Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-01-29
OIL USED AS FUEL,
Less Troublesome and Much Cheaper
Than Coal or Coke.

Than Coal or Coke.
An editorial in a recent issue OF q
Cincinnati paper urges the manufac-
turers 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 manufacturers use the
Lima oil extensively as fuel. and are
even experimenting with good results
In the direction of converting it into n
gas for fuel purposes. Chicago is
using 10000 barrels day of the new
fuel. Even the town of Hamilton,
Ohio. has made more progress In this
direction than Cincinnati A gentle
man just returned from Hamilton says
the number of oil cars he saw on the
sidings led him to make some investi-
cations. He found large Hour mill
which is running three 100-horse power
boilers with Lima oil as fuel. These
boilers required nine tons of coal for a
twenty-four hours run, at two dollars
ton, making eighteen dollars day.
The same boilers arc run with
twenty-eight barrels OF oil. costing fifty
cents barrel at Hamilton, total OF
fourteen dollars. Two stokers and coal
shovelers were dispensed with, making
saving Of three dollars day for labor.
The saving In shovels, wheelbarrows,
.tx I.s hi al 4
is estimated by the proprietors at two
dollars day. making tho total daily
expense of oil fourteen dollars. against
twenty-three dollars 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
Hamilton, boilers are run with gus
made from Lima oil.
Nearly every town OF any conse
qucnce In Ohio uses more or less Lima
oil as fuel. In Harrisburgh, Pa, g
firm that has u contract with the Gov.
eminent for furnishing steel for steel
clad ships uses gas from Lima oil fol
melting steel bllets. This firm states
that they are able to melt ton of stee
billets from gas made from three gal
Ions OF oil, and regard IL rs one OF Tho
most important discoveries of the age
for the manufacture Of steel. Their,
are fifty of these gas plants now II
operation, and one is being erected n
Johnstown, Pa. Business men who ar,
watching the progress OF liquid fue
believe that within year 100 900 bar
rels day will DO used for this pur
pose.
The Lima OH Company Is composed
of Ohio oil producers. and is entirel,
outside OF the Standard Oil Company
has 200 cars OF It's own. ana every on,
OF the number is kept busy day anC
night. This company has made con
tracts to furnish OF. in Hamilton. Ohio
for two years at fifty cents a barrel
The amount Of this oil that is beini
produced in Ohio is much greater tha
the public generally sapposes.
The total output of the wells Is no
under 1000, 900 barrels month. Whe
the actual guages show less produC
ton il is whom tho large wells are shu
in and not allowed to yield up thei
full capacity. The Standard Oil Con
pauy pays the producers fifteen cents
barrel for the oil at the wells, aud tn
fact that they have now 5000, 90
barrels in tanks in the region is CIV
denee that they believe In its tltur,
The tanks in which the oil is stored ar
taken down aud removed from tn
Pennsylvania fields where so niue
tankage is no longer needed. The o
is now being used for fuel purposes /
twelve States and Territories and it
not unlikely to ultimately take tn
place OF coal for manufacturing Pun
poses, except In the vicinity of COT
mines. st. Louis Gtobe. Democrat.