The Washington herald., 1914-11-29
WATCH
new INDUSTRY
Recent Discovery Promises
to Supplant Gasoline for
Motive Power.
SUCCESSFUL In TESTS
Product Can Be Manufactured for
One and One-half Cents
a Gallon.
SUCCESSFUL In TESTS

The discovery of a substitute for gaso-
line as a motive power for automobiles,
successful tests OF which have been made
by officials OF the Speedway and experts
from Indianapolis automobile factories.
has led to the establishment of a new in
dustry at Indianapolis.
According to Indianapolis newspapers.
those interested in the new product are
Carl G. Fisher, president Of the Presto
Lite Company, Indianapolis Speedway,
and founder OF the Lincoln highway;
James 4. Allison. secretary of the Speed
way, and associated with Fisher in many
ventures: II. B. Joy. Of the Packard
Company: Roy Chapin, Of the Hudson;
Howard c. Marmon; of the Marmon
Company, and A. c. Newly. vice pres
ident of the Speedway and president OF
the National Motor Vehicle Company.
With the marketing of the product 1t
is predicted the automobile industry will
be revolutionized II is said the new sub
stance can be manufactured for II. cents
per gallon.
II was discovered by John Andrus, a
Portuguese inventor. OF McKeespOrt. Pa.
who was recently paid $4,000 by the
United States government for his discov-
cry Of a method OF tOughening armOr
plate.
Better Than Gasoline.
Fisher brought Andrus to indianapolis
last July, where he has had the cO-opera-
ton OF the Speedway management and
the officials of the National automobile
factory in perfecting his compound.
Since that time all kinds of tests and
demonstrations have been made for auto
mobile officials and expert chemists.
The substitute is being made in still
at the Speedway and Andrus explains to
those interested the simplicity OF his
mixture keeping secret only two of the
ingredients. which he says can be bought
at any drug store. In tests for speed
and miles per gallon the substitute has
excelled regular gasoline in every in
stance.
Al a demonstration observed by expert
engineers from the automobile factories,
the INSTRUCTORS OF chemistry from 'Michi-
gan University, and newspaper represent
atiyes- regular stock touring cars were
taken from the indianapolis factories
and tested first on gasoline and then
without changing the cars in any way
they were tested on the substitute.
Marmon, Cole. and National siN-cylin-
der cars were used. The Cole made 12s
miles to a gallon of gasoline and IL
miles on the substitute. the Marmon
made 122 miles on the substitute. and
the National touring car made l6.3 miles
per gallon on gasoline and no miles on
the substitute.
Making New Product.
One Of the most remarkable demon
strations was made with a regular stock
National touring car with all equipment
and four passengers. Using gasoline. the
National attained a speed OF hfty-siN
miles per hour. then Immediately after.
the same car was driven at the rate OF
sixtv-one miles per hour on the substi-
tute
In n country road test of 15i miles a
National Six made an average Of six
teen and three-quarters miles per gallon
with gasoline Experts who observed this
test were surprised that the powerful
National obtained such wonderful
mileage per gallon.
Two large stills for making the new
mixture have been erected near the
Prest-O-I.ite plant and adjacent TO the
Speedway. so that even more exhaustive
tests can be made OF this gasoline sub
stitute which promises to revolutlonlze
the motor car industry.