The Red Cloud chief., 1888-12-14
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An editorial in . rocvss sssSe ef .
Cfnc.saa.l paper grs- , nAaasss-
:a-vr Of Cnc.aEa;. 20 consider SAs
question o! u.ing e-v4e ~p~s-osesn -
saei. Inrc.,ira,ioa sao.s that Ga
c;aEasi 1, behind -aany other c.irs II
the use % Tho liquid .aci which 10
found IA such asaa6Anc, Ia OaAo Ase
within such easy aecrss os thai es;y
Cleveland manufacturers U~ the
Lima OF extensively - !ael. ass are
cvcn experimenting st;a go! r-sa.:s
ia The direction o! ~co1scrSa: !; sa,o .
gas fog 'usl purposes Chicago 10
u.!ag ln.Ou barrels . DAY o. tic nee
fuel Even the Iosn Of HsEAsos.
Ohio. has made rsorc proSrcss in .Ais
clr-ctioa than Cincinnati 4 Soa.e-
rnan Just returned '-os HArnsl,oa sAys
The number % OIL car. lie sa. On D.
.iaings led him Ia max Oh. inses;!-
ga;ions- lie found . !arrc eoar rnils
which IL running thrce !t|hors~ poser
boilers With Lima oil A. 'aeL Tacsc
boiler. required nine ioa, % coal e.. .
i~caty-!ogr hour, run. a, too dollars
u ton. making -ighiecn dollar n day
IN. same boilers ar- run 9TH
;~cu;y-elgh, barrels o. o.. costing e'iy
cents Il barre. ., Hamilton. n ;otAl .:
shoyeler we're dispensed With. making
a saving % three dollars day fo- labor
The saving in -hogc.,. ~hcrlbarrvs-.
grstr bars. v;c.. Cor th.s establishment
i estimated By The proprietor. A. i~o
dollars n day. making the total daily
expense ~ OIL ioGr;cca dollars against
twcuty-ihrvc dollars FOR coal. The oil
l. said Ia furnish onc-ihl-i nor, power
than ia. coal. with les, wear aud tear
on the boilers. A. other factories Ia
Hamilton. boilers arc ran With gA
made from Lima OF.
Nearly every town % any cunse-
quenc. in Ohio uses more or lc.- Lima
oil rs fuel. In Harri-burgh. Pa. =
! firm ;hs, has u contract; with the Gov
j., ernrncn, FOR furnishing steel for steel
clad ships uses gas from Lima OIL FOR
melting steel billcis. This arm stA,es
;ha, they ar. able Ia melt a ton % steel
bille,s from gas made from three gal
Ions q. oil. and regard II as "a 81 the
most important discoveries a.! b AZ.
for the manufacture o! steel. There
are fifty a! 'hcse gas plants nov In
operation. and one 10 being erected n;
Johns,own. Ia. Bu~in.ss men who are
watching the progress o! liquid 'uc!
believe that within "a year 10000 bar
rel, q day will bc used for this pur-
pose
The Lima Oil Company Is composed
OF Ohio oil producers. and 10 entircsy
ou,sid. 81 the Standard Obi Company.
has ~ ears Of iis own. and every ono
Of the number Is kept busy day and
night. This company has made con-
tracts 20 furnish oil in Hamilton. Ohio.
for tso years nj fifty cents n barrel
The OF this OIL hat /, being
produced ia Ohio IL much greater than
the public generally suppos.-.
The total outpu; u! the wells IL not
under 1905 COO barrels u month When
the actual guagc. show n less produc-
ton /, is when the large wells are shut
in and not allowed "a yield up their
full capacity. The Standard Oh Com
pauy pays the producers fi;ecn cents n
barrel for IN. oil u; the wells. and the
fact that they have now 9.vD."c
barrels In tanks In the region Is evil
dencc tha; they believe in il future
| The tank. In which the oil is STORED are
taken down and removed from tho
Pennsylvania fields where 81 much
tankage is no longer needed. The oil
il now being used for fuel purposes IN
twelve States and Terri'oric. and 10 is
no; unlikely 10 ultimately take the
plac. o: coal for manufacturing pur.
poses. except In the vicinity ~ coal
mine..-Ss. Louis Globe hsmscrdt.