Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-06-22
| HAWA||ANS NOT .,
y WORRYING ABOUT
CAS- FOR MOTORS
Substitute Now Being Pro-
duced, Known As "Motor
Alcohol" Said To Be Bet
ter Than Gasoline.

Especial Correspondence to The Jnrruai,
San Francisco, June 21.-Motor-
lists in the Hawaiian islands are not
worrying these days about any ac-
tual or impending shortage of gaso-
line, according to Frank e. Carroll.
who has just returned from. the Is
lands, after a months trip.
"A substitute fcrsgasoline is be.
ing produced there" he SAYS
which within the next three
months will reach a production
sufficient to take care of all the
cave on all of the islands, IL a gas
oline shortage should develop,
THE new fuel Is known as mo
tor a cohor. and is the invention OF
j. p. Foster, chemist on one of
the big sugar plantations on the
Island of Maui. 1t Is now being
used In many cars and the results
obtained are said to be in many
ways superior to those achieved
with gasoline. More power greater
mileage, easier starting and free
dom from carbon are among the
benefits 1t Is said to produce. 1t
ment of carburetor.
1.-THE motor alcohol that has been
produced so far has been produced
from molasses, of which there are
}135,O00 tons available. enough to
produce 100000 gallons of motor
alcohol. The molasses is a by
product of the sugar industry Of
the island and contains, in addition
to fermentable material, other
products Of value, such as potash,
nitrogen and phosphoric acid The
value of these after recovery from
the fermentation, is greater than
the value of the original molasses,
SO that in calculating costs of the
fermentation process for alcohol
production. the raw material charge
is practically nothing.
1.-THE importance of developing
this industry is very oonsidera bic
as 1t will provide a cheap and read
Ivy available motor fuel, releasing
both petroleum fuel and shipping
space. The motor alcohol made &C
cording to the new formula Is per-
forming perfectly in marine, sta
tionary, automobile, truck and
tractor gasoline engines. In thir-
ty-s'xhour test made with a seven
ty-five horse power tractor the mo-
tor alcohol consumption was four
gallons per hour as compared with
four and one-half gallons of gaso-
line on similar work. With the mo-
tor alcohol the speed was higher
and the power greater. The cylin-
ders were opened and examined
end the old carbon deposit was
found to be entirely removed. The
carbon remaining was so soft that
1t could be picked off with the fin
gers,
organizations which have been
letting their molasses run to waste
or burning it for the potash recov-
cry are now finding the manufac-
ture of motor alcohol protltable
undertaking.
Cuisines conditions in the is
lands were never better than they
are right at the present time, This
is largely due to the higher bonus
es paid to the workers and the
stock dividends paid by the varl-
Gus sugar and pineapple concerns
: "In past years the value. OF the
sugar crop has rarely exceeded sew
enty million dollars. This year
however, 1t is thought the crops
value will run about two hundred
and forty million dollars.
"a great many automobiles are
being purchased by the orientals
One automobile dealer in Honolulu
sent out six statesmen with secon1
hand cars on Decoration day,
which was pay day for the work
ers, and sold five of them"