The Hawaiian gazette., 1899-10-10

tFrom Mondays Daily)


successful one. r. ID. Tenney was in
charge Of the machine and handled 1t
as though he was used to II. During
the trip from his residence to King
street and out along Punahou street
the vehicle was tried at three differ
ent rates Of speed. first at four miles.
then at eight. and on Punahou street
at fourteen miles an hour. II worked
most smoothly and easily at all times.
was well under control. and. a most
important point. 1t appeared to excite
no undue attention from horses.
though II was amusing at times to
note their drivers preparations for the
expected calamity.
In Paris and London motor vehicles
! are as common as cable and electric
cars in San Francisco. France and
England are away ahead Of America
in the adapting of them to everyday
practical purposes. and society on the
Continent has what might be awk-
wardly called acknowledgements, SO
furiously has the fad taken hold ucon
aristocratic fancy. In France there Is
an automobile club with nearly 1000
members. some of whom have Travelled
thousands Of miles in their own mo-
tor conveyances. In fact, a big part
of Europe has been explored by horse
less c0ntrivances of every sort adapt
able to road journey or the climbing
of mountains
Few people have any idea of the
scope of the motor vehicle. There are
no less than 200 different types OF them
in actual use In America. and fully 100
OF these have different methods OF OPP
Grafton. Nearly $500. 100000 has been
invested In America within the
past year in factories for the construc-
ton of automobiles. These are run
ming day and night to I'LL rush orders
for carriages, trucks. delivery wagons.
coaches, tricycles and other vehicles.
Chicago has motor ambulance. a
motor gun-carriage Is being made for
army use, and there is every likelihood
that automobiles will entirely replace
the mountain stage lines of California.
New York has only a hundred or SO
Of electric cabs, but there are nearly
ten times that number scudding about
the streets Of Paris.
As to the motive power of automO-
biles. France has preference for
Vasoline EnvIand for sfoa m and NOR
lea for eiectricitv
Little is Enown INV tho .verave read-
or about the wav IN which motor We
hicles are operated. There Is a general
impression that danger exists from
possible explosions. This is not the
case. The automobile cannot explode.
Moreover, 1t Ia built to climb hills with
the same facility that 1t covers level
twenty or more miles an bonr Vol so
simple ia the mechanism that a person
of intelIieence and iudgment who de-
sires m become a .:driyer" can learn
n in an hour
The ADVANTAGES NJ tho automohiIe
ara ito SAFETY its noiseIess u,ovements
its freedom from odor and Vibrations
Its disadvantaves arc ito heavy veight
owing IN storsge hoiteries its cost !
ond tho Sact that n con run on,v !.
Iir,i,ed distarca witho,, ha,ng 70
chargod
Motive nowers beside elec,ricitv GAS
cline and stesm now heins erneri-
,narted with m the Wainiard are com-
nressed air carhonic acid oas and al
cohoj
The storage batterv sor an electr;c
vehicle weigb. from Zoo IN zoo
pounds In weight the vehicles in
which e,ectricitv in emnloyed vary
from 600 To ,oOo Mounds a phaston
will weigh the greater mart of a tom
4 lever under the hand NJ the driver
controls the electrical current that On
crates the vehicle. rinRs its gong and
liehts its iamps. Rechareing must bs,
done every twenty mIles or 20. the lin
; n heinr thirty A family carriage on
Grated INV electricity can he had for
70 0O0 The maintenance OF storage
hat,sr,es yearly Varied from S50 Ia
Saoo according IN the weight Of the
vsh,c,e ana The nse m which n ia nut
When an amtomobiie suddenly stons