The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-10-04
BIG PUMP
FOR THE TOWN
OF SHINNSTON
THE T. G. AULTMAN PUMP WORKS
GIVES EVIDENCE THAT 1T CAN
DO BIG THINGS AND DO
THEM QUICKLY.

E The American people are the peo
sple who do things. While those of
8#other nations look discouragingly on,
Americans get down to work and ac-
@comp1ish something. A great many
q things have beer done in West Vir-
g1nia It offers such good opportu-
mites. Go back few years and our
State well deserved the name Of the
Little Mountain State. But that time
4 has passed. 1t is now one of the lead
.ers in industrial progress.
:E In fact we have done many things
+ which have caused the people of the
South even to look at us in wonder.
of things considered by
some to be, impossible have been glo-
Tiously accomplished by the genuine
push of our people. Not only are they
noted for doing things, but they do
them quickly. When you want any
thing, there is always some place
where it can be done at once. True,
we don't always find these places,
but they exist nevertheless. We be-
slieve Roosevelt was right when he
said if you are in a hurry for any
Lu4llS, SeIElQ UttSS HAL 70 90 II.
a few months ago the T.. G. Ault-
man Pump Works was established on
the Belt Line. The manager, Mr..
zAult1nan, has had great deal of ex-
$perience in the construction and re-
spairing@of pumps, and it was consid-
SeredSa good addition to our large list
fof manufactures when he started up
these works. They have been in op-
aeration less than three months, but
in that, time some good work has been
done.
# AS mentioned exclusively in the
West Virginian about three months
ago, the contract for the building of
the new pump for the water works
Sat Shinnston, was let to Mr.. Aultman
The pump was wanted as soon as pos
sible. The factory was not then ready
for operation, but the manager was
out for business, and he went to work.
$The#p1ans were soon made, and work
begun on the patterns. Now Fairmont
is lacking in pattern makers, there
not being more than half a dozen
good ones in the city. Had such not
been the case, the pump would have
been built altogether in this city. The
.patterls were made in Pittsburg, as |
they must be done soon AS soon |
as they We're done Mr. Aultman began |
in earnest. The castings were mould !
ed at the Helmicll Foundry in this |
pletion. Now it is standing finished |
ready to be shipped. 1t will be kept |
at the factory on the Belt Line for a |
few days so that Fairmonters can |
have the chance Of seeing what i'm
mense things can be manufa ctured |
here at home.
The pump is by far the largest ever
built in this city. 1t weighs ten
thousand pounds and has capacity
of half a million gallons of water per
day, one-third Of the one at the local
pump station. Its length is fifteen
feet, four inches; it's width, four feet,
and its height, seven feet 1t is bet
ter than our city pump, in that it has
one-half foot more stroke. Very few
are found with stroke of more than
two feet, but this has two and one
half. All this was done right here at
period of less than ninety days. None
u Tic us 1dClo!leS "OtilQ nave even
promised to do the work in so short
a time. The pump has several i'm
provements about it besides. This is
simply an example of what can be
done by people who know no such
word as fail.
The Aultman Works can manufac-
ture any size pump wanted, and it will
no longer be necessary to send away
for pumps for our water works and
then run the chances of getting one
that will not work as is almost the
case at the present time.
S Fl. C.. Brooks, plumber, Of this city,
has the contract of installing the
water works, and is ready
for the pump. 1t will be shipped
about Thursday, and those who call
around at the factory previous to that
time will see one Of the greatest bits
OF ,fs5 machinery ma ever manufactured in
this city. q