Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
Present Volume of Crude Oil viii
Yield Large Quantities of
Rival to Gas.
MORE REFINEMENT IS MADE
'Snrit' Becomes More Adaptable
Through Process of Liquids
Inventor.

Further refinement in the new fuel,
motor spirit. by which it is made still
more adaptable TO motor cars, has
been announced by the STANDARD Oil
Company Of Indiana. DR.. W. ".
Burton. the inventor Of the process 10y
which the new fuel is produced, has
succeeded in removing 10 a certain
extent the pungent odor and at the
same time has produced a distillate
which is slightly lighter in color than
the earlier product of his stills, &C
ro.ding to Motor Age.
The odor yet is more noticeable
than that Of gasoline and the yellow
color still appears after the motor
spirit has stood for several days. Still,
tine additional refinement is not eX-
peusive enough to bring the price
over that announced last week, which
is Q cents less than that of gasoline.
no. has tine distillate lost in fuel eff
cheney, i: still gives % per cent more
mileage per gallon than do the orGl-
nary grades of gasoline.
That there was a new fuel of such
possibilities in the matter OF cheap
mess and economy ready TO be offered
go the public came as a surprise 70
tire motoring world. In fact. not until
after the announcement in Motor Age,
were the distributors and dealers OF
.ha Standard oil Company notified
that the new fuel was ready TO mar
Ee,
Stopped Fuel Panic.
Until then there were numerous
prophecies of an immediate shortage
Ia the gasoline supply which would
boost the price far above a point
where tho ordinary motOrist could az
ford 80 buy &C. However, with the
~~olUctiuu Of motor spirit, that gho,T
laid for good and all and motorists
may feel certain that Tor a good while
.H come they viii not have to pay any
r.sher prices for their gasoline, and
-.eIe rs some prospect of reduction
before long.
il Is not the fact that motor spirit
5 cheaper than gasoline that Is going
90 make motoring less a drain on the
p1ckeibook but the fact that tie sup
plv OF motor fuel from the same
amount of raw material or crude oil
is more than doubled. Formerly. 100
gallons OF the crude gave 20 gallons of
gasoline 20 gallons of kerosene and
o. gallons Of fuel oil, which is burned
under boilers In place Of coal.
Juuer the new process covered Jy
br, w. NJ. Buttons patents, this fuel
OF Is refined ana gives thirty gallons
~ motor spirit. The other thirty gall
Ions are residue which Is sold for 9TH
cap purposes and is almost or quite
valuable as the sixty gallons of
fuel oil was,
Motor Spirit Extra.
IN other wods the Standard oil
company of Indiana. to which tLg
1atent was assigned, at it's refinery "a,
Whiting, Ind, gets from the crude
JUS regular volume of gasoline and am
additional amount Of motor spirit. q
oul0 very much like gasoline. except
TOP ITS pungeut olOr
u has % gravity Of from J6 t0 ~
s6g.e Bsuue. which is but Httls
noaFio. than tho - and GQ-degree
-"soine The motoris, mas been gcttina
aceutlN, 70 takes on a yellow ting,
after .tau.irg awhile.
~ oLoy h. stronger than that ol
gasoline and as IL eyapor3t,- more
SONY, might prove unpleasant II
salI=a ON clothing or cushions. Do
starts as easily as gusO'iue.
therr tg light culoraG smoke ia
-" exhaust CT motor spirit but not
So pronounced as the BLUSH smoke