New System Reported to Be Working Satisfactorily Canton, July 25, As far as Canton is concerned, the use of charcoal gas as fuel for motor vehicles has passed its experimental siege. Buses of several motor transortation companies are now equipped with charcoal-converters and the new project is reported to be working satisfactorily.
The machinery ordered from a foreign firm by the Provincial Department of Reconstruction for the charcoal-converters manufacturing lant to be erected here has arrived and it is expected that before winter the factory will be completed and charcoal gas outfits will be produced.
The plan for making extensive use of the charcoal gas system as a means to cut down the cost of motor fuel is being enthusiastically pushed ahead. Further tests recently conducted by the Reconstruction Department are reported to be successful and have convinced the Canton Government officials that the new system will save Kuantung province millions of dollars and that no time should be further wasted in enforeing its adoption—Reuter.
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