WATER TOWERS AND GARDEN DENS 



safeguards are taken advantage of to avoid all pos- 

 sible danger in dealing with the powerful electric 

 current, and the home is in the right section to main- 

 tain the motor to the best advantage and the least 

 expense, this will be decidedly the best form of 

 power for the house and grounds requiring a big 

 storage tank. 



The requirements of installing a gas engine, like 

 that of electric power, will depend greatly upon loca- 

 tion. In country places, out of the reach of city 

 gas, it may prove too costly to manufacture it for 

 private use, and a more simple arrangement for sup- 

 plying power will be resorted to. When within reach 

 of the city supply the cost of one dollar per thousand 

 feet will make the gas engine too expensive. Where 

 natural gas is available, for thirty cents or less per 

 thousand cubic feet, economic conditions will be at 

 their best, and the gas engine will doubtless be very 

 readily decided upon in these districts. 



The gasoline engine is the good old standby where 

 gas engines and electric motors are out of the ques- 

 tion, and lack of pure springs and forceful running 

 streams make gravitation and the hydraulic ram 

 practically unavailable. Now that the very general 

 use of gasoline for automobiles in all parts of the 

 country has demonstrated its dependableness, and 

 taken away the old fear of possible explosion, its 



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