New Ulm review., 1922-11-15
WELLS Can SOON
PUMP | ! ! / 100000
GALLONS A DAY
No 5 and No. 6 Will Be In
Operation Within Very
Few Months.
CITY WILL HAVE FINEST
WATER SYSTEM IN STATE
Council Let's Contract For
Connection to Main
On German Street

With the early completion of Wells
No. 5 and 6 which have been drilled
during the past few months, New Ulm
will have sufficient water to meet any
emergency and can be considered to
possess the best water system of any
city Of it's size in the state, Herbert
Huevelmann, superintendent of light,
heat and water, declared last night.
Mr.. Huevelmann explained that
Well No. at Third street north and
Spring street will be in operation with
in four or five weeks. The Council at
its meeting November 8 allowed the
bill Of the Mccarthy Drilling company
for $3,915 to cover drilling and testing
Of Well No. 6, First Street north and
the Minneapolis and St: Louis tracks,
and gave the contract for connecting
the well to the main on German street
to Gulden and Vercoe for $3.50.
Work will be started in the near future
and it is expected that, this we'll will
be pumping by spring.
Capacity Is Doubled.
The completion of these two wells,
increasing the capacity Of the plant
by 100 per cent and guaranteeing
sufficient water to the city under any
and all conditions is the latest chapter
in the development Of the New Ulm
waterworks.
A start for Waterworks system
was made more than 80 years ago
when Louis Schilling was city clerk.
"A stand pipe was constructed on State
street between First street north and
Second street north near where the
Concordia club now stands. Drillers
sank we'll beside the stand pipe and
for several weeks searched for water
without results. A change Of loca-
tion was sought and two wells drilled
at First street north and Spring street
where water was found.
Pumping Station Built.
Here the old pumping station Vas
constructed and two Cook Steam
pumps installed. Water was pumped
from the wells into two cisterns and
then through the use of a Triplex
pump it was forced into the stand
pipe on State street. Throughout the
vicissitudes of launching the system,
| Mr.. Schillinp was one of its staunchest
supporters.
Following the installation Of a third
we'll with motor driven Lutweiler
pump the next step was to construct
a million gallon reservoir on Herman
Heights. The old stand pipe was
dismantled.
Epidemic Breaks Out.
A typhoid fever epidemic broke out
! in New Ulm. The State Board Of
Health conducted an investigation
and found that surface water was
seeping into one Of the wells. It con-
demned this well, leaving the city
dependent upon one steam pump and
the LutWeiler for its water. To Offset
i this loss a well was drilled beside the
4 reservoir on Herman Heights. Water
4 was discovered at 365 feet but the
sIwell was never success. The best it
5[could do was 80 gallons a minute as
compared to 140 gallons for the Lut-
weller. .s.l
Fourth Well Sunk.
4 The water supply at this stage Of
j the development was meagre. Well
i No. / was yielding 20 gallons a minute,
Il Well No. 2, 140 gallons q minute and
Il We'll No. 80 gallons 4 minute whea
IIit was in operation. Ia 1917, there
i Ifore, Well No. a was sunk at Sixth
Il street north and Spring street. This
u well is 297 feet deep and has a flow
! of 100 gallons q minute. The watertis
pumped directly into the mains.
To reduce the pressure for the
Ipunips d 30, 900 gallon reserve reser-
4 |yoif had been I Constr % ructed in 1914 in
I North German park. From this reser-
/ voir water was supplied to the Mime
apolis and ST. Louis railroad.
Situation Il Critical.
With the construction Of Well No
a 4 the third well was discontinued
New Ulm therefore had but three
a wells until this year. The situation
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