The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 44, Ed. 1 Friday, October 11, 1895 Page: 8 of 8
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TSX&S STATE FAIR AHD DALLAS'
EXPOSITION
Cerhett-Flt2mmon8 FbjUioal Cul
ture Exhibition Dallas Toxat Oct.
10 to Hot. 3id 1895 Low Excur-
sion Kates Via the Santa JcRqato.
For lhe Texas State Fsir and Dallas
reposition which will open at D.illas
on October 19th and continuing up to
and including November 3rd the Santa
Bentll sell excursion tickets from all
ppints on its line to Dallas at one fare
(or the round Trip; tickets will be
limited to November 5 th 1895 for
return
In addition to the above rate excur-
sion tickets limited three (3) days from
date of issue will be sold at a rate of
one fare with a maximum rate of $5.00
from all situations where the single trip
rate is greater than $5 00
The physical culture exhibition be-
tween Messrs. Corbett and Fitzsim-
mons will take place at io'.oo a. m.
October 3rst. For November rst
President Stuart of theFJoiida Athletic
Club has arranged for a double con
test between Messrs. Maher and
Q'Dohnel and Ryn and Smithtwo
exhibitions for one admission.
Excursion tickets to Dallas will be
sold for these exhibitionss under terms
above noted.
Admission rickets with reserved
seats can be procured through any
Santa le ticket agent.
Procure your tickets at home and
avoid the rush at the Ampitheater in
Dallas.
W. S. Keenak
General Passenger Agent.
Texas Immigration Meeting
Office of Texas Immigration and
Industrial Association Waco Tex
Sept. 19. 1S95.
My Deat Sir: We enclose you
herewith a call for a state meeting ol
the Texas Immigration aud Industrial
Association to be held at Waco on the
1 date named therein. It is expected
that Gov Culberson who has promised
if possible will be present also each
congressman and the mayor of each
town in Texas the president of each
commercial body and trom two to five
representatives in addition to those
which tou will kindly appoint Irom
your organization.
Please lest us hear from you imme-
diately as it is an important meeting for
the development of Texas. I have
assurances Irom all the railroad com-
pinies to put on a half fare rate for the
trip.
It is expected that the speeches and
the data for lhe development of Texas
will be printed in suitable form and we
have already premised us the' co opera-
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New York to circulate this literature.
Will you kindfy answer immediately
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from your city.
S gn this call and return to us as we
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Youis veiy truly
J. W Rigcins
PdB.Tex. Immigration and Industrial
Association:
S. H. Pope. Secretary.
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Wheat per bushel . . . 35 toct
Oats per bushet ... ' Htoaaf
Cornperbushei...... .4... 9510300
Sorghum per bushel ...... . aj
Hay.pcr ton.. ...... ..... $5 to $750
Alfalfahay fine. $1300
Bran pcrhundred lb. ...... to 85c
Cottonseed meal per 100 lbs $1 10
Millet ....." '" 2fto1S"
ColtonSeed.. to 13
HIDES.
Eeefhides 6c
Fallen.... 1
This is the wholesale price list lor smaller
quantities a shade higher will he charged.
Flour High Patent a iOto$a 30
First straight grade 1S5 to $tga
Good common............. 1.70 to5t 75
Sugar Granulated 5t to jj'
Sugar Y. C... 4 toai
Sugar brown A
Coffee 4 23
Arbuckle I lb roasted........ 32
Green prime to choice 2t to 32
Molassas choice La......... 401045c
Molasses prime La. ....... 30 to 35c
Molasses fair La .... so to 25c
Bacon S. C. ... . 7 to S
Bacon dry salt. 7 to SJ
Hams 10 to II
Meal per sack 40 lbs 451050c
Salt too lb. sacks .steam re-
fined.... 60c to 65
Salt 200 lb sacks steam re
fined... toSt.to
Dried fnut .fancy alden 50 lb
boxes SJ to 9
Bright 2nd barre. 5 to 6
New Potatoes... 701075c
Butter 15c
COTTON.
Cotton basis middling 8 to SJc
l-S up for each 1-2 grade. 1-4 down
or each 1-2 grade below middling.
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Has Been Qaickened
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4 HOUBS TO MEMPHIS.
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SOMETHING - TO KEEP
USEFUL DATA ON
IRRIGATION.
Underground llJater uppfcj
Pamps and uifcBeg
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Manufactured ly the
National Pump Co.
Kansas City Mo.
For further Information mlttroM
. . . W. A.. FLINT . . .
(Sole Ageit for Texai)
ABILENE tEXAS.
De5Griptior? of tl;? Uci?d?r pump.
t is a SPIBAL KOTAKY PUMP and con
--' slsts of two Spirals right and left handed as
shown in cut wotking together closely in a Shell or
Case and has no valves to wear out and be replaced.
