New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-25
GASOLINE IS STILL
SUPREME AS FUEL
p;o Cash Prize Fails to
Develop Substitute
in England.
nFNATURED ALCOHOL
MAY AFFORD RELIEF
=, lice However. Would Involve
Radical Change in
Motor Design.

...oie0e seems likely 10 remain upper
as motor fuel, much TO the disap-
.,,-ert Of automobile users. and ospe-
r, chose of foreign countries whore
-. -~i.e of the commodity has risen e.
- heen,s ;hat many motorists find
,.~.sel,,s compelled 90 cut down on the'r
-1,sSe in order TO indulge at all IN the
80 a. t5e cai.
49, months aco nc Society az Motor
,,,,.fsrtu-c-s and Traders Of Great
90 orered % cash prize 81 S1o.ooe to
'.s.,s eNnermeuts which might disclose
,,e. costly fuel than sasolcne. 10 be
.,sYcca entirely from materials avail
.~ trst country and in such Quanu-
...ss to constitute a national supply
r. &c now announced that no one has
..-.ssdsd BOD winning the prize. although
..,,,r.soven entries were received from
-. 5.4 rent countries. Detailed study
r.,, communications has failed 20 afford
.--,,rs fo- making even a partial award,
.,.,,reh 10 is said that many OF the sue-
-...,,~s ve~, of most interesting nature
- rassliy susceptible Of development
.,,s-s ,he desired end. Processes which
arfHr kH|MN A-I az stAt-f N.. tess $3.50
v,-, ruled out Of the competition.
ronow.rr the surprise and disappoint-
.,-, caused by the announcement Eng
- motorists are now looking Tor rehet
/. ~. direction % denatured alcohol,
.,.-t i IS said. can he produced IN al
-. any amount u has been suggested
.,sf The same society or some other public
,-,,ffes orcarization offer substantial
,-.ze for tho production 81 an alcohol
-o,o- - stated efficiency.
Y is realized that the motor industry
en- over The world is based on the exist
a. tyne Of engine. and IL IS not expected
al the manufacturers will go 10 the
,rrsnse and trouble OF developing new
rn- motor. the general adoption OF which
,,s'5 mean for them only the scrapping
a. their present production machinery.
rsrn,ntine on the possibilities Of aloo-
III ard the misunderstanding motor,
The Field q London. has this TO say;
We do not know how long il will take
"a bring the alcohol engine into com
-s-risl and economic rivalry with the
,-.ssn. type We DO not know even if
,,st result is possible. We do not actual
b, trow whether alcohol can be pro-
fs-sd 70 sell az one shilling gallon for
.,a We do not know how the situa-
.o- presented by the existing excise
AVS can be turned. The whole position
+, wrapped in a doubt in which consid-
s-s5s delay in securing any success Is
,sosi the only thing certain.
should 10 be impossible 10 design an
t,,hol engine equally efficient with the
4.s,.,r tvpe nobody appears ready 70
,@-r hat IL can excel iO. should II not
~ possible 90 market alcohol at one
,.mins A gallon. the future Of the de-
,,,opmsnt becomes definitely delayed IN
such time as the cost Of petrol (gaso-
a. will have grown so high that the
80 Efficient substitute will be matter
eHobsons choice.
u must occur 10 any thinking motorist
"a, here is q field for research at once
srfactve and remUnerative. whatever
ne results attained. II is one which no
sgislist would venture upon as COM
rs-clzl speculation for the simple reason
nat he could not hope 10 secure any re-
m Of his capital.
II Is difficult enough commercially 10
a,sb.lsh a radical variation OF current
wsctice. but 70 upturn an industry ana
70 secure a revolution In the production
ard sale Of alcohol are more than the
task o. one mans life. This research
can only be contrived by the munihcence
q motoring philanthropists.