Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1916 — KEROSENE AS A MOTOR FUEL [ARTICLE]

KEROSENE AS A MOTOR FUEL

The attempt of Alfred Gohn to drive an ordinary automobile from Warren to New York with common kerosene as the motor power, Was successful under adverse circumstances. He encountered weather which made the going hard, and even froze his radiator, but in spite of this lie made an average of twenty miles to the gallon. Nor was this kerosene specially prepared for the purpose, but was purchased at the stores on the route as the driver needed it. If the experiment to use kerosene in place of gasoline should prove a success, it will be of great value to the oil industry, since the refiners have been handicapped for several years by the accumulation of stocks of illuminating oil on their hands.— Oil City Derrick.