200-MILE JAUNT
ON CALLON OF 'CAS.'
Two hundred miles on a gallon oi gasoline is the record actually accent (dished by an ordinary passcngei automobile, equipped with a new car buictor invented by C. N. Brogue, ol Winnipeg.
Experiments with the new device have been conducted over a period of 16 years. Satisfied that the invention is practicable, a number of Winnipeg business men have formed a syndicate to finance an organisation to market the accessory. Patents have been taken out in Canada, the United States, Great Britain and other countries.
Tho latest test was made in Winnipeg on a day when the temperature was 10 below zero, with a stiff north wind blowing. An S-cylinder coupe travelled exactly 26.2 miles on a measured pint of gasoline- (imperial measure). This is equal to 209.6 miles a gallon (imperial measure) which is about one fifth larger than the- American gallon.
At this rate, it is estimated; a tank full, 10 or 12 gallons, will suflice the ordinary motorist for a whole- summer’s driving. The gasoline bill of American motorists, which totalled about $4,000,000,000 in 193-1, would be cut to about a tenth of this Amount by the use of the new carburetor, or about $400,000,000.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 April 1936, Page 2
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