HGSuua AND NEWS, Klamath Falli, Origan
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.