
is given a chance to manufacture the
brick desired by the council. The brick
proposed for the cemetery building is not
carried in stock at the local brick yards
but according to Mr.. Aufderheide can be
manufactured by the first part of June.