The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-09-05
ON AUTOMOBILES
Manager Grant on Pro.
spects of the Company.
Will Leave on the Australia to hurry
Up Matters Testimonis from
Riio People.

l.. 7. Grant of Hilo was one of the
Claudine's passengers yesterday morn
ing. Mr.. Grant has severed his con-
nection with the Hilo Electric Com
pany, whose plant he installed and for
which ever since its inception he has
acted az manager. He resigned in or
der to accept the position of manager
for the Honolulu Automobile Com
pany, which intends to conduct
horseless carriage service in this city.
That Mr.. Grants services were APP
preciated by the Hilo Electric Com
pany was shown by the token of es-
TEEN presented to him prior to his de-
parture by the stockholders and pub
lie generally. The gift was a hand
some gold watch, accompanied by the
following letter:
Dear Sir: Before severing our con-
nection with each other the officers of
this company desire to express their
high appreciation of the services rem
dered by yourself during the past four
years in the laying out of the original
plans, the selection of the machinery,
both ice and electrical, and the cree
ton and management of the plant in
all its departments. That the selec-
ton of machinery was good and the
erection workmanlike Is shown by the
general satisfaction of the cOmpany's
customers.
while regretting the loss of your
services. we desire to congratulate you
on having secured position in a
field where the pecuniary rewards will
be greater and the opportunities of
coming to the front much better than
they would be in Hilo. and also to as
sure you of our highest consideration
for yourself as man and our appre-
citation Of your abilities as an electro
clan. May we ask that you will ac-
cept the accompanying slight token of
our esteem, as a slight remembrance
of the very pleasant relations that
have existed between u.s..
Mr.. Grant leaves by the Australia
! for the States i'm order to complete all
| final arrangements and hurry along
the shipment of the automobiles.
We expect to- be in full running or
der and carrying people about the
streets of Honolulu by the middle of
| January. Our first shipment of about
twenty vehicles should be here in the
early part of December. At about that
| time. also, the material for the con-
| struction of the storage plant should
| arrive. The site for the power-house
has not yet been selected. Several
| points are under consideration, and a
choice will be made some time in the
near future.
Yes, | understand that Mr. Desky
has gone to- the Coast and intends to
have the honor of bringing the first
automobile to Honolulu. 1t Is diff
cult matter, however, to get the ma
chimes now, the demand being so
much greater than the supply. Why.
only the other day an order was placed
i'm New York for 1000 cabs. The fac
tories are working night and day.
New ones are being established by the
recently formed gigantic trust, and yet
the demand cannot be met. Our or
ders were placed In good season and
there Is no doubt of our machines ar
irving on time.
In the States the automobiles are
charging the same rate for public serv-
ice as the horse-vehicles. We shall not
raise the rates now in vogue In this
city. Japanese and Chinese drivers?
I guess not; not while ! am manager.
The delicate mechanism Of high
priced automobile Is not to be entrust-
ed to an ignorant Celestial who does
not know enough to keep on the right
side of the street. In New York the
examinations for drivers are extreme
ly rigid, and ours will not differ
much +"