Water Lifted By Compressed Air
For Municipal, Manufacturing, Irrigation or Other Water Supply

Reservoirs for the Air Lift on the Roof at the San Antonio Abad Cotton Mills, Mexico City, Showing 5-inch Discharge Into the Tanks. Increased Flow 84 Per Cent. .A case where the demand for an increased water supply was met by the Air Lift System is instanced by Superintendent Arthur McArthur, of the Dubuque, Iowa, Water Works : “With the use of air we have increased the normal flow from our 10-inch wells fully 84 per cent., with comparatively small increase in coal consumption. “There has been no diminution in the flow from the wells, and, in fact, we can see a slight increase. Cost of Eight Years* Service. A record for eight years of service is given by W. E. Reynolds, Clerk of the Board of Trustees of Public Affairs at Celina, 0.. “We have been using the Ingersoll-Sergeant Drill Company’s compressor and Air Lift for pumping water at our plant for the past eight years with the best results. 1 lie expense in the way of repairs on the machinery to present would not exceed $30, notwithstanding the fact that our consumption of water is double what it was when the plant was installed.” 77