El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-01

operated by electricity have lately 0een
me light comany has a man VINO
personally makes three daily tes $50
all pumps whether under the SER ell ~
project. or operated privately. ne 10
over the motors and tests them lO5 -, -
ficiency and 81 there is trouble stt-Sl
with the pump OF motor, makes adJu
u1ents SO that each man viii get MS
fun efficiency each day.
Pumping With Engines.
The power company MAKES lllS 49,
and many bumpers viii pear out -
statemeut-that electrical pun plhs -
cheaper than engines when the 80
of fuel oil Iubricating oil and Loss
of time making repairs and cleanlAs
engines are taken into consldeIat 5G9-
However, there are some VINO nave III
ferent views S. J. RedGeld Is one u
these. 4Ir. Redfield is real estate mo-
and agent and snOnsor for the NelH-
SEVERN Crude 81 engine. some also
support the Fairbanks-Mo dlsJ1lidlS
engine The cost of Installing ellhtL %
these, % horse power capacltys IS ANU
s16O0 ar RedfieId cites the plant OF
DR.. Hermann a mile and half Wesl OF
town as one Of the best pumping pF0po-
sitiOus In the vicinity. rms planL - 2
90 horse power crude OIL engine pl-4
ing a six inch American well centrum
gar pumD The cost OF installation was
but $500, not counting the cost q
tfon per day of 10 hours, is only 81 70
SI25 according to the statements OF
me owner and Mr.. Redfield. The en-
zine often pulls go horse power ana
holds up well under the strain, OoLn
men declare. The water Is ~ reef IIOt1
the surface and the pump is sunk INTO
te ground like those operated Dy eleC
tricity. The lift Is about 20 IeeF anu
the pump pulls 1000 gallons a mlnuts'
according to the declaration OF MessLs,
RedfieId and Hermann. Mr.. Redfieid
believes this beats any other pumping
proposition in the Pecos valley.
Arteaia's Cheap Pumping.
Artesia people, however claim 70 oe
able to operate pump or sllnAdr 81
with electricity for % Genus uay u
10 hours POrtales under the cCmmu-
nftv IRRIGATION proposition In opera
ton there, claims &c can operate pumps
at an annual cost Of $3.50 per acre from
electricity generated Ia q een ll-s.l.. pO@
er plant. Several individual owners IN
the vicinity Of POrtales, however, pre-
fer individual pumping plants, operated
by Fairbanks-MOrse disttllate engines
Of % horse power and claim they are
the cheapest and most Satisfactory
methods Of raising water.
Mr.. Redfleld, the Roswell man, has
a plant of his own on some land norm
Of Roswell where pump throws syV
gallons q uinute-sufficient to irri-
gate 40 acres-which he declares costs
him only IS cents day 70 operate.
The original cost FOR Installing tne
pump was only $ll99, including ne
drilling Of the well The water is llIL-
ed 34 FEET. He uses the VS. crude OH
engine for this work and the American
centrifugal pump to lift the water
All Pumping Is Paying.
In any event the use OF any OF these
pumping systems Is sufficiently cheap
to warrant their adoption for pump II
rigation even for alfalfa Where 1rulu
IS grown. the proposition is much more
attractive and the cost Of producing the
water is infinitesimal compared TO the
profits. These are propositions that
viii surely recommend themselves TO
the FL Paso valley people once they are
carefully investigated.
The principal objection to the engines
Is that they have to be cleaned often
The Venn-Severin crude Gil engine does
not require batteries for its operation,
the explosion being direct IN the cylin-
der. but the crude OIL makes It neces-
sary to stop the engine once every
two weeks for q thorough cleaning,
which causes about nalf a days loss.
Cleaning is necessary with the other
engines, too, but the crude oil engine
is said to be the dirtiest.