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Show - CUTTING DOWN COST OF FUEL U 5er nri , Ufwll. As a reaction against thp high K)Gna prlco r,f .lAolino .-mturiiobil'.' m;inu-iali m;inu-iali ea fnrtunir. .jre bcginnini; to fjmplo ofjwrm chfapor fuMs lor testing purposes, lainri and wliile this practice has not et become general, from present Indira Ad Uai tion? ii is satv- 10 jir-diet tli.it it rep-pnblilim rep-pnblilim ream's ;i pnyilde v:i in? of upward ;t9t) of r.CKUM gallons of saboline within ecdnd thp next !vc months alone. Al tr i thouiib thir Is ! cur.ith cl but a diop r In the bucket as compared with the DiSf total cost of Gasoline for automobile use. it is by no means negligible at 3ptlbJ a tlm-' win-n ihr- ml refiners are 0.8X11 pqn--P7lni: cer possible drop of the It EOfc- llRlnei oils oat of a none ion plrnM-tei, plrnM-tei, ladt ful supply of petroleum On the same I I hflRla of calculation the emploment i! Snjn of rherip fueb for motor testing will ! Involve a direct saving of at least J fcudl $1,750,000. tltiai- This was one of the many phases of the gasoline situation considered in at a meeting held In New York last , Iff hi week b ili- speeial fuel i n vest I gat -hti inp r'oinm'tlHr f Society of Au tomobile Engineers recently appoint -ed to co-operate v. Ith the gasoline trfllW' producers and others in soekini; a so-llfcjjl'' so-llfcjjl'' lution of the automobile fuel prob- 'nl I m g , The employment of cheap fuels for at MB tes'in purposes, is n subject more tifPH" or los aB'a,J from main purpose iiM Of the InvcsUation which, however. ' , jj,; was deemed of sulflclent importance ?ci' engage the Immediate attention o.' the committee. Quite a number of , , p the more prominent manufacturers, notably In Detroit and Cleveland, al-.fa'i al-.fa'i read', are n.;n or ar.- iii'iallr, city 1 lh4',r u'c r"orn' In ;i l,um- her instanee.- the pi . ..mpani.--r ere supplying mixing valves to re-jUmr re-jUmr place the ordinary carbureter during the test. In others a simple attach- ' ment for connection to one of the air ports of the carbureter itself Is J employed Sixty cent gas so employed em-ployed has been found to be prac-1 I llcally equivalent to 9-cent gasoline, and in general a saving of one-half the fuel cost for the running in 01 motors on the testing stands is pos- I slble bv using ga.s. In cities like De- j trolt where 45-cent gas is available J at present and where 35-cent gas is soon to become available the saving Is proportionately greater. FEROCIOUS BULLDOG GIVEN ROBE TO BITE AND KILLED Greeley, Colo . May 17. Dr. J. A. Dundan was attacked by a huge bull- dog yesterday. Ho threw a laprobe ! I over the animal's head and then ran lover its neck with his automobile, killing It instantly The doctor was at the end of a l road and the foot of a steep hill and 1 was about to step from the car when , the dog leaped at him. While the, , animal mouthed the robe he killed it. |