Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 November 1914 — Substitute for Gasoline Costs But 1½ Cents Per Gallon. [ARTICLE]

Substitute for Gasoline Costs But 1½ Cents Per Gallon.

A substitute for gasoline as a motive power for automobiles has recently been discovered by John Andrus of McKeesport, Fa., and has resulted in, the formation of a company, headed by Carl G. Fisher, of Indianapolis, to test out and manic facture the fluid if it proves to be all that is claimed for it.' The prodcut looks like water and smells like camphor balls. In a test made July 4th about four miles per hour more was made on a gallon of the fluid than with gasolipe, and after running 150 miles the engine was as clean as a hound’s tooth —not a speck of carbon on it, and the car was cooler than with gasoline. This test was made with a Marna on ‘4l. 1 ’ A final test of the new prpoduct, which temporarily has been called "zoline,” was started at the Indianapolis speedway Thursday in a Marmon 41 in a 500 mile run. Yesterday the saiAe test was to be repeated by the same car. After the 1,000 mile test the engine will be torn apart to ascertain whether zoline has injiuTed the mechanism, if the test proves successful, steps will be taken at once to place the fluid on the market. The fluid consists mostly of water, some napthalene' and two secret ingredients.