THE 



VOL. xxvn 



TITLE REGISTERED U.S PATENT OFFICE 



CHICAGO, AUGUST, 1912 



N2 10 



An AustinTrench Excavator 





Can be used for either Tile Ditch- 

 ing, Sewer Trenching, or Digging 

 Open Ditches. 



By a simple change the excavator 

 which will dig a tile ditch or sewer 

 trench with vertical sides, becomes 

 an excavator for digging open 

 ditches with sloping sides. 



Its all steel construction, with 

 manganese steel working parts, 

 equips it for trenching any ma- 

 terial except solid rock. Its 

 positively self - cleaning buckets 

 equip it to dig, without clogging, 

 the stickiest clay and gumbo. Its 

 multipedal rolling platform trac- 

 tions prevent it from miring in 

 any ground over which a wagon 

 can be driven. It travels over 

 country roads by its own power 

 \Yi miles an hour. It digs sloping bank 

 ditches at a maximum rate of 9 lin. ft. per 

 minute. The spoil is deposited on either 

 side of the ditch. Motive [power steam 

 or gasoline. 



Send for Catalogue 

 No. 200 



F. C. Austin Drainage Excavator Company 



Railway Exchange, CHICAGO, ILL. 



AGENTS WANTED IN OPFN .TERRITORY 



Morris Machine Works 



BALDWINSVILLE, N. Y. 



Centrifugal Pumping Machinery, de- 

 signed for any irrigating or dredging prop- 

 osition. Send details or specifications 

 of what is wanted and we will recommend 

 a pumping outfit to supply the need. 



New York Office, 39-41 Cortlandt Street 



HENION & HDBBELL - - General Agents 



223-231 North Jefferson St., Chicago 



HARRON, RICKARD & McCOMB - - Agents 

 San Francisco and Los Angeles, California 



H. A. PAINE, Agent - - - Houston, Texas 



D. H. ANDERSON, Publisher 



CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



