The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-05-18
WATER POWER
SAND REMOVER
IredeII Man Perfects Re-
markabie Drain

Parks Beaver. ii young IdlI!1tI llNlQ2
on the old Allen place east OF town.
is a genius is admitted by all right
thinking persons who y seen his
invention, q fiutter wheel sand re-
mover. now in ~operatio. in Fourth
creek on w. y. Whites place east o.
town.
The machine is located at a point
a few hundred Yards above the A.
len bride, on the ~AIocksVille road. and
can be seen from the road. 1t re
moves sand from the bottom Of the
creek-about five or six bushels a.
hour-and conveys the sand to q point
80 feet from the creek. When tn,
machine is perfected in conformitv
with the plans of the inventor, it will
remove 25 or 80 bushels OF sand an
hour which car be conveyed ZOE yards
from the creek il desired. Such an
invention has long been needed by the
farmers owning low bottom LANDS
along creek banks. 1t solves the prob
lem Of 'How can we get the sand out
of the creek bed and place it in tbs
low places where 1t is needed Mr.
Beaver has had his patent
ed but being unable to have the ma
chimes manufactured and placed or
the market, he will offer the patent
for sale.
Begins Experiments.
Since early boyhood Mr.. Beaver has
spent his spare time experimenting
with machinery, ETC., and a few years
ago while living on what is known d
the Nose White place, owned by Mr.
jenkins, he received the idea Of MAX
ing the f1utter wheel sand remover
On the White place there are many
holes in the bottom land along tbs
creek in which water stands most o.
the time, thus making the and prac-
often heard Mr.. Jenkins complain o.
the creek bed filling with sand, which
sand could be put to q good use l.
placed in the Objectionable low places
along the creek. Mr.. Beaver was CON
WINGED of the great need of some con-
%trivance to remove the sand and place
it where it vas needed and believing
that such a cOntrivance was possible
he set his heart on ~inYenting n and
put his mind to work. In q Short
time he had figured out the t1utter
wheel arrangement in his mind and
made a drawing of his proposed in
ventiOn and showed and explained II
to q numbe of people. Some Oh THESE
laughed at him n told him that he
could not secure enough power from
the natural creek to remove the Sand
from its bed. but others encouraged
him and he sent the drawing to the
patent bureau at Washington for in
Spection. He was advised that no SuctA
machine had ever been patented, but
a patentable ana would doubtless
NEAR q fortune TO the nEentOr IL
manufactured and placed on the mar
ket.
After receiving the encouragement
from the Washington officials Mir,
Beaver at nee built q small t!utter
wheel arrangement and put 1t IN opr-
ration i ma branch. The branch did mo-
furnish enough power and there were
many defects in the machine Whlctl
the inventor saw could be perfected
if he had q larger machine in & creek,
In the meantime he had moved t"
the Allen place and hiding a good To-
cation on the creek in MIR. White ;
bottom for a machine he interested
Mr. White in his invention and wa
granted permission to build his first
machine there.
Machine is Crude.
Mr.. Beaver was without means t.
purchase hi~gh-price material to bulI0
his invention and was forced to Sc
cure secondhand material when mao
been cast aside at various manu1ac-
turing industries of the town. LuIn-
Der, aXles, bolts, s~prockets and chains.
etc, were secured here and there an1
from one of the roller mills he secured
q lot Of heavy betting an4
grain conveyors. A large futter vince
which can be lowered into the creek
and is forced around by the runhI1-
water was first built and put in Opt-
ration. Above this a heavy franz
work was built and sprOcketS ana
chains were so arranged as to put IN
motion a lot Of shafting on top OF tn
frame work. The grain conVeEor-
We're then put in operation on a loI
of shafting hat can be lowered M"
the creek in such q manne that the
c~OnVeyOrs dip up sand from the pO'-
tom of the creek and carry 1t TO TN
top Of the framework. where 1t i
dumped on a heavy belt, which car
IieS it out to q low place 50 Tee
from the creek and drops II. IN
machine can be put in motion n lelt
running without attention until the
pile of sand at the end OF the pet
gets SO large that it blocks the way
and must be removed. -..
When the writer visited the mach}ae
it had been in operation SO hours alao