The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1900-07-19
LAWN SPRINKLER.
Mrs. S. 81. Hull Patents Novel
and Useful Article.

| Mrs. s. III. Hull is the originator
and patentee of a new idea in lawn
sprinklers that bids fair to bring her
fame and fortune.
The lady last summer spent hours
and hours standing on her lawn
sprinkling the grass with water
thrown from hose and nozzle, in
the effort to keep the grass fresh and
green. She was wearieda with the
task and thought why could not the
work be done this way or that until
she thought of scheme that seemed
simple and practical and she told of
her plan to her husband. Mr.. Hull
Immediately was struck with the
idea and put the idea into material
shape and had model of the sprink-
Ter manufactured. The idea was per-
lection itself and the principle was
straightway patented. The letters
patent were issued to Mrs. Hull and
then a manufacturer was sought who
could manufacture the sprinklers.
The new sprinkler is nothingImore
or less than piece of inch pipe with
small holes drilled along its length
at distance of three or four inches.
The pipe is placed on standards that
may be stuck in the ground. 1t is
connected with the hose by means
of connection and when the water
is turned on there is a large area
sprinkled by the water that falls in
the form of perfect shower of rain.
The sprinkler is in the form of cir
Gle of any desired diameter or as
straight piece of pipe designed for
watering of terraces and banks. The
holes in the pipe are drilled at diff
ferent angles and the figure in which
the water is thrown by the circle
sprinkle is an ornament for any lawn.
The water is thrown from the circle
that is now on exhibition at the Hull
residence in Elvyn place Edistance
of more than 20 feet,
The value of the invention will
server but to those who have had to
do with sprinklers the great useful
ness is at once clear. In addition to
this the market is just ripe for a
thing of this sort and it is certain of
large sale. Under the patent the
circle may be made of any diameter
and the straight pipe any length. This
will permit the use of the sprinkler
on the largest of lawns and in the
parks of the cities where many men
are required to sprinkle with the old
style idea of the hose.
The sprinkler will be an elegant
ornament to any lawn for the sprays
that are thrown are more beautiful
than the waters of a fountain. Less
water is required for the same
amount of work performed than by
any other sprinkler, and this fact
alone is bound 10 bring the article il.
to favor.
Mrs. Hull has already been made
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ton for this country and Canada and
one firm wants to form a stock
company for the manufacture of the
sprinklers. The lady is certainly to
be congratulated upon the success
of her idea.
A number of the sprinklers are
now being manufactured by Baums
Brass and Model Works of Minneap-
oils and will soon be in the city. 1t
has not yet been determined where
the seat of the permanent manufac-
ture of the sprinklers will be but it
is not impossible that Oskaloosa will
have new factory for the placing
of the article on the market. We
hope to see this part of the plans
made possible by the invention mat
erialized in our midst.