GAS V. ELECTRICITY.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XXII, Issue 3467, 26 October 1896, Page 6

GAS V. ELECTRICITY.

The new in Lanca- '--'' SHIRE. Coal gas. It is Dot long since the indications were that coal gas was going to be driven out of the market alttgetber by electricity, both as a generator af power and as an illuminator. ..Experiments which have lately been made in the North of England seem to point to ** n?w leace of life for this well tried servant of the public. The motor car, which has lately been attracting so much attent on in England, France and America, instead of petroleum or eWtricit.v in to have compressed gas as itmotive i ower if the results of th» trials are to be relied on.' A g-ic engine, of the " Otto " typo is placed under the car, with a supply of compressed gas in cylinders. A new sort of working has naturally bpep a leading ide* with those interested in the commercial success <»f the invention, and the coat of running, it. is paid, per mile, is 2JJ, ag&' p t 3^d for electro traction, or s£d fov horsepower. Beally, taking the cost of gas at 2s 6d per 1000 feet, the expense it* under a penny per mile. Vibration, up to the pre- • sent a bugbear, is said t«\ be here reduced to a minimum, i.e., an average quantity. Moreover, the system has besn tried, on two lir e*, one at Dresden and th* other at Desnau. and are woiki-y "most successfully." Considering the succession of shocks « hirh gas companies have bad in the last year or two the pucees* of this invention will come a* • welcome, if new experience.