Show NEW BOATS TO BURN OIL OILi i One Effect of Heavy Production In Parts farts of California Washington Dec Dee 31 Possibly the fact that California produced great quantities of petroleum Inclines Secre Seere Secretary Secretary tary Metcalf to favor the use of that tha fuel in the navy where it can be done beneficially Therefore plans for the new torpedo destroyers about to be prepared will probably include a re requirement requirement requirement that they be designed for burning oil The fact that the newest British boats of ot this class which have haV attained the extraordinary speed of forty miles mites an hour are arc oil burners has influenced our navy department in fa favor faor favor vor or of the adoption of liqued fuel |