New-York tribune., 1902-06-12
|0IL FUEL A SUCCESS.
AT PRESENT PRICES 1T is
CHEAPER THAN COAL.
A LINE OF EIGHT TANK STEAMSHIPS
BEING BUILT TO BRING THE
TEXAS PRODUCT HERE.

In view of the curse of black smoke in the
city. due to the burning of soft coal. many New
Workers will take a keen interest in the use of
crude petroleum. fuel by the Morse Iron
Works and Drydock Company at its plant at
Fffty-sixth-st., Brooklyn This is the first large
plant. already told in The Tribune. to use
petroleum as fuel under boilers in the making
of steam in this city Other corporations which
manufacture power on a large scale probably
will follow the example of the company if it is
demonstrated that cheap Texas oil can be used
to advantage in place of coal. F. E Morse,
president of the company. said yesterday that
the company's experience with crude petroleum
as fuel had fulfilled all expectations.
we have one boiler in our works using oil
for fuel" Mr. Morse said and shall proceed
to install oil fuel for all the other boilers in
the works gradually. The second boiler to use
oil will be in operation next week. The neces-
sary changes in the furnace can be made in
twenty-four hours.
rs there offensive smell or smoke in the use OF
oil under the boiler?' was asked.
There is no smell and no smoke" Mr.. Morse
replied. In fact. could do without CHM
ney for the boilers when oil is used fuel We
used oil as fuel in case for heating plates
in shop where there chimney to carry
off smoke, and there no smoke to carry off.
There is complete consumption of the fuel in
this case
Does oil make as effective fuel as coaI?''
1T is better fuel than coal for steam max
ing. With oil maintain steady and
uniform heat under the boiler for any required
time while the heat of furnace fed with coal
is changing constantly. 1t is necessary to bank
coal fires when steam is not needed from a DOLL
er while an oil fire can be turned OF and start
ed at a minutes notice The labor required in
running oil fires is less than that required for
rly1rG GINyvn
oil is sprayed into the furnace by the action OF
n pump. which is regulated according to the
supply needed. We have supply tank under
ground and at a distance of about one hundred
and fifty feet from the building. 10 comply with
the city regulation. but tank might be used
in a building with safety.
rs oil as cheap a fuel as coal?'
1t IS d cheaper fuel. At present we are get
ting our supply of crude petroleum from the
Standard oil Company. and paying about 81 %
a barrel for it. Even at that cost we md an
advantage in the use of oil as fuel We expect
that there will be an adequate supply of Texas
oil here soon. and that the price VIII be ABOUT
30 cents 80 cents barrel Then the cost
of making steam with oil will be about half the
cost of making steam with coal
How is the supply of Texas oil Tor this city
TO be seCured?'
There will soon be line of eight tank steam
ships running between Port Arthur. Tex, and
this city. We at work now converting the
boilers of seven of the steamships into oil burn
ers Two of the steamers owned by the J.
NJ Guffey Company. of Pittsburg; one belongs
10 /. Luckenbach of this city. and four are
owned by Mr.. Councilman. of Chicago The
steamship ]. NJ. Gufey is already burning oil
under her boilers. The eight steamers Will make
regular trips to carry oil To this city 1t takes
a tank steamer about tWenty-one days 10 make
the round trip The line is expected TO carry all
the oil needed for fuel in this city. but addt-
tional steamers can be used the demand in
CredSeS
Mr. Morse said that his company was convert
ing the boilers of a tugboat to burn oil The
tugboat will have a oil tank instead OF coal
bunkers and will be used in the harbor.