Show tASO INE SUBSTITUTES PUBLIC EYE 11 L 0 oil oil- l i- i I.- I. t k 4 r I 4 t tJ j i 44 K sr K i A L 1 4 Embraces New Field e for Distribution O of Auto Parts 1 IL oL r 04 vj 1 r 1 L 1 JL e 4 1 1 1 U 1 t. t lo L English Drivers Use Use Coal Gas for Autos Instead of Gasoline f I Automobiles Being 0 Operated by y the Invisible Fuel Found Better Substitute Than Forms of Alcohol Unsightly Containers Perched on Oil Autos and Buses ASHI Auff lg 10 With 10 With gasoline selling at nt 84 cents a gallon allon W Y which was s the price e when an American consul was reporting on the subject last Jast winter something in the thc way of a substitute has naturally been the object of n l diligent search in in England Several possibilities have ha been ns ed by the automobile engineers of the United Kingdom alcohol for a airne irne seeming t to offer cr Pro prospects of f solving the problem The necessity for remodeling existing types of gasoline engines for its use however howe has operated berated against the extension of alcohol although the advocates of it as domestic fuel have JUl been laying laing stress on tl the possibilities of turning the supply to greater r ater use and thus reducing the national dependence on imported j motor spirits 4 t tAe te e of or f The The most promising experimenting In Inthe the search earch of or a gasoline ha ia teen along the lines of adapting Illuminating gas Jas to motor uses For more a year ear in eral several British cities have been evolving colIni col Ini ing typos types of oC containers for coal gas which v. could oud be filled from the mains of or clUe cities where gas as plants are arc maintained main maln- and would woul replace the Iho gasoline Ifor for Tor motive power P The Th topic has been discussed at ome of technical societies an and h home ome interesting papers have been read on n It It A committee has been formed on ont t traction and in ingenious Inventors hL applying themselves to dl dis- dis tc v ring tho proper l rin of receptacle for storing It on automobiles For the present the motive underlying tho crt cf- cf t- t tr tort r la Ls to obtain a temporary wartime i substitute for gasoline but one ono government gov gow- official who Is In charge of oC Intimated at meeting meet meet- a ing tb that l the use of oC coal gas In motors was Vas M not a a. mero war expedient but butt t marked a development of or lasting cco- cco Importance Sf A A. considerable practical application has hu already alread been made mado of these t ic Investigations and It Is estimated more than commercial vo- vo hides In England are aio already alread equipped 1 tito to run on coal gas while manufacturers ers leTs report that man many additional orders for containers are arc being received In fa fact t. t the thc use of the gas tags Lags Is becoming be- be coming common enough to lo attract no notice notice no- no tl tice e by br the changes It has made mado In tho the appearance of or London streets l J Container Mode Ime of or nU i 7 Thc British government does not under unger un un- un- un der ger cr present conditions permit the thc compression com corn of gas in steel cylinders and anda a firm of ot tire tiro manufacturers set about th making of oC gas fas containers made of or materials lIIa usually lIy employed in motor I tire construction These containers are feet G C Inches long by 1 foot fool i inches diameter weight about CO GO CON GOI I N Pounds and will ill hold the equivalent t L of r f t two 1 gallons ballons of at gasoline This Iv- Iv 4 tent let It l teems Is about cubic foot feet footS I faa S feet representing one galI galion gal- gal I ion of g gasoline In y i power t generated V U I Wl U 1 r fl A Nottingham firm which c I d first with Ith compressing gas bas In X cylinders and learned the thc super- super jj c ot c of flexible storage bags bag 1 Ii a s t ol a c- c for tor attach attach- j lect inest to the roof of the vehicle which as worked out to tu a shaped D-shaped affair the he M bottom bottoni being flat an and securely f Wast ned to the Iho top of or the Iho automobile i means ans of ot holts bolts and acl screws crews It Is s w Inside of ot a R wooden Lox made I thin boards hoards which is braced with IJ brackets Tho The box usually has a depth h or of 3 I feet len length th an and breadth lid n ln on the size of or the vehicle r t Inside of ot the box Is lined with a r n to which T are arc applied eral coats of oC thick oil paint an and f in order to render it gas Jas tight containers circular in shape halo halon d at each en end are arc also be- be n d On motorcycles with the side ido ta L t and are said to lo be r 1 I Vf cot 01 li I IJ I I o on Look k 1 It I r t t o objection to lo the flexible r Is it Its bulky and somewhat un T appearance I Leakage too ems by the most recent reports to be IlL u. u n factor it may after one ono use UC of or Inferior fabrics 4 equal I g ras as consumption The Thc COllI con con- itself appears ars to to La t rather 11 red as ns well the normal work work- of oC most of ot them Pie being only bo l eigi months 4 S n t c t Is 13 felt rell C the he prese t how- how S s gate tt the i warrant a Committee to SUbject In ln asking to lo have l with Ith or on by in con- con Jant at the tho gns- gns generating gas commercial uso or of gas for tor E Durpos In contal containers at high Hrc rt que M 8 relating to lique- lique on on and enrichment an and 10 of oC methods metho s for mix mix- I- I b 1 and nd air firm In rl proper proportions ji Alter G COJI o ro every efery three months months' use uso the Oling ot or a IJ I fount cleaned out Th There is ls Is a certain t i ot of in il sediment and mineral l matin mat mat- Ili iii I f r water which 1 has 8 a tendency i lu iu Ul the ThiU rad radiator tor and water et ci The best meth d in cleaning Is I Isa ill will with a n. solution elution of or soda solla I run the motOr for Cor a few tew minutes 1 culat the solution Then leave o I rains open an and turn tire tho stream u Ordinary ry ry garden hoso hoo Into the tue tor or This win clean out any do- do resulting n K from tho the water or ai 1 cezo mixtures Allow tl motor motol to 11 til J V t nothing but 1 pure water ap- ap 01 the draining point p- p OUT OUI DUST b dust and dirt getting gelling Into Inlo dall or ur similar closed car ear during V It K U is 8 a good plan to fit fitIn C II of fine mesh wire commonly In J P n ho hc over O tho h lower half haIr Window t |