Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-01-04
POWER FOR PUMPING
FROM CRUDE OIL NOW
milwaukee JournaD

milwaukee JournaD
A Milwaukee company has perfected
a plan for producing power from
Grade petroleum. unrivaled In cheap
ness and efficiency. An epoch-making
Invention 10 gas engineering has thus
been brought TO practical, CONNER
cial basis.
The invention Is the ADAPTATION OF
THE producer gas engine TO gas Gre
ated from crude petroleum by q meth
cd so simple as 20 commend itself,
at sight, to every practical engineer,
II means nothing less than a reyo-
Tuition In marine power and noyt In
usefulness viii be It's appliance 10 the
reclamation Of land In the arid sec
lions OF the world.
I. For several months there have been
mysterious whisperings IN manufact-
Turing and financial circles OF some tsn-
Z pending sensation in the scientific
world, but no real clew could be
/. graspcd until II leaked out several
, days ago as the contamination OF g
transaction involving hundreds OF
/ thousands of dollars for the value OF
patents and the capital to create new
mechanical power from an oil producer
using crude oil.
. Edward r. Adams. who Is one OF
the foremost engineers In America,
! we'll known IN California as well as
> the east. the nan who built the mann
/ moth gas engine plant OF The steel
, corporation at Gary Ind, and now
/ president OF q Milwaukee company,
: and his assistant. Nesbit igtta, are
! the men responsible for bringing TO
] commercial efficiency hy system ol
) control. the oil gas-making invention
q OF a Californian, Arthur Crime. No
problems remain doubtful because
the oil producer gas system Is so
simple that, like most great discov-
Z cries Il demonstrates Itself.
v The benefits Of such a discovery are
D beyond computation. Like telephony
a anG telegraphy. It Is epoch making. II
3 means an Increase Of available fuel
, supply and an uplift OF efficiency in
I the production OF power az low cost
. such as no previous combination OF
/ elements has introduced into the equa-
G ton of human progress since the dis
lcoveries OF steam and electricity. II
I Is elemental IN its magnitude.
. Low grade oils, some OF them 81
e poor as TO be valueless for refining
and even the residue of refined oils
4 are all made available al once fol-
E human assistance and support. The
n highest authorities estimate that thu
= heat value OF oil In known oil fields n
q as great, and probably greater. than
n the resources 81 all the known Goa
I fields of the world. A uniform sup,
r ply OF crude oil. al moderate price II
q therefore promised for ms and FOL
! many future generations.
- The application of this new power
d TO marine uses viii alone suggest ~
A wonderful possibilities The sam,
Z bunker capacity required to store Goa
\ to drive a steam engine or turbine
4 driven ship one thousand miles wout
4 hold oil enough to drive the sam,
! ship six thousand miles with an OF
il producer gas engine a vessel will b
y able to run alongside q dock. drop q
n pipe into her hold and an her fue
4 tanks as locomotive takes water
y Under the steady working conditionl
1. common aboard ship, one gallon o.
!. these Low grade oils will produces
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\ which Is a greater horse powcl
a per gallon than ~ produced from gaso
line. The best steam engine can pro.
\ duce but about half this horse p0wel
for e gallon OF Osl fired under bOilci
Il and the best steam turbine uses abou
! three times the oil per horse power
= The producer itself Is simple woult
/, require less space, would be OF ia
a less weight than steam boilers, AM
4 ~ far less dangerous TO have aboar,
ship
. Naval constructors have for yea
4 or more turned toward the gas engine
7, but up 10 the producer under discus
, sion none could be built 10 exceed 4O
. or 600 horse power capacity. Ten thou
sand horse power has been reaches
by the Wisconsin producer
Next In importance, probably VIII
! come the field OF land reclamation
!, The San Joaquin and Sacramento val
= 'eys In California alone contain tol
Z million acres Of arid or soml-arid land
\ Under much OF this land are both ol
" and water Similar conditions Obtail
I IN tho entire southern tier OF states
from California oass, incluing Toxai
California Is now the greatest pro
user OF low grade oil, and rs the stat
!, where coal IL most costly In Loulsi
= ana and nt coast points IN Texas an
California. drainage, as well as ari
reclamation, demands cheaper power
The acreage OF arid land upon whic
7" water can be carried by gravity
/. comparatively small Water must b
pumped 10 such land for irrigation
purposes, Under old methods pump
ing became prohibitlye because OF IN
y expense, even at a llft at thirty o
y forty feet With OIL producer ga.
water may be raised 100 feet az tn
y same cost as q thirty or forty foo
y list under the old method. Such
y cost difference will add hundreds 4
= thousans Of acres 10 the land avallabl
" for irrigation. Water rs usually Z
u be found under All arid lands, and IN
new method will make Il availabl
. from depths heretofore utterly IN
p practicable.
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