VOL. XXVH 



TITLE REGISTERED 



N9 5 



CHICAGO, MARCH, 1912 



The Cost of Excavating a Sloped Ditch 



is no greater than the cost of excavating a ditch with ragged banks, if an Austin. (Improved) Drainage 



Excavator is used. This is 

 an immense advantage, since 

 the ditch with sloped sides 

 is distinctly superior to one 

 with ragged sides. Its 

 capacity is greater for any 

 size; it is less liable to scour 

 and to formation of bars; 

 its banks 'do not cave into 

 the channel; it costs less to 

 maintain; it is $iore pre- 

 sentable. These are all ad- 

 mitted facts. In the past, 

 however, they have been 

 overshadowed by the great- 

 er fact that sloped ditches 

 cost more to construct. The 

 Austin ( Improved ) Drain- 

 age Excavator changes this 

 last condition absolutely. 

 A contractor with a dredge 

 has no advantage over an- 

 other contractor with a 

 dredge, but a contractor 

 with an Austin Drainage 

 Excavator has a great ad- 

 vantage over Another con- 

 tractor with a dredge. 



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Improved Austin Drainage Excavator 



Other advantages are 

 explained in Catalogue "S" 

 Ask for it. ' 



F. C. AUSTIN DRAINAGE EXCAVATOR CO. 



25 Years practical experience building excavating machinery.) 



Railway Exchange 

 CHICAGO, ILLIItOlS 



MORRIS MACHINE 

 WORKS 



BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. 



Centrifugal Pumping Machinery, designed 

 for any irrigating or dredging proposition. 

 Send details or specifications of what is 

 wanted and we will recommend a pump- 

 ing outfit to supply the need. 



New York Office, 39-41 Cortlandt Street 

 HENION & HUBBELL, : : General Agents 



223-231 North Jefferson St., Chicago 

 HARRON, RICKARD & McCOMB, : Agents 



San Francisco and Los Angeles, Cat. 

 H. A. PAINF, Agent, : : : Houston, Texas 



- D. H. ANDERSON, Publisher 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 

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