When the Spirals are set In motion a vacuum is created
aad the water rushing into the case near one end b in-
stantly forced to the other end and side of the cae and
passes out of the discharge pip! creating a solid con-
tinuous flow of waler with the least possible friction and
power. These pumps can be run in any position and
either above or submerged in water- The Wonder
Pump is'paiticularly adapted to draining deep mines or
where the water is to be larried a long distance as any
number of pumps can be used connecting them to the
same pipe at intervals of 75 to 100 feet the water pass-
ing through each pump thus obviating necessity (or
Reservoirs all thp pumps being run by the same cable
or tumbling shaft direct from the power above ground.
One pump however will drain an ordinary mine.
This pump is both a suction and a force pump and will
draw the water equal distance to any other pump. The
revolutions given in the table can be largely increased if
more water is desired.
The Wonder Pumps are designed to run right handed
but can be made to run left-handed if so ordered.
A No. 4. Wonder pump placed in a well S feet
square at Garden City Kansas having 2i feet of 4-inch
pipe and run with a 13-foot wind mill pumped the well
dry in fifteen minutes and raised the water a: the rate of
400 gallons per minute. The parties write us the trouble
is not to raise the water to the surface but to find enough
water to supply the Wonder Pump.
We also have a small sire of the Wonder Pump (No.
1) for cisterns which can also be used with hose for fire
protection.
The Wonder Pomp complete consists pf Pump Iron
Bed Out-Hanger and Pulley or Gear in place of Pulley
if desired.
The prices are F. O. B. Kansas City. Mo. Net
Cash and every pump is guaranteed to do the worlc as
represented.
If you are in need ol a pump for any purpose send
cs full particulars of the work desired to be done and we
will cheerfully quote prices and swe ol pump best adapt-
ed to do the work. Don't buy a pump unul you have
seen the Wonder.
To determine ht horse-power required to lift any
amount ot water any height multiply the number 'of gal-
lons by the height 10 be raised and divide by 3961.
This is the actual power expended to which add the
friction which inordinary pumps is about one-fourth
but in the Wonder rump is considerably less.
Foot valves pipe and couplings at the regular price.
IBHIGATION.
(jjRRICATION by pumping in this country is cora-"-J
paratively new and so many inquiries are re-
ceived that the Company have collected data 10 help in
answering them. The quantity of land not within
reach of irrigating ditches and lhe ability to reach much
underground and river water by pumping is "beginning to
sensibly enlarge the area of irrigated land. The fact
that many of the Irrigating ditches run dry at the time
they are most needed emphaUes the difference between
such supplies and thosewhichpjf harder to get can be
got when wanted. Besides this- it has been found that
in many cases the water supply obtained by pumping has
cost even less than thai obtained from ditches.
Any data that can be given must be modified to suit the
particular place to xhich it is applied. For instance it
is usual to allow that nearly or quite one foot deep of wa-
ter is required by irrigation dunng the season though it
is quite doubtful if much land geis so much and still
more doubtful if much land ntedk so much.
In Colorado in Utah and in Cahlomia there are
many instances where Irom three to five or even more
times the area formerly supplied is now fed with the
same amount of water and with belter results. We may
therefore conclude thaj if we install a plant on the basl
of covering the ground a foot deep we shall as we Icam
better economy In the use' of water largely increase our
acreage under the same plant.
For the purpose ol calculation however we will adopt
300000 gallons per awe which amounts to very nearly
a foot in depthas the proper amonnt of water to pro-
vide for a season's crops Wc will assume that this is to
be used in three months and that the pumps should be
of such capacity as to raise the necessary amount of wa-
ter in sixty da) soften hours sufficient storage capacity
being provided. Tht-wiIUb& anawple capadtyJo jn-.
elude evaporation and leakage from reservoirs.
The Wonder Pumps are numbered by the sire of the
attached pipes and with short line of pipe can be run
350 or more revolutions per minute. Less speed how-
tier is ucucr lor me pipe.
RESERVOIRS.
Cj lit need of these Is indicated where for spy rea-
- son Is it desired to use tint water faster than lhe
immediate stpyly from the pumps. Where pump can
draw Iwin a titer cr other (unlimited supply there may
he cases where with pumps ol large capacity no means ol
"M-age may be required r tut when water is drawn from
welts it will often occur that storage Is desirable and nec-
essary. The supply from wells if riot overdrawn is
generally constant but limited and it may he desirable to
store water even outside of the time in which it is required
for use. No rules can he made to cover su-h cases ;
each instance must furnish its own data as to reservoir
capacity
Many of the reservoirs the dJmeotlons of whjch have
been published seem to. be quite shallow. A somcwhal
greater depth w ill generally be rather cheaper. Circular
basins having slopes not leu titan two to one are slightly
cheaper than square ones.
