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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1961)
HGSuua AND NEWS, Klamath Falli, Origan 6 ....... Sunday. Jn. It. 1U1 Paw 1 4 31 . .-- ?-- a I r il," THIS VIEW of f he now city street department building, located just beneath and south of the South Sixth Street overpass, shows its nearness to the sewage disposal plant, shown at upper left, adjacent to the sawdust burner. Piping between the two installations goes under the railroad tracks and adjacent to the roadway. I f methane gas in t h e CHECKING the accumulation dome of the digester at the city sewage disposal plant is Bill Swanson. He keeps caretul tabs on the gauge indi cators of gas produced in the digesters. Paul Barnes is superintendent of the city sewage disposal plant. Unusual idea Saves City's Taxpayers Money In Heating Mevj Street Building r I' I tK-v JSC THE INTERIOR INSTALLATION to provide fuei for heating the burner that in turn 'provides both heat and hot water for the streot department building is shown here. Neil Hicks, city employe, checks the connections. Operation is smooth and effi cient, he reports. Paul Hamblin is superintendent of the Street Department. Pure Tungsten Casting Made ALBANY. Ore. AP) The Oregon Metallurgical Corp., which makes space oge molals. today claimed the world's first casting of pure tungsten. President Stephen M. Sliellon said this extremely hard and Ileal resistant metal previously was considered uneastable. Because it does nut melt until 6,170 degrees, however, it was wanted for missiles. Shellon told stockholders at their annual meeting Thursday night that the firm successfully cast 240 pounds of pure tungsten for a missile noule Tuesday. The procesi was repeated Wednesday. THE COVER Corn en the cob is a relished dish for Scrooge, cor owned by Mrs. Gene Srokley of 423 North Tenth Street. Her ald and Newt photog rapher Don Kettlcr took the cover picture ond two others of Scrooge's feast on Page 4. ' By FLOYD WYNNE An Unusual idea plus planning: with an eye for the future has resulted in a considerable sav ings to the taxpayers of Klamath Falls on the heating of the city's new street department building. The planning entered the picture when the city recently con structed a new primary and sec ond sewage disposal treatment plant, and later built a new street department building, both within a short distance of each other. Purpose of the proximity of the two was to enable the city at ome future date to utilize the methane gas that builds up in the sewage digesters to heat tlie street department building. After the disposal plant had been in operation for some time, it was found that the accumulation of gas was sufficient to warrant installation of piping to use the excess gas for heat. City Manager G. S. Vergeer explained the process. In the process of digesting sewage," he said, "changing sewage to sludge by the digesters, a gas is generated known as methane gas. This accumulates in the dome of the digesters and is generally used by tlie disposal plant for heating of the same digesters by use of a steam boiler. "Investigation revealed 'hat the amount of gas generated here was . ' - "... . .i.?frifcig. ,nii-.,.- TAPPING the roof of the digester to permit quantities of methane gas to be drawn off for use at the city's street department building is demonstrated in this photo, showing the line running to the dome. White Slavery Charge Filed POHTLAND AP) The Federal jagent-in-charge of thePortland sufficient in quantity to also pro vide necessary fuel for. heating furnace and hot water heaters at Ihe street shop. "This process had been planned at the time of locating the two facilities close, to each other," he continued, "but a temporary offer to install gas made the immed iate use of tlie system not too important. "However, as soon as we de termined that .the amount of me thane gas exceeded anticipation, -we proceeded as originally recom mended in installing piping be tween the two facilities. Vergeer estimated the cost of the piping and other supplies and installation at about $2,000. The monthly winter heat bill has varied between $250 and $300 monthly, down to $50 during t h e summer months, he pointed out, adding that the savings made m one year should pay for the new method of heating. When queried as to .whether there was sufficient gas still avail able to heat other city structures, such as city hall, Vergeer Indi cated that no further heating would be possible without the use of storage tanks to enable storing of the methane gas for use else where. However, he did not rule out the future possibility of heat ing city hall, also, by this new and novel method. Ik1" .V- - . ,2 1 Bureau of Investigation Wednes day night arrested llobert Curtis Leo, 37, of Portland at his apart ment here on a federal warrant charging violation of the Mann FBI office, said the indictment re lumed by a federal grand jury charged Lee with unlawfully transporting a woman from Port- Act. Joseph E. Thornton, land to Kelso, Wash., for the pur- roccIallP0 f prostitution. in- y- GAS INSTALLATION is shown at the city street depart ment building, checked by Hugh Washburn, city em ploye. In foreground can be seen standby commercial gas installation which will be dispensed with by the sower gas operation.
