Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, December 16, 1923, Page 26

PAGE FOUR. RED GASOLINE. | 5 ADVOCATED Color Would Save Many Accidents, Bureau Says. The novel suggestion that all motor gasoline be colored red as @ safety measure designed to guard against its being mistaken for water, kerosene, or other colorless Iqiuid products, is advanced by ‘W. A. Jacobs, chemical engineer department of the interior, who has been detailed by the Bureau of Mines to make a special study of the hazards of gasoline. ‘The use of the col sidered almost unive: ication of danger, Mr. Jacobs points out. On the railroads it shows the engineer that the track is not clear, in blasting operations it warns people of possible danger; traffic officers use it as an indicator that traffic is halted; and in some states all gasoline sold must be dis pensed in containers painted red In fact red has been used so long as an indication of danger that practically everyone recognizes the need for care when this symbol !s displayed. In war time, the army and nav require that all gasoline of the so-called “fighting grade" be colored red. This is a safety precaution which indicates to the men handling the fuel that tt 1s much more volatile than the ordinary motor gasoline and consequently more likely to take fire and possibly pro duce a violent explosion The red color also ser to prevent tho filling of the fighting planes with motor gas, which {s not sufficiently volatile and 1s likely to cause the motor to fail and result in a bad accident. Gasoline 1s often mistaken for water, kerosene, or gsome other colorless liquid, and, judging from various newspaper reports, this mi take often results in explosions and fires, and sometimes in loss of life As many gasoline cans, pumps. tank wagons, etc., are painted red to indicate possible danger, the sug gestion is made that motor gasolins be colored red to serve as an extra precaution. Various chemcial com- panies manufacture a soluble red dye for mineral olls which is cheap, easy to use, imparts a distinct color to the gasoline, and has no @eleterious effect on the gasoline or the engine in which {t {s burned. The Bureau of Mines has made a number of experiments with this dye and has found that one ounce is sufficient to impart a distinctive color to one thousand gallons of gasoline at an approximate cost of seven cents. It is not feasible to color gasoline used for dry cleaning, solvent, or other similar purposes. how. ever, estimated by the tional Automobile Chamber of Commerce that 90 per cent of the gasoline pro- duced !s consumed in internal com- ustion engi principally auto mobiles, and it is believed that the universal use of this dye for all motor gasoline would cut down very materially the hazards incidental to its handling and use. Objection might be made that some un- scrupulous dealers would use this dye to camouflage a cheap, poorly refined gasoline, but as the great bulk of gasoline is bought and sold on a specification basis, there would seem to be little likelihood of ¢ ception being practiced. Should any Jer attempt such deception the motorist would aware of the fact due operation of his motor. claimed that the use of this dy a eliminate all gasoline acct he color should serve 25 net warning and in most cases cause the people handling this type of fuel to treat it with proper respect. —— SCRIPTURE REVISED | 1 sarage and jn icule for its name epareth a breakdown the presence mine in though {t goeth Ike hell in t getteth the hic I fear great ¢ it getteth its dying gasps; tt comfort me. It annointeth my head with oll its radiator leaketh and boileth over coughs | 1 when y dis Che Casper Sunday Cribune For Poor O!d Dat to make him glad We think of guys in jazzy ties and Tobacco jars and punk cigars in a Year after year the poor old dear And Dad comes in and tries to grin Why not go buy the poor old guy pluggin’? When what Dad lacks is new jim POOR OLD DAD By Harry Davis, Salesman for Chanslor & Lyon As Christmas nears, we scratch our ears, and wonder what we'll buy. that he's a livin’ guy multicolored socks. fancy colored box. has never had a change, From socks and ties and when he dies perhaps he'll think it strange, That when on earth around his hearth the folks seemed to agree, That Santa Claus was not for Dads, but just for such as we. We shout with gtee around the tree at sights of gifts we prize, as he draws socks and ties. You all know Dad, the Cear old lad ,is such a cheerful giver. a’ spotlight for his flivver? Dad 'kes his car drives it far and what would there be neater, Than a new tool kit for his old jit, or a nice bright Motometer? There’s a million things that Santa brings, then why for socks keep cracks to keep his car a-chuggin’, RULES AGAINGT JAY WAL IN URGING ATTENTION Pursuing {ts policy of pointing the way to new developments In the pro- cess of automobile betterment, the National Motorists Association, thru its headquarters at the Nutional Capital, has asked the cooperation of its 350 or more affiliated auto- mobi!'e clubs in the work of helping| the pedestrian out of the way of| motor cars. Pointing out that “the pedestrian’s problem is the motorist’s problem, Fred H. Caley, executive secretary of the N, M. A. declares that “no motorist can feel reasonably safe or comfortable so long as the pedes- trian ts an ever-present hazard to h'm, and :t has thus become a fea- ture of an automobile safety to have ulation.” » failed to regulate s Caley, “so the has set out to ‘wa’k | Therefore, it remains r the automobile clubs throughout country to handle the situation as an automobile problem, and re- peat their succesful efforts with re spect to automobile regulation. “Considering the remarkable num- ber of cars on the streets, and the rapidity with which the automobile has come into use in the narrow streets of crowded cities, automobile traffic {s exceptionally wel!