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Show DETROIT MEASURING IDEA FOR GAS MAY BE ADOPTED Plant for SUndardizlng Motor Fuel Received by i Taylor Company. Whathar or not Rait Laka win toon adopt a Detroit formula for toatlnr raanllna. or formula or atandard win liar to H waa 001 tha -oubot-Baf ftooculatlon amoni tho offlclala of the Taylor Motor Car company of Raat Second Houth atreet during the week. In a communication from the factory Jui received by R. C. Taylor, manairer of the company. It 1e pointed out that, following a eertea of Invonilgatlnna conducted hr the chief engineer of the C ha Inter1 Motor company, the city of Detroit haa adopted a aet of atandarde tor aaaollne. Tha atandarde muit he fttrtrtly obaervad by all dealers In Detroit. t The adaptability of tha atandarde la aid to be a point In It favor for adoption adop-tion In Halt Lake. "Deela-nated aa Detroit City Standard Stand-ard the new type of araeoltne le defined aa a liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by dtraiirht dletlllatlnn or by the cracking proceaa and having a boiling temoera ture not exceeding 4M degraea Fahrenheit. Fahren-heit. according to the communication. "U muet dletltl at leaat 2 pr cent at 220 degreea Fahrenheit and M per cent under 100 degreea Fahrenheit, when teated by the dtetlllatlon teat provided for In the ordinance. "Any mixture of gasoline end kerosene kero-sene which does not measure up to this test must be labeled 'Mixed O-K' and sold aa a mixture of tha two olla. Signs designating tha quality of the gasoline sold must be plslnly displayed on the pump from which the liquid la drawn so thst tha customer knowa which type he Is paying for. "With the constantly decreasing quality of gesnllne being sold on our city streets todsy, we decided It was tlms to stage a campaign of education for the benefit of motor oar users." ssld Mr. Hlnkley, discussing tha new ordinance. "For teat purposes we purchased pur-chased ssmples of gasoline at different statlona around Detroit and teeted It for kerosene. We found that from I to it per eent of tha liquid waa kerosene. The big oil companies blame the various vari-ous dealers for the adulteration and have O. K.'d tha Detroit city standard aa a method of protecting the public from an Inferior product. "We are sending the Detroit formula to ether eltlea and are endeavoring to i atari a nationwide campaign, which will materially Improve the operation of car for hundred of Ihouaanda of I automobile owners." |