When water is raised by power It wil) pay to he care-
ful ss to leakage.
A circular basin 60 feet In diameter at Ibe bottom and
4000 feet on top with 10 feet of ytilK wttl hold 35000
E
imllon of water and cover 1 4 acres an Inch deep. From
whtcMcAri he judged approximately how Urge t. basin Is
need s for any particular case. Space will not pcimlt
fuuher detail here.
COMPARISON OF PUMPfi.
VkrV nurop timer U naturally uesirous 01 snow
lm? that Ills iiumri is the best. Some go so
far ns lo give table of power tequlred less than the ac-
tual power required to lift the water. We giro the actual
power in lhe tabic of capacity and powtr and offer thr
following data to justify our claim of superior economy.
The actual iwwtr requlied to lift water cannot be re-
duced by Htiy human device. To this must be milled the
power to overcome (rictton and inettfn In the tmmp and
pipe precisely as the team must draw the vehicle which
catties the load.
In deep well pump whetc the water stops al every
stroke of lhe pump each effective horac-power will re-
quire from three lo fourhoise power to produce it. Latge
pumps In mines having very slow motion may be more
effective. These pumps are necessary In deep bored
wells although they ate the most expensive of all pumps
compared with their capacity. Where the water h with-
In too feet or less of the surface it will often pay to dig
dowti to it enabling better machinery to be used andJn
many cases largely Increasing the capacity of the well.
ROTARY POMPS.
'TMlEsichave been in use more than too years and
have made h good recrd. They are largely
used for fire protection n cities and factories being
without vnlvds and having great capacity and power
they are deserved favorites.
The Wonder Pump is a pump of this class. For lifts
(too feet or less) the outside gears are omitted reduc-
ing friction and cost. a objection to the ordinary ro-
tary pump which is overcome in the Wonder is the ac-
tion of the cams. Thlfse being straight in the ordinary
pump when they come into mesh requires the water in
the pocket to get out so quick as to cause more or less of a
shock which can be understood when it is considered
that this water has to be displaced in about one-five
hundredth part of a'second. In the Wonder lump the
cams are mide spiral so that when one end is in full
mesh the othteris just entering. This allows a percepti-
ble time for the displacement of the water and cases lhe
shock and the consequent resistance ol the pump. We
claim that we are justified in claiming that it stands at
the head cf all ordinary pumps.
MOTIVE POWER.
IP u MitJLS come first. Holland has-fox cen-
" turies raised the stream water of a Urge
country to its canals a-d won great areas Irom the sea by
them- American skill has left little to be desired in the
means available for making use of this beneficent power.
They are made of any desired sue. but most usually from
10 to 30 feet ranging with a g..od wind from one to ten
horse-power. As the Wonder Pump can nn at any de-
sired speed they offer an excellent combination.
Gasoline engines come nest as like wind mills they
require very tilde attention and up to the points where
the slight difierence between the cost ot gasoline and
coal balance the wages of an engineer they will be found
most economical. The balancing points of economy
may be anwhere above fifty horse-power according to
the relati ve cost of gasoline and coal. Between the pow er
so determined gasoline is the cheapest ; above that steam.
The use of animal power is not particularly consider-
ed as like steam it involves large comparative cost of
attendance for small powers. It must be borne in mind
also that the horse-power unit of measurement was de-
rived Irom the heartiest and strongest English draught
horses doing their best and it will take about three ordi-
nary horses to do two-horse power.
i
COST OF OPERATION:
T remains to be seen how the cost of irrigation
by pumps compares with water rents. In those
Elants which can be operated by wind power there will
e little question. But many willjbe surprised to see the
comparisons between gasoline or steam power and the
rent of irrigating ditches. It is so common to consider
the land under these ditches so much more valuable than
other land of the same quality that we may well consider
that the cost of installing a pumping plant is less than the
difference and we need only consider the cost of fuel
other attendance and expenses being equal.
A low rate of water rent may be considered at
$1.50 per acre or for 100 acres say $150.00
A Gasoline engine would require to raise the
neccsary amount of water ao feet about 650 gal-
lons of gasoline; this at ID cents per gallon
would cost. ... ...... 65.00
Or to raise the same water 40 feet 130.00
So that for a lift of fifty feel or less we can compete
successfully with water rents and this will hoi i good
with larger or smaller plants while with situations where
Wind mills are available we can do still better.
But the real question is not whether it can be done for
a few cents less or more per acre but whether the land
can be so made to add lis quota to the country's produc-
tion and furnish homes and support to the thousands who
are eager to try it.
The data as to gas dine engines is coveted by war-
ranty and n an be relied upon. Hie engine uses the gas-
oline direct. it being in contact with air and vapoured
ready fdrb uming only as it enters the cylinder. The
machine is tso simple that it can be tun by any one and
requires sea cely more attention than a wind mill.
