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Show m gas dm " ABSOLUTELY HONEST Invention of Local Man Proof 'Against Short Measure. "How to turn cents into dollars," is tho finidc line on a neat little pam- iilct gotten out by Angus McKellar, inventor of the Perfection gasoline pump, a device that defies the dis-: pcuscr of gasoline to manipulate so 1 that it will deceive the motorist. "Tho averao motorist is apt to think that there is little or no apparent reason rea-son for the invention of a new gas dispenser dis-penser at this time, considering the fact that thoncaiuIs are now in use all over Die land." said Mr. McKellar. "But if he will go to the trouble to investigate investi-gate the findings of the U. S. Bureau of Standards, Washington, D. C, ho will change his mind very quickly. In Illi-1 Illi-1 nr alone it was recently discovered '"K nearly every gasoline pump in- alled in that state gave the motorist ' j-hort measure. This shortage ranged from seven cubic inches per gallon to as high an forty-four cubic inches. It was estimated that the automobile owners own-ers of Illinois paid out approximately $530,000 every year for gasoline they never got. ' ' We propose to remedy this condi-,v condi-,v tinn with our Perfection gasoline pump. 4'his gas dispenser attaches to any type ot gas pump now in operation. It makes t lie pump fill a glas3 container which is measured to hold a certain number of gallons of gasoline, and is then sealed by a sealer of weights and measures. The tank operates by gravity and air pressure, and can bo set to hold a specified spe-cified number of gallons of gas, and will positively not take any more. The tank is so arranged that the motorist gets all the gasoline in sight in his car. There is no chance for the garage man to let any of tho fluid run back into the pump, and it makes no difference whether the pump is set to throw a full gallon or a half gallon, it must fill the tank to the required number of gallons, gal-lons, which are plainly marked on a gaue within the glass container." Mr. McKellar states that his new gasoline dispenser is fully covered by United States patents, and that in the near future it will be manufactured in this city. Only local capital will be interested in-terested in this purely local invention. Its ready application to all the gas pumps now installed makes it a great convenience for the garage man and dealer. It will be made in a range of pizes to suit the needs of tho city or town where installed. Mr. McKellar says that the present practice of gasoline sellers to adjust their pumps so that they will deliver only as much gasoline as they buy or are charged with by the wholesale oil Vmcern, will be dispensed with entirely ny the Perfection dispenser. He estimates esti-mates that the motorists of Utah will save fully $200,000 in gas bills after his dispenser is in common use each year, based on tho present number of cars registered. |