The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-30
SUBSTITUTE FOR
 GASOLINE FUEL
MOTOR CAR USERS INTERESTED Q IN EXPERIMENTS WITH NEW
 MOTOR FUEL.
Inventors Believe 1t May Be DeveI- oped Into a Substitute For Gasoline as Power Generator.

Indianapolis, July 29.-Motor ear factory officials and fuel authorities at Indianapolis are deeply interested in the outcome of a series of tests of a substitute for gasoline now being made on the Speedway under the ob- servation of the Indianapolis motor speedway officials.
 Carl c. Fisher, president of the h. dianapolis speedway and founder of the Lincoln highway, together with officers of the National Motor Ve- hiele Company, are lending their as. surfing him an opportunity for an un- hampered demonstration with ample track and factory facilities
 The tests have been made with liquid solution said 10 be produced at a small cost and to be as com bustible as gasoline
 Dr. Chambers of McKeesport, Pa, widely known i1 automobile circles and a racing enthusiast, is sponsor for the inventor, John Andrews, a Portuguese inventor.
 Andrews made his first tests in motor boat engine near Pittsburg and after several weeks he submitte ! propositions for tests to both the speedway officials and the Standard Oil Company Fisher, who is many times a millionaire, was quick to give the inventor an opportunity, after he saw a mixture made of water taken boat engine.
 Andrews, the inventor guards his secret very closely, and is securing patents on the mixture. Under the observance of the speedway and na- tional factory officials he actually produced at the speedway by distilla- ton from water with the addition of small amount of chemicals, a mix ture that exploded fully as we'll as gasoline.
 The tests were made with a stock Six Cylinder National car carrying full load of passengers. On the brick two and half mile speedway track. using only the fuel distilled at tne track, the car made an average f seventeen and three-quarter miles per gallon. Using the substitute the Ma tional attained a speed of 6l miles per hour on the speedway The same car with the same passenger load, then made an average of l7 1-2 miles per gallon using gasoline. In a coun. try road test of one hundred and if ty-seYen miles a National Six made an average of sixteen and three quarters miles per gallon. By gen eral summary the National averaged about a mile more per gallon on the Substitute than was obtained by gas oline experts who observed the tests were surprised that the powerful Ma tional obtained such wonderful mileage on gasoline.
 By the tests made, the officials thought the new fuel was equal or better than gasoline as an explosive Th eNational engineers are now ex- amining the motors to see the result the new fuel has on the various parts
 It remains to be seen whether or not the necessary chemicals can be had at a cost that will make the new fuel a practical proposition. An drews claims that the chemicals can he obtained at any drug store and that the mixture can be made to sell for or cents per gallon.
 Although the officials observing the tests are not yet willing to en- dorse the substitute they are giving the necessary time, expense and fac tory facilities to insure the opportu- nifty for more complete tests and demonstrations
 Carl c. Fisher said We want 70 see what this Is, it may be imprac- tieal, and again it may revolutionize the automobile business. There is no doubt that it shows an explosive power equal to gasoline. The main question is one of productive cost" -O-------- OWENS PUBLICITY BILL.