Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-04-17
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re1DAY. APRIL II. 1874.
..,,,.a,iou az the Cape .'esr sEic'
Fields.
WILMINGTON, n. G.


-. Wilmington, amounting III ali -
,,x ihJu-lil acres, 81 which
fire nuul.td Az. now III cult
"'...,., :. state Of thing brought about
''..t,;, war Formerly these oiaata-
,ns VT, the most Fro1uc,iy. in the
VA. welding IL remucGrotJve re-
.,%n TOR the capita! Invested, bat for
w. most part they are now abandoned,
nv -,.,iy cultivated IN small patches b,
IG-1,,r.,,s vino work them on slt:,r@s.
AN, .ru,. idea long ago occurred 70 tht::
.-'.r,., cf these lands, that an .tbun-i
1,r.. Of LABOR could IL procured, =;
t ." work them provided they
',,,l be made susceptible Of dry:
,.Il.rp. But how 10 accomplish suci n
v.s The problem to tie solved.
~ +. Ninants. We believe, was.
~. w. t;,,t to make a move in this matter,
~ ,x9erimcnted with windmill
,.,,r-r, but finding that lie could not.
lie rnon SO uncertain a means, he;
l a med this plan ard procured q,
,artrlfugal p.Imp Of great power. a
L,,rt description viii be necessarily
:. fuIl knowledge OF this plan ]
~ ,l1pted by Doctor Winants.
IT,, ,Iantatlou Is situated on Toomer'=
Hraak about four miles from the city,
embracing a body OF about one huns
Iral acres of rice land. 4 large ditchs
W. crank" half a mile long, dividess
,Le farm into two nearly equal parts,
AL 4mnticS into the creek. Into thisE
..rrn,,k the smaller bitches enter anda
H. this means formerly the water wass
Trained Into the river, or wnen Hccns-s
.grv tie fields were Hooded. Thes
,,n'an previously mentioned - Crccteds
On the bank nearest the creek and ;;t1
the mouth OF the trunk. It Is irlyens
hy 4 twenty l.orse power engine, aud.
/, capabie nj It's best speed OF throwinSs
three thousand gallons " minute. "a
marty ii gentlemen visited TINS pianta I
t.;a1 Yesterday. through invitation Uts
Dr, " and say the machinery in nlo-ss
fon. When We reached there, ut ! {
o'clock, VIC found that the punp iadE
boa,i 1T work since 10 O'Clock, with ans
,rerare of % pounds of steam, ands
had drained 50 acre field to sncIl ans
aytant that tie wafer had fallen in thee
..tr..,,,7 - inches, the pump *hcn onlxR
co;n.s At II SLOW speed, BEG tuse thas
y,ter had become 50 low. rhi hadS
the effect OF draining the land bcvondS
the czrectution Of the gentlemen pres
emf and fully convinced them that itsz
merit had not been exaggerated, aulE
hot the fields co1ild he rendered fin
fnr lry ti!lage with much less labors
than was at first thought s
The water is drawn up by this plrnnE:
-, .I,a- .,tr1,,,E,'' +Ir6Io,i, q 81 i,,o; I:
..,o4;or and discl,1road fi,roroh . 1og
;rci, st,o11f over the rice-feil banl,E:
Ma tLn creek s
Tbara was a tcn-acrp field received z
~ Ilo,I 49, l,o,,,, d.o.,o,7 o,,I ,rn,,H
WI. I'is tLa lover o. tL,, nnn,r VIZ telitojs
n orr nresenca THE water in tj,isE
%sII was three feet hio2,er than il tbcE
s.jioinine, drained fiaId when tba one-E
r,tcr o5Pnmenae3 4 ditch n.,aret Il:
WV, tho rndrained fold into tho cut 4
tba vater noroo rrshinr :, - Les
airos+ 40 ra,,;II1- orcI-oj 80, i,r as
+--ralar .,,,nn W. did nnt stav + S
-, th;s .iaIi draineI Inf yo orns
I,rancl.fv satisfied from tha ir,mnneaz
,Lilo, ~ uatn,. nav, tha++hn TT
vas vas hc'oni l'li.iieo, i;t.i, a4o,oS
VI o,'l way Nm ~ g
fJucned al tile llltiu u !, NC y M on
llp Pt'' run l'A L1'l 81 '.Ii we ~ s.
N4Ao-ilIH lil''"G vi - ''--i,'F5o III io e
tleIroha tfac' o. iiio % S5I' EN- 'c[es
II ms POM TIE liit !l.a -
pr lniSt' pe''sI s si[no '-'.'li ,a n'6
up 'he ANe', - M - H. 8l5I-i
Sp"St III ram "a 'li0 = 60 ','1il5 "ln1. a1 .
anu ,i-e u 49, - ~ y - - v