Show ALCOHOL VERSUS GASOLINE J In lit r. r ph I. I to Inquiries from tho the United state Consul Hobert P. P Skinner r of oC Marseille furnishes the tho following Information relative to the status of ot alcohol and gasoline as power producers ji i 3 In Franco France and the th efforts which have haye boon made mad toward tho the general uso use of tho the former Real and rapid progress has been made mado in overcoming over over- doming coming pa past t objections to tho the u use c of alcohol and when i the price of or denatured alcohol ii is l somewhat lower than limn the tho price of or gasoline it can bo he for the tho latter both for Cor and anti gen gen- Cn oral r power purposes e Former Forme reports showed thru that the hl high h cost of or alcohol excessive ho consumption anI anti and th the resulting oxidation o of mechanical parts part had not b been en counterbalanced by any discoverable Cr advantages antl How seriously e the these there o problems hays havo been hen a attacked ma may be Judg Judged d from Crom the h expression of oC an informant perhaps Informant perhaps tho the most important French manufacturer of or carburetors who carburetors who under tinder date of or March 28 HIOS Wo We e esteem the tho question of oC the Industrial us use uso of or orth th the alcohol motor as HJ definitely and the carburetors carburetors car car- created In view of or this utilization hays lu given satisfactory results TILe The U lisP P of or alcohol will become become- more mort ad advantageous when an understanding Is brought ht about bet between een the producers whereby prices shall sh obtain some somo fixity and Vh when n the tho state shall have e solved fol the tho question of ot th the denaturing a agent gem ent t. t If in ingenuity has mastered tho the material difficulties tie ties in tho the wa way of oC substituting alcohol for gasoline gasoline gasoline gaso gaso- line commercially the tho problem is h almost almo t as Insolvable insolvable in- in solvable as lS ever vel nn end and 1 I If it Is 19 Insolvable abo in France where ga gasoline Ts Is dear and alcohol relatively cheap it must be still more so In th the United States where gasoline Is is ch cheap p 1 and alcohol clear 1041 Nevertheless less eg with raw mat material available for fOI the manufacture turo ture of alcohol In every country countr und under r the sun Bun and with very few gasoline g producing centers It ItIs ItIs itIs Is hardly venturing too much to n assume s lm that er ero many years there will bo be a permanent and amI general use of alcohol as t n a source of or motive o power COKE COIE GAS I CO COMBINED rr-ED rr WITH ALCOHOL The Tho one serious and sustained practical experience exper exper- lence lenc with alcohol ns as a driving force in France Fronce Is that of or the tho Compagnie des R e-R Omnibus de tie deParis Paris Parl the hC heavy 3 public vehicles o of which traveled miles between Juno June 11 1906 and No- No o- o 1 I 1907 propelled by a mixture of or CO GO per percent percent cent of or carbureted alcohol and 50 per cent of It may be bc a added is of or recent manufacture manufacture man man- In France where it i is obtained by hy the condensation of or gases recovered from coke The company compan named I Is more mere than satisfied with It its venture and proposes es to continue the use of or this mixture mixture- This experiment is conclusive c in it its material aspects but it is successful commercially only because be- be cause of or tho the artificially hl high h price of or gasoline In inthe tho the city of or Paris ParI brou brought ht about h by the impo imposition of oC an nn tax of or 20 ratios francs per ler hectoliter per 2641 rA 1 gallons Tho The effect o of this municipal taxation is such that In Paris Pari gasoline was tas worth worthin in November last 06 56 6 francs per pcr hectoliter 10 SI SIper per 2541 gallons against 39 39 francs J for carbureted alcohol tho the may upon j jonly ia hectoliter lh The These e only francs 98 OS cents per pcr different municipalities municipal municipal- taxes vary greatly g In fri IUs and leaving In them out of oC consideration the thc general price of or gasoline g In Franco France la last t November XO was 36 francs 69 per pr hectoliter and find that of oC carbureted carburet d alcohol francs Cranes Though tho the a advantage anta e as al to price I is apparently with carbureted carbureted carbureted car car- I it must alwa always s 's bo ho remembered that tho the consumption of oC this fuel exceeds that of ot gasolIne gasoline gaso gaso- line IIno by about 5 per cent Thus TItus for Cor tho the moment while alcohol motors can bo be used arid and are arc used no real economy econom has yet et been effected b by the use o of alcohol as a n. driving in fuel Cuel granting its equal efficiency and there is the further disadvantage that thai no commercial organization organization organization exists whereby automobile owners are assured as assured as- as the country coun coun- o of obtaining supplies throughout try tn GOYER GOVERNMENT rET CO CONSIDERATION CONSIDERATION MANUFACTURERS MANUFACTURERS' VIEWS vir The Tho French parliament is now actively considering consUl consid ering the subject in all alJ Its aspects am and the tho proper committee has ha recently summoned to Its ILs sittings various distillers of alcohol and manufacturers in interested interested in in- In Its use The following aro are translations translations tion of two letters addressed 1 to tho the parliamentary commission by automobile manufacturers A firm firmat firmat firmat at VIerzon wrote In reply to tho the questions which you ou have addressed addressed addressed ad ad- dressed to us In regard to tho the means necessary ar to extend the Industrial nn and commercial use lIse of or alcohol we wa be beg beK to sa say that carbureted carb 1 alcohol with 50 per percent percent cent ot of ro A um d tso of ot gasoline gaso gaso- line This product t. t employed ll in a carburetor does docs OCI not grease rase tho motors and only attacks the tho accumulation of oC grease which valves cs The Tho slight we have recognized arises chiefly chien from the denaturIng denaturing ing Jag agents employed cd b by the administration During several cral e curs wo have ha mn made mado uso use of carbureted alcohol and tho the only disadvantages anta 1 es which we wc have ha r recognized nr are te difficulty o of obtaining supplies g while en n route and the thc awkwardness growing out of the Instability of prices which discourage e the partisans partisans par paT of alcohol A concern at wrote as follows We V desire to state stat that wo we have havo few devices de constructed for Cor tho u use e ot of alcohol for these reasons Up to this time there has hus been no economical reason wit whiT way carbureted alcohol should l be employed on the tho contrary the time cost of oC gasoline Is lower lowel Moreover er carbureted alcohol causes a more rapid deterioration of or the motors than gasoline on account 1 of oC the presence presence pres pres- ence once of water vater which Is found Cound In the tho alcohol and the metallic which producing a n condensation upon linings causes them to rust In order that pure alcohol or carbureted alcohol replace gasoline S It Is necessary that the tho cost ma may ob obtained ob- ob per horsepower bo be notably lower than the cost tamed 1 b by the tho use uso of or ga gasoline It Is possible to put motors In movement mo with carbureted l alcohol without first ht heating them al although although al- al though this tills is less cas easy and less sure suie than titan with gasoline but with Ith pure puro alcohol it is IN necessary to heat tho the carbureting apparatus b by means of oC un an exterior exterior ex ex- ex- ex tenor en envelope elope before satisfactory results can be obtained In conclusion we wo have ha only onh utilized 1 al alcohol nl- nl cohol cobol or carbureted alcohol in order to conduct laboratory experiments and for or one ono or two races In which our machines 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