Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 172, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 July 1916 — Railroads Use More Oil. [ARTICLE]

Railroads Use More Oil.

There was a marked increase in the use of petroleum as locomotive fuel by the railroads of the country during the past year. According to data prepared, by the United States geological survey the oil fuel consumed as locomotive fuel last year amounted to 136,648,466 barrels, an increase of 5,555,200 barrels," or 18 per cent over the similar consumption in 1914. This increase is ascribed to the relatively low’ prices prevailing for fuel grades of oti during the last year and a half as a result of the increased production of low-grade crude in the Gulf Coast states and la Mexico and of the augmented output of suitable residuals from refineries operating in ever-increasing number in Oklahoma and Kansas.