Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-03-15

fore him. He took out of his drawer
a little book that treated on subjects
OF this kind and showed us therein the
great pressure that would be necessary
to raise the water to the surface from
so deep a well. which convinced us at
once that 1t was absolutely impractical.
This settled 1t for the moment, at
least. with all of us. but when l got
out alone and was thinking the matter
over IL come to me in almost audible
words. Why Will 1t not do for oil? 1t
is never far away and as this was go
ing through my mind | could see, as
1t were. an oil tank sitting in the cor
ner of grocery and | could see an
other oil tank sitting beneath in the
corner of the basement of the grocery.
and as easements at best are never
very deep | felt sure that my pump
would work very satisfactorily in
either of these tanks.
so in few days when my brother
was in l took this proposition up with
him. He readily agreed with me that
IN this case the pump would work en-
tlrely satisfactorily. but he suggested
that everybody was supplied with oil
tanks ahd there would be no market
for them. But as my business was
selling goods. l did not see it that way.
Il told him I was going out in the
morning and would be home the day
following and in the meantime would
see what l could do in the way of tell
ing some of my customers who were
handling oil about my invention and
see If they would he interested in such
device. | left in the morning and
returned home the following day
about o'clock in the evening, in
which time | had taken five orders
Il simply laid the matter before
my prospective purchaser in an ear
nest, enthusiastic manner, just as If we
were going right ahead to manufac-
ture them, and my customer would
respond:
All right. if YOU can make such
device and it works as you say. will
take one.
Down went his name for one and I
repeated this five times in two days. as
above stated. 1t was three months
afterwafd before we could fill these
orders. In the meantime one of the
parties failed. but the other four re-
ceiVed their goods i'm the hearty. en-
thusiastic manner in which they gave
me the order and paid for them
promptly.
Now. this was the beginning of the
tank business. and how it came about.
volume could be written of the dark
and trying times l had before the time
of the beginning of this article, and
two volumes of the same kind could
YOU will observe that had it not been
for these irving times and misfortunes.
or which | had many. together with
my broken health, | would not have
lost my home. | would still be a trav-
cling man. and there would have been
no 'Bowser pump to-day.
I'm conclusion. will say, in my won
derful experience, where there was no
sunshine. I saw why all this I needed
1t, and had, and have use for all of it
in my business. To-day over fifteen
hundred people are on our payroll,
enjoying with me and mine the bless
inss of the sunshine that comes after
the dark. dark clouds have rolled
away.
God planned. and / was used by
Him-is why the Bowser oil tank and
pump works is what ii is to-day.
Very truly yours"
tSigned) IS. f. BOWSER."
Since the beginning of the Bowser
company in 1885 there has been a
steady advancement of this company S
business. New equipment and new
features on old equipment have been
added from year TO year. The year
1915 sees possibly the greatest i'm
provement in the equipment of any
previous year. This year the Bowser
company have placed upon the mar
ket n new fiVe-gallon curb pump,
known as the Chief Sentry" as we'll
as five-gallon pump for indoor use
and a one-gallon pump for indoor use.
These pumps are designed especially
for handling gasoline, although they
can be varied slightly in the assem-
bling to handle kerosene. lubricating
or other oils. The new models are
STYLED Cuts 101. 102. 103, los and 106.
They are marvel in the completeness
of their design and construction.
| Practically any amount from five gal
Ions down to one pint can be accu-
rately pumped and an exact record
kept of every bit of the liquid dis
charged through the pump. All Bow
ser equipment is regularly examined
and labeled by the National Board OF
Fire Underwriters. which means that
it has the approval of recognized in
surance authorities throughout the
State
"A full display of Bowser pumps and
tanks for handling gasolene and other
oils in the public, private and com
mercial garages, grocery and general
stores. factories. dry cleaning plants
and in fact wherever oils of any kind
are handled or used can be seen at the
display rooms of S. F. Bowser & Co.,
Inc. PIG Federal Square, Telegraph
building, Harrisburg. Pa. Mr.. r. S.
Colwell. the genial Harrisburg man
ager for the Bowser company, explains
to visitors any points regarding the
equipment