We have tried in the foregoing to give data that will
make this worth keeping for ijeference and will only add
in lhe limited space available a few of those words of
commendation that come in so pleasantly to those whose
efforts arc crowned with success.
The West Texas Baitist says : "While in
Kansas City during last December W. A. Flint
ol the firm of Flint fe Knapp this city se-
cured of the National Pump Co. the sole agen-
cy for the sale of the Wonder Pump in Texas.
Mr. Flint ordered one of the pumps sent to
Abilene at once and when it arrived had it
placed on the bank of Cedar Creek juft east ol
town for trial and for two days Messrs. Flint
& Knapp kep a carriage running to and fro for
the accommodation of those who wished to see
the Wonder Pump at work. And all who werp
fortunate enough to see it declare it to be the
greatest invention of the age in the way of
pumps and forever settles lhe question of irri.
gatton in this country
J M. Ingle of our city ius been in the tni
ning business ao years and has used every make
of pumps. After watching lhe Wonder at work
for a few minutes said : "It is the best I ever
saw -the irrigation question is eeltled." Mr.
Ingle owns three farms and has' ordered two
Pumps.
Co). Fred Cockrell one of our oldest and
most substantial citizen after seeing the Won.
der Pump at work on Cedar Creek jmt east of
rtuiicnc saiu : -it is ngniiy name(jit is in-
deed a wonder" Mr. Cockrell was not talking
through his hat but meant what he said as ht
has ordered a Wonder Pump for hit lo.acre
garden southeast ot the city
J. M Carter an old and experienced watcr
works man who put in the qity water works
plant in this city and is now putting in water
works t Howie and Oallinger has bought two
Wonder Pumps' and after giving them a
thorough trial says t "Words are Inadequate j I
annot exorris myself. But I w
never had much hope for this western country
utitil I saw the Wonder Pump at work If thp
peop'e of this country will build darai anj r.e8
rvoirs and ubq the Wondcir Pumps ltirriih
...' . kt. &.. .t....... ...it..... ..1.1 "
tiling uic wiucr iiiciic vnuuya nnu prairies wil
soon be inndo to bloom and blossom equal t
the garden ot Eden"
Mr Gill of Colorado City is no doubt one
of the best posted men 'in West Texas on pumps
and pump machinery having been in the em.
ploy of the Texas & PncifidS Railway Co. look
mg after such business lor fourteen years He
acard of the Wonder Pump at Abilene and catne
down to look at it and after watching it work
for an horror more gave his opinion' like &
others who lutye' seen the Wonder Pump at
work "Ii is the bcBt I ever saw'
R. C. Malone an old engineer of Abilene
after watching the Wonder Pump in operation
fot n short while said4 "She's a bird. She's
an American eagle. She can soar higher scream
louder and pump more water with Jess power
than any pump I ever saw.'
Bowm Texas.
W. A. Flint AniLKNU. Texas:
"Ship No 3 Wonder Pump and 50 feet of
"pipe to Bowie quick. Signed
J. M. Carter"
Wm. T. Dowel) Superintendent Missouri
Fish Com. at St. Louisi writes us "Having
found it necessary to drain a large quantity of
water from the lakes in Benton Parkt and after
several months working with a Siphon and
there being at least one million gallons of wa-
ter still in the lakes at the suggestion of par
tir s who had seen the working of the Wonder
Punip. made by your Company I have had one
of your No. 4 Pumps put in operation and
must say it is rightly named as it is indeed a
wonder and it has pumped out the water a
the rate of about 500 gallons per minute and I
do not hesitate to recommend it to any one
wanting a first-class pump. The power re-
quired to ' do the work is very little and the
Pump is simplicity itself."
A No. 4 Wonder Pump at
Great Bend Kansas pumped
135000 gallons in four and
one-half hours.
A No 1 1-2 Wonder Pump
just put in pumps through
ovei 1600 feet of pipe with
over 100 feet raise.
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Wind mills give much less power than they are gen-
erally rated at. The following table wc consider a safe
estimate of different shed wheels :
ra foot Mill - - - a to 3 Horse-power.
M " - - . - 2 to 3 "
16 " " - - 3104 '
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ao ' - - - 4 to 8 '
Steam and Gasoline engines come nearctthcir pow fl
but for the best economy in use should not be rated oi
about three-fourths of their rated power.
No U PumpwiUputiin pfwateron ij acres In 34 how
No. jj " ( ti i i 1
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No. 4 n ti 11 a. 11 11
No. 6 ' it 11 ri i 11
The following'data Is given lo enable our correspon-
deots o slate their requirements more fully and clearly.
The question o pumping I largelya question ol
power and this is nol generally well understood.
One horse-power will lift with fairly good machinery
Lift
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