Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 January 1919 — U. S. Gasoline Substitute Reputed to Reduce the Cost by Sixty Cents on Dollar [ARTICLE]

U. S. Gasoline Substitute Reputed to Reduce the Cost by Sixty Cents on Dollar

A gasoline substitute which can be manufactured to sell at two-fifths of the present cost of gasoline may be on the market by the first of the year. An "announcement by the war department states that such a substitute has been produced by the research and development division of the department. According to the present plan, the formula will be released to manufacturers, probably under some agreement with the war department as to the margin of profit that will be allowed. The product, which has kerosene for a base, is odorless, colorless and non-corrosive, according to the war department’s statement, and tests have proved it to develop a thermal efficiency greater than the best gasoline. It was said that Capt. E. C. W eisgarber, a gas and oil engineer connected with the department, who is responsible for the discovery and development of the substitute, will be relieved from duty and placed in charge of its distribution.