The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-12-02
new WATER SYS-
TEN IS INVENTED
CHARLES D. SAXTON OF BOISI
PATENTS AUTOMATIC APP
PARATCS FOR HOMES.

Arrangement Easily Installed by
Practical Plumber.-Six SYSTEM
Installed Show 1t a Pronounced
Success.-Appliance Is Cheap anG
Practical.
Charles D. Saxton, graduate o.
the College of Idaho, and well known
in Caldwell, has completed and put
into operation an invention of an au
tomato house water supply system
He has caused an ordinary range
boiler of 80 gallons capacity, by mean,
of special connection to any COO
stove, to pump water out of a we'll
cistern, Is feet deep into a reserv
tank in the attic or pneumatic tam
in the cellar, at the rate of 90 gallon,
per hour by the heat of an ordinar.
fire, thus completely revolutionizinc
the disadvantages of gasoline engin
and pump or motor and pump, will
their enormous expense of operatio,
for supplying suburban homes wit
water.
This system is entirely automati
and without exception the six installa
tons that have been made, some flo
over three months, have given salts
faction, furnishing abundance
water, both hot and cold, for all use
about the house, with no great cost
operation.
The machine consists of a 3O-gallo
range tank, connected with a two-incl
circulating pipe, three and one-hal
feet long at the top, said pirA extend
ing about 10 inches above the ton
the tank The pipe is connected wit,
a one-half inch coil in the back Of tn
fire box, and entirely apart from TIL
water front used to heat water in tht
regular way. A quarter inch fec
pipe enters the circulating pipe abou
eight inches below the top Of the tank
said feed pipe being connected beloy
to the intake and exhaust pipe JUS
above the floor and fitted with a checl
valve.
System Easily Installed.
Mr.. Saxton has transferred his in
terests to a corporation organized un
der the laws of the state of Idaho, for
the purpose of selling territory, in
order to get the machine to the user
as quickly as possible. Anyone who
understands plumbing can easily in
stall the system with specifications, "a
no machine parts are necessary
Mr.. Saxton has interested such mcr
as J. S. D. Manville, l. w. Brose, w
H. Innis and R. R. Dodge, all of Boise
and also Henry Grifiths, attorney, at
Caldwell.
The consideration for the paten
right is $3O,0OO
Mr.. Saxton was born in Pawpaw
Mich, in 1873, came with his parents
to Idaho when small boy, and en-
gagged in farming. His parents found
it difficult to offer him any advantages
in school until he reached the age OF
10 years. He entered the college OF
Idaho at Caldwell, where he completed
his preparatory course in 1900 The
fall of the same year he continued his
course in the University of Idaho
where he received his degree of bache-
lor of science in 1904
During the last few months of his
course at the university, he suddenly
became much interested in scientific
pursuits He sold four-ffths inter
est in patent sprayer for the sum OF
$4,000 In less than nine months he
was offered $1,000 more for an i'm
provement on it, but was induced by
attractive offers to take the machine
to a firm in California Upon arrival
there he was presented with quite