The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-11-23
OIL USED AS FUEL.
II Il Less Troublesome and Much Cheaper
Than Coal.

II Il Less Troublesome and Much Cheaper
Than Coal.
An editorial in a recent issue Of q
Cincinnati paper urges the manufact-
urers of Cincinnati to consider the
question Of using crude petroleum as
fuel. Investigation shows that Gin
cinnati is behind many other cities in
the use Of the liquid fuel which is
found in such abundance in Ohio and
within such easy access of that city.
Cleveland manufactures and uses
the Lima oil extensively as fuel, and
is even experimenting with good re-
suits in the direction Of converting it
into gas for fuel purposes. Chicago
is using 10000 barrels a day Of the
new fuel. Even the town OF Hamil-
ton, O., has made more progress in
this direction than Cincinnati. A
gentleman just returned from Hamil-
ton says the number Of oil cars he saw
on the sidings led him to make some
Investigations. He found large
-four mill which is running three 100
horse power boilers with Lima oil as
fuel. These boilers required nine
tons of coal for twenty-four hours
run, at 50 ton, making $18 day.
The same boilers are run with twen-
ty-eight barrels of oil, costing 80 cents
a barrel at Hamilton, total of $14.
Two stokers and coal shovelers were
dispensed with, making saving of 50
q day for labor. The saving in
Ghovels, wheelbarrows, CRATE bars,
etc., for this establishment is estimated
by the proprietors at 81 day, making
the total daily expense Of oil Ga
against $23 for coal. The oil is said
to furnish one-third more power than
the coal, with less wear and tear on the
boilers. At other factories in Hamil-
ton boilers are run with gas made
from Lima oil.
Nearly every town of any conse-
quence in Ohio uses more or less Lima
oil as fuel. In Harrisburg, Pa, firm
that has a contract with the govern
ment for furnishing steel for steel
clad ships uses gas from Lima oil for
melting steel bi1lets. This firm states
that they are able to melt ton of
steel billets from gas made from three
gallons of oil, and regard it as one of
the most important discoveries of the
age for the manufacture of steel.
There are fifty of these gas plants now
in operation, and one is being erected
at Johnstown, Pa. Business men who
are watching the progress of liquid
fuel believe that within a year $780, 900
barrels day will be used for this pur-
pose.
The Lima Oil company is composed
Of Ohio oil producers, and is entirely
outside of the Standard oil company,
has 200 cars of its own, and every one
Of the number is kept busy day and
night. This company has made con-
tracts to furnish oil in Hamilton, O.,
Tor two years at 30 cents barrel. The
amount of this oil that is being pro-
luced in Ohio is much greater than
.he public generally supposes.
The total output of the wells is not
Under 100000 month. When the
actual gauges show less production
t is when the large wells are shut in
ind are not allowed to yield up their
'ull capacity. This is the case at this
line, owing to the inability of the pipe
ines to handle all the oil that could
20 produced. The Standard Oil coue-
,any pays the producers Is cents
oarrel for the oil at the wells, and the
act that they have now 5000, 900 bar
els in tanks in the region is evidence
hat they believe in its future. The
anks in which the oil is stored are
aiken down and removed from the
Pennsylvania fields where SO much
anl1age is no longer needed. The oil
8 now being used for fuel purposes in
welve states and territories, and it is
lot unlikely to ultimately take the
,lace of coal for manufacturing pur-
,oses, except in the vicinity Of coal
mines. Globe-Democrat.