El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-11

inE with the Improvement OF tia
highways. and in many localities they
are becoming important as means
Of transportation The fishing in
dustry has installed gasoline power
in place Of its sailing equipment, ana
this is so upon our entire coasts
There is q large pleasure fleet opsr-
sted in sumner which is moved By
gasoline and there is a steady iu-
crease IN the demand for this liquid
fuel
Among the methods OF increasing
the gasoline Of the United States are
the new Inventions in what is known
as the cracking process. The oriEina-
tor OF the most important OF these
was Walter r. Rittman. a young
chemical engineer Of the national bu-
reau Of mines. New distilling plants
after his design have been installed IN
many OF the large refineries- 7 have
seen some or them In the Dig re11n-
cries Of the southwest and new estab-
lishmen-s are being erected The pro-
cess not only Increases the Weld o.
gasoline. but To utilities for that pur-
pose crude OIL kerosene or any other
low grade disullinE-
Mr. Ritrman delivered 2 paper az
the meeting or the American Chemical
society in Kansas City, in which h
discussed the alarming Increase IN
the number Of automobiles and the
question OF their gasoline supply IN
that paper he shows that We are nov
using something ike $500 0O0, 600
worth per year 70 move our motor
cars, and that the repairs, tires and
cost Of the machines amount 70 more
than $1,000, 100000 additional
The consumption OF gasoline IN
motor cars began along q bout u years
ago. when we had $1,000 automo hiles-
That vas in 1905 Five years later
the number had increased 10 five
times as many. and by 1915 10 had
1000 Ny Hrr~TT1 HEGn=
mates the number OF cars in use this
year 10 be- little more than 5.000,o0o
and that the nun Der IN 1918 viii riE8
10 100000 He figures that the gaso-
line production OF the present year
" IN be something ike Io.oooQo0 bar-
rels. which is more than 5000. goo
barrels over that Of 1915
He says also that the automobiles
viii steadily increase until we NAY
have in the neiEhborhood Of 1o.0oQ.0Oo.
and every man with an income or
$1,000 may be able 90 own car
would say however. that MI Ritz
mans paper was written before ths
United states entered the war and
this mlEhr affect his calculations
Expects Billion Gallons
Ar Eirtuan says that the rzcklinE
process should he able 10 produce
5oo.oQo,o0o gallons Of gasoline this
year and that the production Of next
year viii probably be 1909 100000
salons. while in 1920 more gasoline
viii be produced by that method than
by all others He thinks that the
cracking process has largely pre-
vented "a great Increase in the price
OF gasoline. and SAYS that were Il not
for It we might be paying 10 cents
more per gallon than we nov are for
our motor car fuel. He doubts whether
kerosene can be made 70 take the
place OF gasoline and evidently be
lieveE that the cracking process viii
10 large extent solve tire gasoline
problem
Alarm T. Felt.
The United States bureau q mines
Is alarmed over the increased use o.
gasoline and the waste that results
from making it In the old way. M
Manning says that the production OF
gasoline depends upon our supply o.
petroleum and that petrol cum and its
products are essential 10 our very
aEiseence. He denOuuces as shameful
The present methods Of using petro-
eum- and says that II they are con-
-tnued our crude oil supply will be
exhausted within % years. whereas
BY proper conservation the life OF our
lil fields, based on present demands.
nj ght be extended 20 100 years This
means by the use 81 the Rittman and
'ther processes. and by the saving Of
'e troleum i'm places where coal might
30 quite as we'll
Twenty-se years That means
hat II we so on as We are now doing.
~ 1919 we shall have no oil or lubri-
ants We all know the need OF gaso-
inc and kerosene. but few appreciate
'ow much we owe 90 lubricatinE oils
Practically all OF these come from
petroleum. and they are absolutely
necessary 10 our Industrial existence
2 is computed that the machinery OF
he nation requires about one gallon
u luhricatirE oil per d1y for every
700 horsepower. and without 70 the
wheels OF industry must stop. This
s. so with all kinds OF machinerv-
rom the watch YOU CARY IN your
.0cket TO the great war tank that Is
low being used in the destructive
.att1es Of Europe. To IS used in every
hin. every locomotive and every
-heeI that goes round I'm our many
save Where Possible.
The bureau o. mines advises the
7viur OF petroleum wherever posi-
L. tt saws that we are burning -
.e~cent OF the present output under
OILERS where coal would do as we'll
nd that We are using another 20 per
ent I'm competition with coal IN the
Making Of artificial gas Three
1urths Of the artificial gas used IN
he United states IS made from petCo-
cum. This should he prohibited and
he gas should he manufactured from