Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-05-09
ALCOHOL AS \ FUEL.
New York Rutoists Await Formal
Passing CO the Law.

Passing c. the Law.
President Dave Hennen Morris says
that Just as soon as the free alcohol
bill becomes law the Automobile
Club Of America will take iT mediate
steps TO mold a practical test of alco
hoI motors. says the New York
Times
4 am glad 10 see that the bin has
passed congress by so large a vote"
said Mr. Morris This is a matter
in which the members OF the Automo
bile club have been deeply interested
and the club has done all in its pow
er to further the success of the bill
With the constantly increasing price
Of gasoline and the fact that its pro
ductIon is necessarily limited. free
deuatured alcohol will, feel sure, be
come one Of our greatest staples for
future power Il will revolutiOnize
the motor-engine industry, and as al
cohol can be made from nearly every
vegetable product it will make the
farmers, as it we're, partners in the
comferciaI prosperity Of motor We
hicles.
The free-alcohol bill provides that
the present revenue tax OF 81 a gallon
shall be taken of OF denatured do
nestle alcohol and as it has been
proved that alcohol can be manufac-
tured at a profit to sell at a price
very much less than the retail now
asked for gasoline, about 20 cents a
gallon, a markell impetus will be Civ
en- to the serious study Of the alcohol
motor problem. The bill will now
60 to the senate and three months
after It's fna. passage it will become
law. Mr. Morris said that as soon
as the bill passes the senate plans for
holding a test viii be discussed by
the technical committee Of the Auto
mobile club, and the first competition
will probably be held in the fall
There are at present no alcohol
motors in use in this country. but in
Germany and France a number OF
motor vehicles and much larger
number Of stationary engines are be
ing run by alcohol with excellent re-
suits"
There has been no In. tive to
use alcohol" said an an 5inobiIist
who has devoted considerable study
to the subject with the income
revenue tax # was impossible to think
of It as a fuel In France and Ger
many. on the contrary. where there is
a nigh duty on gasoline and none on
alcohol it was but natural that the
manufacturers should endeavor to use
alcohol as a substitute for gasoline.
BY the use OF a different carburetor
the problem is practically solved IN
fact. all that IS necessary to use al
cohol ia any automobile is to at
tach the alcohol carburetor and the
car win run with ample satisfaction.
Both gasoline and alcohol have their
peculiar advantages. Il gallon oil
alcohol will not carry q car quite so
far IS the same amount of gasoline
Perhaps % per cent. more of alcohol
viii be needed Cor the same distance.
Alcohol vaporizes at a higher temper
ature than gasoline, so it is necessary
to keep the carburetor heated, but
this may be done by the exhaust gas
or by placing a water jacket around
it. The engine compression. how
ever is vastly greater than alcohol
Fl IN so to 90 pounds is the highest
compression that is used now in the
best gasoline cars. while with alcohol
tests have successfully shown com
preston Of 100 pounds, aud in some
cases slightly higher