The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-01-04
NEW MANUFACTURE.
ING CONCERN
LOCAL MEN HAVE PUMP THAT
WORKS AT ALL STAGES OF
WATERING ECONOMY IN
CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS.

The long looked for Columbia river
pump has finally come. Ever since
agriculture was first begun on tho
Columbia the settlers have talkeF
about a pump that could be made tt
work at all stages of water WIFI !
fixed in a permanent place. The rise
and fall of the Columbia has too
much range for any ordinary pump
to be of much use without moving it
few times during the season. To
obviate this difficulty F. J. Clifford,
formerly with the International Har-
vester company, designed power
head that seems to meet every re-
quirement that can be thought of.
Mr.. Clifford has interested some of
Wenatchee's prominent men who
have formed a stock company to
make and sell the pump. A. B. Court
way, J. F. Weber, o. NJ. Thomson
and J. B. Clifford are president, vice
president, secretary and general man.
ager, respectively. An exhibition
pump is already set up and ready for
inspection at Woodruff's machine
shop. Mr.. Clifford decided not to
make his demonstration in the river
at this time Of the year, as interested
persons would hardly care to go down
there during the winter weather, and
the pump can be shown and worked
to just as good advantage ON Wenat-
chez avenue.
The pump is operated on the
straight drive principle, and takes its
name, the Strait Drive pump, from
that source. All waste of power is
eliminated and the Strait Drive is
guaranteed to do twice the work of a
centrifugal pump with the same pow
er. 1t is direct drive arrangement,
connecting with the power by means
of very simple and effective clutch
that represents only ten per cent OF
the total cost, or one-half as much az
double pulleys and betting would
amount to.
The working head is a self-con.
tanned arrangement that is swung or
trunnions made fast to a permanent
foundation 1t will operate at any
angle without loss of power. A pis
ton rod connects it with the pump
that can be permanently located
anywhere in a straight line below
| The pump will work under water
while the head is always in the DIR!
and easily accessible. The principle
of transmission is neither centrifugal
or reciprocal 1t is a direct drive an
pinion. The pinion always turns on'
way and the rack is an integral par
Of the piston. When the rack ha
gone dowl as far as it will it pre-
sents its reverse side to the pinio1
and starts up, while there is no breal
in the motion. The whole device il
simplicity itself and can not get on
of order any more than could
hydraulic ram.
| Later in the season the Strait Driv,
Pump company will install three
pumps embracing the three pumpin,
principles of centrifugal, reciprocal
ana straight drive action down OF
the river close to town and will dem
onstrate by actual test that thu
straight drive will lift as much waite
to height of 100 feet with fou
horsepower as centrifugal will liz
with eight horsepower.
A five horsepower pump, costin,
1925, not including piping, will b.
/ sufficient to irrigate a ten-acre trac
of land 200 feet above the river.
]. o. Adams of Brewster and ]. E
Steiner of Pateros will use strait
drive pumps this coming season ant
twenty orders have been taken fol
deliveries in Moses coulee. Tn,
Strait Drive Pump company will soor
| begin the making of their pumps IL
Wenatchee on a large scale. addinf
| materially to Wenatchee's presen
pay ROLL, which exceeds $4,000 {
| month now.