Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-24
MORE AND CHEAPER GASOLINE
Jossph Marphy. Popular Mechanics MasazinsJ

More gasoline is beiak used 10 the
world today thau ever bet1re-yet the
price ot tals fuel. 90 essential ia this
ssa af tls iatsFsaI-ea@bgsti1a engine.
.s loser ghaa % has hcea 90 many
years
TIE FresfEt European war has bcsa
fer@el she Eas0iirs yer. and Justly 90.
FOE if deprived % tais fuel the armies
eeEsEet ia tss great Connict would be
eGmpeiir1 90 suspend opsFatinna- For
traaspoFtieE ths ts,d and siege guns
ar9 f1F prUpFiiiaF che thousands o.
EaE1F cars used Del che transportation
at troops. ammunition. aEd supplies on
ere scale required o. q var of such
rsaEnitgte. gasoline ts q necessity. and
aifs9zt &c TIRE operation o. Zrppeiias
ana aeFop.arss voait b. an imposEi-
hGsrF
usE ir spite of the tremendous de-
sasd made os che oil supply b. rea-
sdr % the w4F. E-soligr has been get
t5sF eeesgrF. This situation 60 the re-
ss.f at ere development 90 improved
Hrfh1ts % rrtriuE hy wf.eh a greatly
lEerrasFd supply OF gasoline can be
obtained from a EiVcu quantity %
erode OIL uuriaE thc past year the
EasEuaEo. price % gasoline has fall
tra ie che large crafcrs. apparently
from this cause. from tE ccuts 90 . i-e
eFsts q sali1u. TbcFc ia iifttr double
ftat ere price viii eventually so stiii
l1usr uith che development % the new
process fsst discovered b Doctor RIFT
mar. chemical engineer % the q. s
glFsaa % Mines The Improved pro
eessss row ia csc are held a. a mo-
n9p9iy ~ one Eroup % EseueFa. The
rsu process g. % b. free % all re-
hreFs WHO wii submit % certain gov
rFrmeEt regulations. Win O.. q will
BE- possible 90 extract three times a.
mzeh gasoline a. car te extracted By
tse process % dfstuiati1n-
Increased proigcti1u % gasoline e.
sot all that viii 30 accomplished BY
me rev process d provides a means
.1T obtaining from crude OIL the tao
sg1rocartous. toiuoi and bsrzol. here
,1tDre obtained from coal tar and pro-
facrd almost exclusively By German
aaG British m4nafactgrsrs. Toluol I
ssd bsszoi are % vital Importance I
both "a peace and var. They form the /
si1tker- substances from which ami i
.iss dycs are made and are AZ the same /
line iealspsusl6ls ingredients % high i
sGplcsivss used % modern warfare.
TO Erferstsa4 last vhat f. being /
tone b. The new process q IL arst nee
-ssarv % know % some % the quail i
iss % thaf ETogp % substances known 4
- Hydrocarbons. \ hydroczrboa. as
ts ZANE Indicates. - . combination
. tss ehscliczi elements. hydrogen
.Et eartoa. II the combination there
: esasiiT uitroEsa. oxyEen. sulphur.
y cher ehsssiezi elements n snail
.Eaati;iss. vhieh are removed IN the
irpcess % seeEinE. Tho range os sub
tsaess produced BY Different eonbgna-
toes % these two elements e proba-
~ ths wifss, 90 - toara IN the whole
anEe % natural pFodGes. There are
boat go hyiroezrbon products. many
z thea Indispensable adiuncts % our
verytay life. Crude OIL. or petroleum.
fAies l. the source from which most
z these protEcfs are derived. IL sim
~ ruixture % many hydrocarbons.
fEirn cay BE- separated from each
sheF without ehszie4l action BY the
roeess % dfstiilation- Gasolins. H.
sfsiaatirx OIL. snd iahrieatinE oil. for
xzapis. are all present IN crude oil.
s.as =ixsd toSeSAss much - dissE-