Show FILLER UP once more the country is in the midst of the vacation season and this summer according to the american petroleum institute more than gallons of gasoline will be consumed by american motorists in one of the greatest vacation travel splurges in history the total of vacation travel by motor car for the three months of june july and august is expected to reach miles and for the whole of 1951 the vacation speedometer will probably roll clear around to miles an increase of almost 60 percent since 1940 is good news for the count rys service ice stations which are now enjoying their busiest period of the year and when the motorist drives into one of those stations and says fill er up he might give a brief moments thought to the vast and complex organization which makes it possible for that order to be executed as a simple matter of routine keeping the service stations supplied with adequate amounts of gasoline and other oil products is a major problem for the oil industry in the summertime demands skyrocket on regular highways and increases many times above normal in mountain seashore and woodland retreats but the oil industry ine meeting eting and solving such problems is just part of the days work the gas and the lubricants are always there to be delivered instantly when the customer drives in and asks for them it has been observed that never before in history have americans had such power at their f fingertips through the number of cars owned and the quantity and quality of motor fuel available to them fill filler ler up |