The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-06-15
FUEL OIL IN THE NV
tests against again Best poeahosl,, !,
show One third Saving. =
TIE BEAUMONT PRODUCT Va, \,
The Trial Was Most co,.,...,
respects and VIII AdvanOs s1 y. y
Oil Everywhere. 'sa'
Special to Tna ~.

Washington. June IA
steam engineering Of the n,r oufeau \
today gave out the resn,, Departures
roaau with fuel oil authorizes A. Ia, nist
recent act Of congress. II ~ under IA
favorable to oil. forced dr.n .as decided
sure OF one inch was used rt sl' M pstS|
pie supply was from tho nv Nv co'nbust|
neius, product which rava huiuoat
cent better results than az auout 80 IN
~. " rucanontas coal The ~ aa'
we're 60, OF the same duration ana y 'slt,
as those which We're conduetsS . eaaiaet.j
eral grades of coal recently ma !, .,'n ssV|
comparative test Of relstiva 'ms ws5
oe obtained with very commas. a'ueS VII
nttpelad lures and quantjtfes tala as Il
MMateE, dhe burner used was tbs d oll I'D
si,tad III, AZ MY boiler works. an uessne{
pany, If was n OF tne Standard OH Il "a M
UNIFORM results were obtalnnd iceaple thlt
WAS taken at different periods ara Inc dad
VIatloh was very regular thrnnuatsae eYapI
yeisIh IL Is proposed to conducstn W
in iJu lm e .lnches and another with itsst
I N OF forced draught as wei, WIN thle4
OF tests with natural dranebte 'i as seisf
loMPkhssED AIR FOR AToMrNxo
In the tests which took plaza nj. "
compressed aid was used for a,o,s1.' wen
Just as soon as the series a, tus ~
pieted with compressed air as the ato,,.
ing agent another series will hs wv.
where steam Jet is used for spray,rs
poses. individual inventors viii ba 80
ted to submit their patented apnlisnn.. 1910
attach them. Applications have ba..
ceived from all parts of the conn,.-
this privilege. On account OF m.
number of persons applying and a, M,,J
are thousands of patented burners IN j.
the department Will compel tha s,r ~ ge
to attach their special burners 'n ,st,he
expense to the government. "''lOaT
tor time the test will be conar,.. 1
Win beaumont oil and corresponding ~, u
VIII be made with the Kern county T csn1l
iornla' product. So great has been WI
interest taken in these oil exnerlmss,7
that the California Petroleum MYn.rs y
ISOLATION has offered to supply the Csra,l
ma oil free OF charge and to send Ia MI
department the best and most sncceS.tsH
forms of burners used on the Pacific cos.
me gulf people are also taking a lively M
terest In the matter and the various Fam
mercial organizations are getting reSdy N
send the best types OF burners which fhtry
nave found adapted for consuming MI
Texas product, In view of the chsrsetssl
and extent of this work 1t will only M
possible for the board to test Representa-
tive types of burners. During Ii. NIL
twenty years there has been so much ri
perimenting that the burners are deyelopl
ing into half n dozen standard types, Resri
Admiral Melville, engineer in chief. NTH
ressed the experiments during the present
week, He has taken special interest Nj
the subject. Just ms soon as some snb4
stantial results are obtained 1t is hopsi|
to place a vessel in commission with an api
proved type of burner, for whatever MI
ress may attend the experiments the praeJ
fical test will he in the results to be oil
iained on shipboard with the types o.'
steam generators.