UNION CO. AND OIL FUEL.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1426, 29 April 1912, Page 4

UNION CO. AND OIL FUEL.

CHANGES IN SIGHT. According (o Hie San Francisco "Cull ,, of March 7, on thai date Mr. \V. Smart, supprinlcntiiii!.' engineer for Ilio Tiiion Steam .Ship Company of .Vow Zealand, was oil on important mission in Sun Francisco. Ho was investigating "Iho fuel oil situation" and the latest, oilburning apparatus in view of tliu fact that the. new ships building for the Union Company in Dritniii "arc !o bo oil burners." Moreover, "in addition to getting data to bo used in tlioir construction, Mr. Smart, will kike up tlio matter of converting tlio present ships of the lino so that they, too, can \m\ tlio modern fuel." Mr. Smart said that he was particularly interested in tlio new mechanical oilburning system that had boon installed by the Union Ironworks on a number ot steamers, "It is understood," odds the "Call," "that prior t- converting the older ships, the- I't-i'o . Si' "!in Ship Company will ostab'i'U n til Nation at Tahiti. The t'liicii '""!: i , nresent burn Australian coal. rii< !.i ', :»r tlio homeward voyage is brciKi >'Vf" m-. freight, and hero transferred '.■''",'■ !>■'!'! li- bunkers. This is an oxpens •;• ..)VM'. ■■>"., md a dirty one, and it is ))c'!">" i : ; ii :>e change from coal to oil, cvv.ii.- I.i- of coal in Australia, .v! , , -w-,\ ;■ material saving, in additii-i! I- - .iii.inv.- :■■ the eilieieucy of tlio ships.