. Railway maintenance engineering, with notes on construction . Fig. 135.—Combined Gasoline Pumper. (Fairbanks-Morse.). Fig. 136.—Geared Base Engine Operating Deep Well Pump. (Fairbanks-Morse.) WATER STATIONS 245 a large supply is available and the conditions are otherwise favor-able for elevating the water by this means. A few installationsof compressed-air pumping have also been made. Steam and gasoline engines are probably used in this serviceto a greater extent than any other form of power. In regionswhere slack coal is available to be burnt under the boilers thesteam engine predominates,
. Railway maintenance engineering, with notes on construction . Fig. 135.—Combined Gasoline Pumper. (Fairbanks-Morse.). Fig. 136.—Geared Base Engine Operating Deep Well Pump. (Fairbanks-Morse.) WATER STATIONS 245 a large supply is available and the conditions are otherwise favor-able for elevating the water by this means. A few installationsof compressed-air pumping have also been made. Steam and gasoline engines are probably used in this serviceto a greater extent than any other form of power. In regionswhere slack coal is available to be burnt under the boilers thesteam engine predominates, but the gasoline engine, where in-expensive slack coal is not to be had, has a large use, probablyon account of the small amount of attention it requires. Electricpumps are nearly automatic in their action and where electricalenergy is cheap these are to be recommended. Owing to the increased cost of gasoline, other forms ofpower are being investigated to take its place (see Table XVI).Crude oil, a product obtained in the manufacture of TABLE XVI Comparison of Cost of Pumping Water(Am. Ry. Bridge and Bu
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