The Fremont County record., 1883-04-14
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DIR. Prentiss' Inventive e. - :
Pump PROTECTOR :
A ASucoessfai Enterprise-H ~ ~
Of Lincoln Fnr1E

A ASneoessfsl Enterprise-z1Hi ~ 6 8
Of Lincoin Pnrks ~ "a
: Incidental mention has rep fed1x Been
made of the enterprise inaugtated last
season by DIR. j. L. Prenti9 tDr. E. C.
Gray and Thomas Macon, for Hf purpose
of irrigating land on the sou6 st1s of the
Arkansas river, opposite Ca6ou City, on
what is known as Lincoln park It Il Wcll
known to all familiar with the 3y ~ The
country, that to water the snll Ind by
means of ditch is practiu irpo1sf-
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Tho plan. sdoptcd By ire 4 Itse Z zszSia
gentlemen WAS to enlarge and extend the
South Csfion ditch, and by means If a
pump, using the water as the motive power,
TO elevate the water upon the land. The
said ditch has been enlarged so that its
capacity is more than doubled; d head of
forty-five feet was secured for power; a
Leffel turbine wheel, thirteen and one
fourth inches in diameter, is used TO pro-
pei the pump, which is centrifugal lcne,
manufactured by Heald G. Cisco, and is
attached TO the wheel shaft. By meais OF
pipe, eight inches in diameter and about
GOO feet long, the water is forced II the
desired point, from which, by ditchesI it is
conveyed TO the land to be irrigated! Now
that the machinery is running it seems
proper to give more complete account of
the enterprise, and speculate little upon
the effect it will ultimately have uyon the
interests of this section. That the scheme
is decided success is no longer QUESTION
able, and there is no doubt that the means
adopted is the best and cheapest way of
watering Lincoln park.
DIR. j. l. Prentiss has been the manager
of the enterprise, and to his energy and
mechanical ingenuity is due the perfection
of the machinery Of the works
When the pump was purchased the
manufacturers informed the doctor that it
would not do TO attach the pump to the
wheel shaft, because ITS weight would soon
destroy the wheel, and gearing Was fur
nished for setting the pump at some dis
tance from the wheel bat the doctor got
up some bearings of his own, and had them
cast at Pueblo, and sss::::=;.ssiiifsi the pump
to the shaft that its weight did net bear
| upon the wheel By some ingenious con-
trivanees he makes the machinery work
automatically. That is to say, suppose
there being no water in the ditch, and the
| machinery at. a stand-still, and water is
turned on, when the water reaches the pen
stock, and fills it to the proper height, the
wheel starts of its own accord. by the aid
ofone Of said contriyances. and by another
scarcity of water. Again, by little gear
ing, signal on the top of the building is
made TO revolve, which informs the doctor,
at his residence, on the north side of the
in sight of said bnildinp. whethcr.he pnmp
| is working or not. Now the result of thr
doctors ingenious devices is that the pump,
being on the wheel shaft, is unler water
in the pen-stock, and all the machinery
under water, none of it has TO he oiled,
which, together with the automatic ar
rangcment for starting and stopping the
wheel, dispenses entirely with the services
of any one at the works to oil, or start or
stop the machine.
1t is said to be impossible for a man to
lift himself by his own suspenders; hut this
operation of making the water hoist itself
makes ono believe that the doctor could in
vent some contrivance by means of which
n man might accomplish the before men,
toned impossible feat.
The pipe conveying the water from the
pump is, as before stated, eight inches in
diameter, and GOO feet long. and the
amount of water it will hold is dis
charged every thirty-two seconds, amount
ing to 1900 gallons per minute, and would
cover twelve acres of land a fnot deep every
twenty-four hours
To elevate that volume of water the
wheel is only half opened, and il is mat
ter of regret that n pipe twelve inches in
diameter was not used, instead of the one
of eight inches, for there is sufficient powc,
10 elevate twelve-inch pipe full, If not
one even larger. A twelve-inch pipe would
convey more than double the water the
eight-inch pipe does. By working these
works to their full capacity, and by dupli-
eating them sufficiently, the whole of Lin
coin park can be irrigated cheaper than in
any other way. Several parties have al
ready purchased land covered by water
from these works, and crops are being
planted, fruit trees being SC: ont, and
houses built.
There are 1000 or more acres of land in
Lincoln park us good rs can be found in
the state. Good for all kinds of crops, and
particularly good for fruit. The success of
these water works assures the cultivation
of all that land, and in the near future
Lincoln park will be covered with crops of
grain and vegetables, orchards Of luscious
fruit, flowers will bloom and add their fra
GRANGE and beauty to adorn and make
pleasant the beautiful residences that will
bc erected. and what is now aln,est bar
ren waste will be the most beautiful por.
tion of our city.