, 1869-04-01
A NEW FUEL.
OIL as a Substitute for Wood
and Coal for Running
Locomotives.

The running OF locomotive without coal And
wood ID strange and extraordinary. It waa done
for the 1llst time, yesterday, when IN excursion
train On the QRlexa Railroad was drawn BY an en-
gne tn which oil VIII used II fuel 1t L. The result
Of the inventive gtnlas Of Colonel Henry R Foote,
md the exhibition Of the adaptahty Of oil to thla
purpose WAS made BY tho Northwestern Liquid
Fuel Company. The locomotive "DesplAlnea,"
OF the Galens Railroad, was placed At the disposai
Of the company. who lifted her up with the simple
apparatus required to hold and distribute the OIL
Iesterd.y = number ol gent!emen connected With
cutsdon TO GslenA Junction The tsala left the
Wells Street Depot At p N End travelled The
Thirty miles to the Junction tn about zu hour.
Durng the TIP the r1otus o1,.1endi vas explained,
"a fo1lowB: The oil used II distilled from bltnmt-
nous hhnle. II 1s hJdrocatton OIL, and before
the purpose Of extracting the Illuminating o: but
Is II contains only swentJ-nse per cent Of LIN
uinat1ug oil. It cannot compete for that purpose
four ds.lleries in operation IN the Uniled States
Now It ts believed that none afc IN operation
<hale yields from sixty to one hundred and twenty
sonaIy boilers and steamships have proved BY very
carefully conducted experiments that one and one
hair barrels Of oil are the equivalent Of one Ton OF
equivalent to n!,y cubic feet Of coal anu ave cubic
feet Of ou e7u1 one e. hundred and twent5-e!sht
cubic test Of Mood Tne eona,a!ye acton q ol
Ii has not been sufficiently tested On the 9Th
instant the Desplaincs hAuled q freight train OF
Westocs lit III t mes mains regular fme
having abundant steam particularly on the heavy
g1sdex On one Of the heaviest grades #
combination Of supcrheated steam and atmos-
rheric air forced Into perforated combustion
ptpe With the OIL The steam y1portzes tns oil and
tns ox5een sa % ID Pcte5 1ga ,ha
to be the only way to bring about complete COM
bustion Of bydrocarbon OIL. 1t will not burn free
oil, hut when the air, oil and steam are combined
In proper proportions; the combustion Is perfect
The supply Of shale Is more extensive than the
supply Of coal but Ia good for nothing except for
tie oil that II contains- shale combined with
residuuu from Oh dtsttnertes makes !lmpld oil
which produces yer! intense heat From iou 90 70
ehaie, 4A might might be ntilizeL The apparatus
on the Dsspla!nes ,,os' cou$s;s sans S1
board In mont Of the boiler into the are box,
Sa as e pos sees r IL ne hoe
tending sc7oss the bottom Of The nrc-box and con-
meeting through the front OF the boiler By Joint
blower which forces aIr into The combustion pipe,
There Is also steam coll In frnnt Of the dues Ii
the nre-box, which l. supplied With steam froll
the boiler. This coll Is inserted Into the eonhus
ton pipe at right angles 10 the oil pipe The efec,
, OF the steam sunerheatca In the col, when Il
he e eosnes x ss hs q
81 and the hydrogen Of the steam Is let free ant
burma The air forced into the combustion pipt
llue Game Of Intense heat and entire comhnsuoI
v he he engine seemed to wo!k smoo.hl, and ncye
sss esH se ,hey gne s.s ssnas@sau eRs9uaa u
saa ahe ,unet.on, m nad no reason to suppose the
were not being propelled In the usual way. Thef,
was no enthusiasm manifested, however, for tn