-handled. Much of this is due to the efforts made by automobt'e clubs to advo cate good laws and insist upon their proper enforcement. “The clubs have also educated the driver to a better understand'ng of ‘oblem of traffic, and h en- aged the development of a great er sense of personal respons!bi'ity. “The one hope for the present muddle, and the solution to the in- creasing number of traffic accidents is for the automobile clubs to apply their experience to the pedestrian “Unquestionably this would have been done long ago had anyone an ticipated that the inability of the| police to regulate the pedestrinn | would become a direct menace tc those who conscientiously endeavor to drive their cars safely. “It was generally supposed that the traffic officers would be able to guard pedestrians who attempted to A Nash for KING AS IMPORTANT AS MOTOR REGULATIONS, ASSOCIATION CHIEF oAYS FOR KINDRED PROBLEM cross at crossings or otherwise fol- ‘ow the ordinances to the letter. But the facts show that the average traf- fic officer has all he can do to take care of vehicular traffic, let alone look after pedestrians. “Pedestrians appreciate this, and thelr present habit of crossing ac- cording to their own ideas Is readily appreciated. “Secretaries of clubs affiliated with A. report that in many lo- calities the motorist is frequently given more consideration than he 220 S. David St. $] 4 50 FREEZE PROOF 100 Per Cent Better Than Regular Ford Radiator CASPER TIRE & RADIATOR CO. GENERAL TIRE. AND RADIATOR REPAIRING to plough through a group of pedes- trians merely because he has the right of way and because the officer is provoked at the way pedestrians y him. Under such circum- ces the motor car operator finds his path overstocked with hazards, and in nine cases out of ten he would rather wait than take a chance of injuring someone, regard- less of whether he might not be to blame technically. “There dre many cases on record where the automobile driver has} been injured, or hag injured other motorists, in trying to avold the pedestrian,” says Caley. pi “A large percentage of what ex- perts call carelessness on the part of pedestrians 1s plain desperation. It is going to be the business of the} National Motorists Association to q be 9, NATIONAL CYCLE HOW PLANNED ‘The 10th National Motorcycle, Bicycle and Accessory show will held tn Chicago, February 4 to 1924, at the Broadway armory. The last show was held in New York. in order that each section of the country be properly recognized the show will be alternated between the east and the west, New York one year and Chicago the next. show _ brings The the entire together | their production and sales. Read the Ads If You Want All the News dollars worth of property saved for its owners that would never have been recovered otherwise. cycling industry annually and manufacturers, jobbers and dealers get together, exchange views and lay plans for further increase of ‘The season just closing has been very good for the cycle people. Approx! mately 50,000 motorcycles were made and sold while bicycle produc tion and sales ran better than half 8 million. The value of the motor- cycle and bicycle as a means of swift and economical transportation is being realized more fully today than ever before and retail mer- chants in practically every line of business are using the motorcycle and side van for quick, light de livery purposes, effecting a marked saving over the horse drawn de- very wagon or motor truck. The motorcycle has another place in society with the city, state police and constabulary. By Its use automobile bandits have been apprehended and thousands of The Handiest Place in Town To Get Your Gas and Oil SERVICE FILLING STATION East First and Yellowstone county and find out who's to blame for encour- aging the pedestrians to inadvertent- ly become & menace to motorists. It may be the peoplo who are over- ating traffic without recalling ne pedestrian is a unit of St N. M. A, wil see.” The subject of the pedestrian in re'ation to the motorist was mong the important topics dis at the recent convention of the } M. A. in Washington, wher. the experience of the greatest or- ganization of motorists was applied to some of the country's biggest automobile problems. — ee 7 A new way of relieving traffic congestion in downtown districts is being undertaken by Woodward & Lathrop, a Washington, D. C. de- partment store according to the cur rent issue of Bus Transportation. Free bus service to and from parking spaces outside the business district {s provided for patrons who cannot leave their own cars near the store because of the parking regula tions. A 25-passenger bus travels continuously from 9:15 @. m. to 6:00 Pp. m. over 2 route covering sections of the city where unlimited parking is permitted. FORD RADIATORS Phone 685-3 Christmas The Old Fashioned Christmas Is in the Fading Distance Radio Is In the Mind of Everyone This Year Surely goodness and mercy shail follow me in all the days of my life or I shall dwell in the bughouse forever. But tell me brethren, how will I ever get along without it? 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