The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-22
OIL SEPARATORS UP
FOR HEARING AGAIN
Auto Dealers and Garage Men
to Oppose Them
Once More.
ALCOHOL FUEL OF FUTURE
That Is Opinion of Anglads-
Maxwell Makes Mark In
Production.
ALCOHOL FUEL OF FUTURE

There will be a renewal OF the d,,cu..
sion about oil separators In garages "a.
day. when a further hearing will be be,,
before Fire Commissioner Adamson. No,
very long ago the garagemen and auth.
mobile dealers OF this city and BROOKLYN
went before the Fire Commissioner and
told him that the separators serve u,
useful purpose that they do not sctuaIIv
prevent any sasolene that may find a..
way into the sewer pipes from runnins
into the sewers and that they are an e,.
pensive and useless adjunct.
So strong an opposition was mad, ~
the separators that the Commissioner
ordered the ruling regarding them sus.
pended while experiments were made III.
tests were ordered, although II IL month,
since the ordinance specifying separator,
for all garages was put into effect 1ha
results or these tests, If they have by.n
made, VIII be brought into consideration
to-day when the automobile men lead
the attack once more on the neasur.
They are determined that they will no,
install the separators hereafter II they
can help IT, II is pointed out by r. II
Johnston, president Of the Autonomous
Dealers Association. that the interes, o,
the department appears to cease when
the separators are installed and that no
attempt Is made to see II the seps ra,or,
actually are working. II any attempt Ne-s
made, 1t would be found that they All
not work, in the opinion OF most men who
have had experience with them.
Talking last night at the West s,1s
Y. ". c. A. Joseph A. Anglads gave 1,
as his opinion that alcohol will be IN,
motor fuel OF the future. This statement
he based on data from experiments fl,
this country and abroad ANY engine
on the American market to-day operating
with gasolene or Kerosene can operate
with alcohol as fuel without structural
changes whatever" he said. However.
since alcohol contains approximately 4
of the heating value OF gasolene by
weight an engine adapted for the use
OF gasolene or kerosene REQUIRES abou,
is times as much alcohol as gasolene Pc
horsepower hour. The consur1ption
however. can be reduced by altering tho
construction of the motor. by very ma
terially increasing the compression and
by using carbureter which will vsporizs
the alcohol thoroughly.
An engine specially built for alcohol
VIII give from 20 to 80 per cent. more
power than Is obtanable from the engln,
OF the same size IL gasolene were used BE.
cause OF the Increased output obtainable
from given size Of engine using alcohol
NV va VI 'h'Ht tilblllts per nOrse-pOWcr
viii be less than that of gasolene or kcro-
sene engines of the same class"
Good running under wide ran ges OF mix
ture: less danger In storage: cooler and
less Offensive exhaust and less carbon de-
post are other points In favor of alcoho,
over gasolene made by Mr.. Anglada.
A new record for production IL reported
by the Maxwell Motor Company. as a re.
suit OF its operations in April. A total Of
$500 cars was shipped from the Maxwell
plants In the month. an average Of better
than 1913 cars day when manufacturing
was possible.
The 1914 product Of the Maxwell Is dis.
posed OF. as far as the factory Is CON
cerned and the officials are planning for
the next season A production OF 10000
cars in figured on. and even this may he
increased Several new buildings will he
erected In Detroit and several thousand
more men will be employed