Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-04-10
501 MILE TRIP IN y
HOURS With GASENE
f.. N. Mayer and Party Made Record
Time From Minneapolis Thru
DecOrah to Chicago i'm Gasene
Propelled Car.
ENCOUNTERED SOME MUD
in WINNESHIEK COUNTY
A Corporation Being Capitalized at
$1,OOO,OOO to Push the Manu- >
faCture and Sale.

E. N. Mayer, well known to many
Decorahians, and sonin-law of n.
Bailey is interested in the manu-
4acture of Gasene for propelling
motor cars. Mr.. Mayer and a party
of gentlemen passed through Decor
ah from Minneapolis a week ago on
their way to Chicago, and we take
the article printed below from the
Minneapolis Daily News.
Propelled by Gasene", traversing
all kinds of roads, Paige siX-cylin-
der automobile, driven by E. n.
Mayer, covered the distance from
in % hours and 45 minutes, accord
ing to a report of the trip today
submitted to the Minneapolis Auto
mobile Trade association.
Passengers with Mr.. Mayer were
Thomas j. Setchell, r. B. Shining,
and C. S. Harrington, observers. The
trip was begun March 80 from the
Radisson hotel at 10:30 a. M, and
ended at the LaSalle hotel, Chicago,
the following Monday at 12:45. 1t
was made in leisurely fashion with
numerous stops.
The average speed maintained
while driving was 22.22 miles per
hour. Only 40 gallons of "Gasene"
Ion to 1880 miles.
Use of this fuel did not overhead
the motor, as at no time did the
motormeter show excessive heat,
even though running most of the
time against a side wind. No adj
justments of any kind were made on
either the motor or the carDuretor
during the entire trip.
Nothing was done to the car eX-
cept to put in oil twice, fill the ra-
diator once and take off a rod un-
derneath the rear broken in getting
out of mud near Decorah.
Reporting to the Automobile Trade
association, r. B. Shining says: II
consider this demonstration of Gas
ene' remarkable when you consid-
er this trip was made at the close
Of the month of March over spring
roads, rough and rutted. To have
been able to make sol miles, and
the hills over which we travelled at
this speed, with a weight Of four
passengers, three extra tires and the
stock of "Gasene'' we carried, ap-
proximating a full seven-passenger
load, and using no more fuel than
we did is certainly unusual. | am
not at all sure the same resul'l
could have been obtained with gaso-
line The trim demonstrated Case
me- has abundance of power, more,
| believe, than gasoline. We took
stiff hills on high, time after time
without any trouble, and not
gle cylinder missed fire once during
the trip.
1--WE had no trouble starting the
motor and it would pick up and get
away in the most satisfactory man
ner at all times. The hood was
raised only three times, once at
Rochester to satisfy the curiosity of
bystander who felt there was some
special kind OF carburetor attached
to the motor, once at Castalia, Iowa,
to put in a half-gallon of oil, and
once for the same purpose at Madi-
son, Wis"
"Gasene", according to its in
ventor, Thomas j. Setchell, will do
all that gasoline can do with an au-
tomobile engine at one-third the
cost. 1t is kerosene made volatile
| by a new process. A corporation
capitalized at S1,000,0OO is being
formed to push its manufacture and
sale.