Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-06
PACKERS MAY BURNQ![
Experiments at South Omaha
Plant Prove Successful
and Economical
MAY BE USED AT SIOUX CITY
Fuel Situation Will Be Greatly
Changed If tho Packers Decide to
Use Crude Oil Instead of Coal to
Heat Their Boilers Means a Big
Saving.
Special 10 T,mss-Republlcah.

Sioux City, June eff the Cudahy
Packing Company is successful in
working out plans for the use of Oil
instead of coal in its Sioux City plant.
the fuel situation in Sioux City may
be transformed.
While the Cudahy company is plan
ming only to secure oil for it's own boil
ers, there is no doubt that it's success
full use by this concern will lead other
large industries to adopt it.
Inasmuch as the fuel problem is the
featuring industries for Sioux City, es-
Establishment of the fact that oil can be
secured here at a lower figure than
coal will be of large commercial sig
nificance to Sioux City.
Some time ago the Cudahy company
began experimenting with crude oil as
fuel at the Kansas City plant. Kan
sas City being near the immense Kan
sas oil fields there was no doubt about
it's being cheaper than coal and easily
obtainable. The question was one of
practicability. After complete test
it was found the use of oil increased
the capacity of the Kansas City boil
ers 80 per cent.
This remarkable showing led the
Cudahy company to begin experiment.
ing with oil at the South Omaha pack
ing house. There three boilers in the
glycerine department are using oil at
the present time. The tests have been
e..
it is declared they have been entirely
successful 1t is now necessary to
bring the oil into Omaha in tank cars
which adds considerably to the cost of
The Oil. as compared with the price at
Kansas City, but even at that it is
said the oil is preferable to coal at
Omaha.
But the Standard Oil Company has
Informed the Cudahy Packing Com
pany that if the use of oil at Omaha
is found to be desirable the Standard
will construct a pipe line from Kansas
City to Omaha.
In this pipe line lies Sioux City's
hope of cheap fuel. For If pipe line
is built as far as Omaha the oil can
De shipped to Sioux City in cars at a
cost that would make it the cheapest
fuel obtainable here. Furthermore, If
/, good market is established here the
Standard would doubtless be willing
to extend dts lines from Omaha to
Sioux City.
I'VE have not yet begun experiment
ing here with oil as fuel" said
Superintendent William Watson of the
local Cudahy plant yesterday But
we have plans which will undoubtedly
result in our trying the oil here.
81 was at Omaha Saturday and saw
the oil being burned at the plant there
1t seemed to work we'll. The Standard
seems to be willing to put in pipe
line from Kansas City to Omaha if
we find that we will want to use oil at
Omaha. If that pipe line is built there
is no doubt that oil could be brought
to Sioux City at low enough cost to
make its use desirable. But we may
be able to do this even If the pipe
line is not built. We expect to go in
to the matter thoroughly"
The crude oil used as fuel is dark,
something like poor grade of mo-
lasses. 1t is easily handled, not at all
explosive or dangerous. 1t is fed into
the furnaces at Omaha by pumping
process and it's burning is regulated
by steam. 1t gives out powerful neat
and is said to be in many ways hlghly
satisfactory.