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the improvement and preservation of 



ble waters. The state governments can greatly 



assist in this work, within their respective 



territories. 



A reliable census of water resources is 

 greatly needed. The Geological Survey has 

 accomplished much in measuring and record- 

 ing the flow of streams, but tin- work done 

 is small as compared with that which remain- 

 to be done. Obviously in order that records 

 of this character shall constitute a uniform 

 and safe l>a-.i- for the very large capital in- 

 \estinent which must be made in the future. 

 in order that our water power resources shall 

 be properly utilized and our fuel supplies con- 

 served, they should be made under the im- 

 mediate direction of the National Govern- 

 ment. 



The National Government can render great 

 assistance also in the research work which 

 it has undertaken into the better utilization 

 of our fuels. Excellent results have been ob- 

 tained by the able corps of engineers engaged 

 on this work, but when we consider that we 

 are now utilizing but five or ten per cent, of 



the heat value in fuels it i- evident that much 

 remains to be done. 



Power and transportation are the two great 

 physical bases upon which modern industrial 

 development re-tv Without power our mcth- 

 "<!- of transportation must revert to a level 

 with those existing in China. L'p to the pres- 

 ent time, while Nation and state have regu- 

 lated, and in some degree aided, in the 

 \elopment of transportation, the power 

 -"iirces of the country have been utilized or 

 wasted by the private individual and the cor- 

 poration with little hindrance, and still less 



^tance from the constituted author; 1 

 Xext to individual enterprise the m-t (1 ~ 

 tial factor in the development of our national 

 resources is wise governmental regulation so 

 applied as to insure the vigorous working of 

 individual initiative and at the same time pre- 

 vent the waste by individuals of that which i- 

 vital to our national welfare and to secure in 

 the utilization of our natural resources the 

 highest practicable degree of economy which 

 scientific knowledge and engineering skill 

 attain. 



THE WATER-SUPPLY PROBLEM 



Its Solution Found in the Increasing Use of Hydraulic Rams and 



Similar Engines 



ELEVATING and conveying water 

 most economically, efficiently, and 

 under all weather conditions, 

 have, from ages back, been the study 

 of those whose purpose is to solve the 

 problems of supplying man's commodi- 

 ties. One of the most perplexing prob- 

 lems of those isolated from public 

 water, wells, springs. or natural reser- 

 voirs, is how and by what Dimple and 

 practical manner they may obtain an 

 efficient water supply suitable for all 

 necessary requirements. 



Irrigation has within recent years, 

 turned arid prairies into fertile fields. 

 The enterprising, hard-working farmer 

 need no longer depend on the mercy ol 



tlie weather to bring rain to his crop-. 

 He can, by hi- own ingenniu, -upph 

 his fields with water. It is po--il>le for 

 him to irrigate his land- not only by 

 natural gravity, with stream- from 

 reservoirs, but. al-o. by elevating tin- 

 water to field- alx>ve the -ounce of -up- 

 ply. This can be accomplished with 

 hydraulic ram-, which arc- made in 

 si/e- sufficiently large to -upply the- or- 

 dinary demand in Mich case-. Among 

 the pumps extensively u-ed for tl 

 purpo-es are the Rife Automatic Hy- 

 draulic Ram-, a- well a- other similar 

 engines, all of which are being u-ed for 

 lifting water at>ove the source of sup- 

 ply. Such a ram i- a modern develop- 



