Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1910 — Oiling the Atlantic. [ARTICLE]

Oiling the Atlantic.

Pouring oil on the troubled waters will be much more than a metaphor If a plan offered by the United States Hydrographic Office is carired out. Its serious proposal Is to keep the path between New York and the Northern European ports well oiled, so that the waves be kept down and passengers may cross In perfect comfort The hydrographic office knows a lot about waves, and claims that nothing Is so bad for them as oil. Moreover, oil spreads quickly and thinly over the water, and hence the calming can be done at small expense. A quart of cheap petroleum an hour for each ship would, they say; do the work In decent weather, and $25 per trip ought to cover it easily. With the big liners constantly passing, the part carried away by the ocean curents would be restored without delay.—Wide World Magazine.