El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-03-01

However, it would seem TO me that
they would be more liable to be inter-
ested in the manufacture of wood al
cohOL providing suitable legislation
The Danger.
Undoubtedly compressed natural
gas can be handled most satisfactorily,
but it would undoubtedly be a day
FAR distant when one, on being stalled
in the country, could 90 into a nearby
farmhouse and buy sufficient COM
pressed natural gas to take him home,
as is now the case with gasoline.
The quality Of gasoline has been
deteriOraung gradually. year by year.
until II is now just shade better than
naphtha- With the exception of reQUir-
Ing considerably more heat in carbu-
retiOn, a slight difficulty in starting
and a tendency to run lean until the
motor is warmed up naphtha operates
the average motor car of today just as
well as the common grade of gasoline.
kerOsese Possible.
such being the case. it is only a
short step to the use Of kerosene for
fuel, and not a very great stride, al
though in slightly different direc-
ton, to the accommodation Of the pres
ent motor car TO the use of wool alcohol
The natural question then is; Why
not compressed natural gas2 PrOvid-
ing that 1t is possible to compress ma
tural gas In sufficient quantities in
tanks small and light enough for $50
to 200 miles running. there is no reas-
on why it should not be a satisfactory
Iuel arrangement except that 10 be-
come universally used, it would have
10 be universally diSt-i buted. Owing
to the expense of tanks caDabIe of
Wlthstandlns high pressure, and the
necessity Of having thousands. YES
mlllllions; Of these tanks properly to
distribute gas over the country. the
installation of compressed gas as A
fuel would appear a matter of a most
considerable financial investment and
z, proposition which would take long
l-Lne 70 naIerlallle-
The Hudson Motor Car company
The mileage obtainabIe out Of a set
Of fully charged gas tanks would. of
course, be limited only by the SPACE
available for carrying such tanks. In
the modern motor. car design carving
space has been, to large extent, utiI-
zed Tor other purposes to better ad-
'antage- therefore the space available
ln such motor car design would make
Il possible to carry tanks which would
give limited mileage. This. in order
10 make such a system practicable.
would necesSitate q very Thoroughly
organized system Of recharging sta
lions, similar to the manner in which
Illuminating gas light tanks are han
He'd throughout the country.
In my opinion a natural or any stor-
age system of gas would be quite un-
satisfactory unless an auxiliary supply
ank were to be provided. The auxiliary
tank to be of such capacity thai II
would be possible to run the car a
-easonable distance to the nearest re-
charging station.
kerOsese Works Even Now.
Gasoline is so commonly used that
{ IS possible to get a small quantity
almost anywhere and in the event that
sasol1ne cannot be procured. kero-
iene viii often give quite satisfa ctorv
'esults IN the ordinary carburetor I
nave known OF several cases where
kerosene from an ordinary set of side
lights. when dumped into the fuel tank.
vas sufficient to run the car for sew [
raj miles From the time the gasO-
inc supply is exhausted, very few min
ties are consumed in dumping the oil I
rom the side lights. or from some other
ource, into the fuel tank, so that the
motor is still quite warm and very
little trouble is experienced in starting 1
N kerosene.
with the storage system Of gas. nu-
nerOus pipes and connections are. OF 1
curse, necessary, all Of which must ]
Re very tight and every precautiOn tax !
n to keep them so, to obtain the
lest results. On account Of the vibra- +
ion Of the car this may become a dff-
icult problem.
"The low grade Of gasoline which
5 quite generally used at the present +
inc. and has been for some time mast
vii undoubtedly force the DEVELOPMENT
4 natural or compressed gas system p
Em "a he l.