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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



CABLEWAYS. 



An interesting fact to contractors is revealed by the 

 use of the various systems for handling rock on the 

 Chicago Main Drainage Canal. A day's work for a 

 man in filling lime-stone into shallow skips, as used on 

 the Lidgerwood Cableway, averages between sixteen 

 and seventeen cubic yards of rock in place for each 

 ten hours' work, while the work of filling the cars, 

 which are about three feet high, averages only about 

 nine cubic yards per man. This is a remarkable sav- 

 ing and alone would justify the use of the Cableway 

 in hundreds of localities. It may be mentioned in 

 this connection that there are now twenty Lidgerwood 

 Cableways (manufactured by the Lidgerwood Manu- 

 facturing Company, New York City), in use in the 

 construction of the Chicago Main Drainage Canal. 



A NEW AUTOMATIC RAM. 



As is well known, the ram was first invented by a 

 Frenchman, in 1786, and notwithstanding the fact that 

 thousands of rams have been built and sold annually, 

 the manufacturers have failed to materially improve 

 the old " Berlier Ram." 



In 1887, an American genius, named W. A. Rife, of 

 Waynesboro, Virginia, invented, designed and patented 

 the Rife ram, which is supplied with air automatically 

 by means of peculiar construction of the base, thus 

 enabling him to build the Rife ram to any requisite 

 capacity, and fill a demand long felt, and place on the 

 market a ram admittedly the only practical air-fed 

 large ram in the world. These rams are used in ele- 

 vating water for irrigation, small towns, railroad 

 tanks, colleges, on farms, etc., etc., as well as all 

 smaller demands. Another wonderful improvement 

 made by Mr. Rife is that by using a common check 

 valve on the Rife Ram it becomes double acting and 

 will deliver one kind of watei 1 , using another water as 

 power, and the two waters cannot possibly mix, which 

 is of special value. 



At the World's Fair, in Machinery Hall, one of 

 these rams was in constant operation delivering seven 

 thousand gallons per hour, and at a cost of less than 

 two cents per day. This ram received the highest 

 award, medals and diplomas. 



These rams are being now used in irrigation, and 

 where conditions favor their location, no method can 

 be as economical. Diversified farming is becoming 

 imperative and any economical method of supplying 

 water must prove a great boon to many who have 

 water running to waste and lack an economical method 

 of applying it to the growing crops. 



The Rife Engine Co., Roauoke, Virginia, manufac- 

 ture these rams, and full particulars, illustrated cata- 

 logue, etc., will be sent upon application. 



B. L. GREIDER, Hydraulic Engineer. 



A SUBSOIL PLOW. 



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 energy, fanned by the ever present prairie breeze, has 

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