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VOL. , XLVI NO. - 48.
OMAHA, ' SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1917.
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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
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N Gasoline Mileage?
Tire Mileage?
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Upkeep?
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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)
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