Evening journal., 1917-01-12
BLACK PELLETS
. INSTEAD Of Gas
TO DRIVE AUTOS
r. B. Bennett. Chemist, Says
He Got Million Dollars
For Gasoline Substitute
BIC CHECK CONVINCES
FRIENDS IT'S NO dream

When, couple OF days ago. r. d.
Bennett, a local chemist. sauntered
into the lobby OF the Hotel dupont
and told Gayle Hoslslus, the artist,
and other acQuaintances that he had
sold To a New York syndicate for one
million dollars his secret for the pro-
duction Of solidifed gas pellets which
would revolutionize the production OF
power, especially with respect to the
operation nf automobiles. they thought
that he was joking with them.
When he announced. a few minutes
later. that he expected 10 receive the
next day a check for 800 900, repre-
senting the initial 10 per cent install
ment OF the sale price they smiled
expansive smiles at each other. and
concluded he was kidding them.
But out OF courtesy TO him they let
II go at that and passed II off as an
other stage of the dream"
But when, the next day, he again
entered the hotel lobby and displayed
check for 100000. drawn 10 his or
der on the Lincoln National Bank of
New York. they thought that prob
ably he had drawn this check TO his
own order. IN furtherance OF the joke
on them But when he followed this
up by pulling from his pocket ten
500 bills In real money, and some
thing like $3.50 in addition, IN what
might be called small change in con-
nection with a deal OF this character,
they took a much more serious view
OF his previous story. and were moro
disposed TO credit Il in its entirety.
Their curiosity aroused. they began
10 question Mr. Bennett. He told them
that he had succeeded. through ex-
perIments IN his laboratory al No
zoe King street, In perfecting the
solidihoation of n gas, the exact ma
ture OF which he did not reveal That
gas. he explained. was made mp into
pellets about the size OF peas which
were black In color
"At the present time" Bennett ex
planned, ~ takes s127 worth OF gaso
line and no end Of time. trouble anS
inconvenience IN stopping 10 MI gaso
I line tanks 20 drive q car from the At
lantic 20 the Pacific coast car
put IN an ordinary cigar box enough
OF my solidifed gas pellets 20 run
a car that distance. and the cost OF
these pellets would be only $50. In
other words. this would be a saving of
little more than 75 per cent. In the
cost of fuel consumption. Proper
tionately. my fuel for power produces
an equivalent saving on short hauls as
on long hauls. There would be no
diminution OF power and absolutely no
residue in the cylinders. as IN the case
OF gasoline which produces so much
trouble through its deposits.
When l laid my discovery before
the expert representatives of the New
York syndicate. II agreed to pay me
S1.000,000 for the secret and the ex-
elusive right of manufacture. This
check and the other money I have
here represents the initial payments
under this agreement
"Wlth this fuel IN its control. this
syndicate can say what automobile
and other power appliances shall live
and what shall die in the future.
you can appreciate what the Of
feet of n saving OF at least 75 per cent
in fuel expense would be upon the
popularity and sale OF any automo-
bile, automobile truck. power boat or
consuming engine
Bennett tool, David b. Gally, one Of
Hotel DUPONT friends. over 10 his labo.
ratory in King street, and showed him
the new fuel.
III you We're to steep ordinary peas
in black ink, and then let them dry. you
would have practically a reproduction
OF the appearance OF this now fuel %
Gally said yesterday afternoon, in dis
cussing Benefits discovery.
Mr. Bennett threw one Of tho pellets
into a test tube, and permitted it to be
consumed. Immediately afterward he
demonstrated to me that the consump-
tion was so complete that there was alb
solutely no trace Of residue Of any kind
in the tube"
Mr.. Bennett could not he located
in the city this morning. having left
the city yesterday on a business trip.
according TO the best information
that could be secured.
Mr. Bennett Is well known in this
city as a chemist and some time ago
secured the building at No. 706 King
street as a laboratory in which 10
conduct his experiments in this and
other lines Of chemical progress.
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