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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1917)
Omaha Sunday Bee PAST FIVE AUTOMOBILES PAGES ONE TO EIGHT PART FIVE ' AUTOMOBILES PAGES ONE TO EIOT VOL. , XLVI NO. - 48. OMAHA, ' SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1917. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS. jlH: zr The GASOLINE MUST KEEP PACE WITH AUTO JNDUSTR Y Process of Cracking h Ex pected to. Supply Most of N Added Motor Fuel :: Needed. : - By ELLWOQD HENDRICK. In Dr. Walter F. Rittman's address before the spring meeting of the American Chemical society he gave some interesting figures about gaso- Iineind the automobile industry and lie also made some predictions. It is published in full in the society's In dustfial Journal. Of 3,000,000,000 gallons, of gasoline to be produced in the United States in 1917, he said that one-fifth would be made by cracking. Cracking petro leum means taking petroleum residues after the gasoline and kerosene have been distilled off and treating this resi due according to various processes, but usually with heat and pressure. What happens is thaf, in a chemical xnse. and to use a "very loose ex pression, the residue is knocked to pieces; into big and little pieces, let us say. Then -some - of the little pieces are found to be gasoflne. It has been observed that there is a limit to cracking and that after .three times in succession the residue re fused to separate into gasoline and other bodies. On further treatment it shows a disposition to go back into its original elements, carbon and hydro gen. The rule seems to be about three times and out. f Four Million Autos Here. , By July 1 Dr. Rittman said there will be 4,000,000 automobiles in oper ation in the United States. The ad dress was written before the declara tion, of war, but he predicted that when materials reach normal prices again the "costs and consequent -selling prices will be so reduced that 10,000,000 cars will be the automobile census of this country at its present population. This means an annual re placement of 2,000,000 machines. Only the steel, lumber and clothing indus tries exceed the automobile business today. The annual bill for the up keep of motor cars n6w operated in the United States he places approxi mately as follows: I ! Gasoline ..$ 500,000,090 Tires 600,000,000 Accessories; 800,000,000 Garage hlra. tSO,000,000 Repairs ..... 160,000,000 Total Sl.ooo.OOO.OuO The number. of. automobiles in this country on January 1 of each of a number of years past he gives as fol lows: Tear. ' ' Cars. , S6.000 110 i.. 400,000 1H (00,000 i ;?,ooo 191 1,010.000 , 1,263.000 "16 1,764.000 "l 2.236,000 "17 8,250,000 118 (estimated), 4,760,000 The average consumption of-gaso- line per machine per annum is placed at 500 gallons, besides the use in mo- torboats, motorcycles, farm engines, chemical manufacture, cleaning estab lishments, etc. Therefore the fuel problem is the tig one for automo- Diies. Alcohol lie puts down as a commercial possibility when gasoline reaches 35 cents a gallon, but -not be fore, this considers alcohol at be-fore-the-war prices. Present values are away up in the air. Benzol and the light oils from coal tar make a grand motor fuel, but the doctor does not see over 100,000,000 gallons a year to be produced under present methods "When jkmi travel, ggS" ' tide in a Pullman." "TTT' f itmmimsm'X l v The B iggest Best Finished Four? Ever Produced at the Price Q The perfect streamline hood an J cowl blend gracefully into flawless body curves, and the fashionable effect is emphaiied'"by sloping windshield, rounded, boat-like ton neau, and a deep-toned satiny finish of Pullman green and black. The car inherits engine excellence and me chanical superiority from the amazingly popular 1916 model refined and added to by a score of well-tested, up-to-the-minute conveniences. v v 1 , : Q It has already shattered even Pullman records for gas and oil saving, averaging 20 to 25 miles to the gallon of gas regularly. It pulls powerfully but silently: The motor is capable of more speed than most drivers want. ESTABLISHED hjLLMAN MOTOR CAR CO. YORK.' PA. F. O. B. Factory i Let Facts tise the Value of Your Next Motor Car - JEAL facts concerning JX all makes of cars are not easy to get except the fact of the pur chase price. That's published broadcast. But what aliout Safety? Comfort? Reliability? N Gasoline Mileage? Tire Mileage? Depreciation? Upkeep? Here are seven problems until you own the car. ,' Then the answers come through experience. v But there is one car about which you, yourself, may judge these points before you buy- the Franklin. Sciertific Light Weight places the information in your hands. Here is the test: Put the Frank tin touring car on the scales. It weighs only 2280 pounds. And the Franklin Sedan typical of Franklin enclosed cars tips the scales at 2610 pounds. Then weigh the other car. s. When You Look For These Qualities Franklin Scientific Light Weight insures strength and en durance; sure, safe, fast, and easy travel over the road; economy all along the line. All because theoiWand drag and momentum of unnecessary weight is eliminated. Let us frove this, after you get the facts about the heavy car, if you are lucky enough to unearth them. Thousands of experienced owners have found in the Frank lin the qualities they want in a car. r Franklin Motor Car Company ! R-U-2-B-1-OF-60 2205 Famam Street. Phone Douglas 1712 of using coal, and chemical industry is likely to take so large a part of this aj to render the remainder unimpor tant as a factor in the situation. Casing Head Oil. Then there is casing head gasoline, which is that obtained from natural gas. This is so volatile that it is blended with naphthas that art not otherwise available, but the product is limited. The annual output of casing head gasoline for the past seven years has been: ,t Tsar. Gallons. Tear. , Gallons, 111 T.4M.HJS lilt....... I.HI.00 1113..' 13,0111, (M 1H1S 13MM.MH ISIS 24,060,Dflfl 1917 UOO.OOMuO ltU (3.88H.00O The use of kerosene demands a car buretor that has not been invented yet, or, if all possible kinds have al ready been invented, then the right combination of them has not been made. Dr. Rittman stated that the number of possible explosive mixtures of kerosene and air is not so great as lie number of explosive mixtures of gasoline and air and he expresses doubt whether a carburetor can bo (Cootlnatd ea Pate Two, Column Hve) THE T. G. 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