Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-24
AN OFFER
To Relieve the City of Its Drainage With.
ont ANY Financial Rick on IT'S Part


out Any Financial Risk on Its Part.
A reporter of the RECORD UNION yesterday, in
conversation with Judge Ii. O. Beatty, concern
ing the wrecking pump he has invented, and a
trial of which was recently described in these
columns, asked the inventor how the pump
would answer to discharge the drainage of the
city.
Judge Beatty replied that it would do it effect
ually. He added that mechanical engineers of
| the best order had approved it warmly, and he
was prepared to say that ii would pump out the
city drainage at less than one-h half perhaps at
less than fourth, the cost OF any other known
device using stCam-power.
He was then asked on what terms he would
undertake TO demonstrate its capacity to take
out the drainage at so greatly le:sened cost
lie replied that he was 10. solicitous to make
an oiier as he did not wish to be understood as
desiring in any way to push his invention upon
the City. But if it was desired, he would at his
own cost make and put up the necess inv pumps
a gang OF three, two fer Use ia ordinary weather
the three IN heavy weather, and in the dry
weeks ana months one would serve; the city to
furnish the steam and the flume to carry the
discharge to The river. For compensation for
his investment, he would ask the difference be-
tween the cost of fuel used with the present or
any other pump such as is employed for lifting
out water, and the cost of the fuel he would
use. Then, in the spring the city wanted 10
buy the pump and end the contract, he would
|
S., goo each.
Being pressed for the exact meaning of the
proposition he said in effect to condense his re-
marks:
at means just this, the city shall not be put to
any expense for the pump; nor to any expense
Tor fuel to make steam in excess of what il now
pays for fuel per million gallons now pumped
by given amount of steam But / shall re-
celve for the use of my pumps as much as the
difference between the cost of the fuel used to
furnish FUR! steam to my pumps and the present
cost or usual cost for present pumps. That is
10 say, IN no event could the city lose or be put
TO heavier cost If it uses present machi aery or
anything like it. it costs SO much per million
gallons Mine operates with half the steam or
less, to gain the same results, and so save half
or more
IF the city owns the pumps it can save the
half. which Is some thousands a year, so you
see would be well paid and the city not put to
any greater cost than now for every million gal
Ions lifted.
But my pump would do the work, and the
single one the city now has cannot possibly do
it. L am moved to make the offer since have
been SO much asked about the new pumps be-
cause this is the town of my home and will
put In the money this winter to prove that
here. OF course, if my pumps do the work the
city Will want to buy them and make the saw
ing herself. If not the city loses TO: cent,
and can take my pumps away and the old one
can be set to work again.
II think that offer is so clear that 10 one can
question the motive. l have got go1d thing
in these pumps, anyhow, and it does not matter
TO me whether l sell or not. can make more
by rental at the figure of the saving on fuel
The present boiler the city has on street
it cannot furnish steam enough to lift cut the
drainage effectually. But there are boilers that
can be rented, if need be, to prove whether the
claims for the new pump are true or false"