WATER SUPPLY AND PUMPS 



from the surface of the water) will be about 

 one hundred and thirty dollars, to which must 

 be added ten dollars if a kerosene burner is used. 

 This price is exclusive of piping. 



Electric power, where it can be obtained at 

 reasonable rates, is of course the most conven- 

 ient one for pumping. A one-horsepower 

 motor will easily keep a 1500-gallon tank filled; 

 and as the starting and stopping of the water is 

 automatic when used in connection with the 

 Kewanee tank, there is no waste of either time 

 or power in looking after it. The average cost 

 of electric power delivered from a power com- 

 pany is about ten cents per kilowatt hour; in 

 other words, It will cost about two dollars per 

 month to keep a 1500-gallon tank filled where 

 the average daily consumption Is a thousand 

 gallons. 



The hydraulic ram, where suitable conditions 

 prevail, Is the most economical of the various 

 pumping-engines already mentioned. It should 

 be installed wherever a sufficient fall of water 

 to operate it can be secured, for It performs its 

 work faithfully night and day, winter and sum- 

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