The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-31

CTtC1u makers have recently stCppet
tn the front. says Mr.. Maxim:
last year the best gasoline equip
ments were made in Europe. Today
/; Is more than probable that the best
gasoline equipments can ~ obtained iu
America. altho IL must bC und.rss ppd
that there are also inferior ones offered
for sale there. Tn. hest American
gasoline carriage - today an -ntircly
practical and SCrViCcabic vehicle. %
can be- depended upon every day in the
year IL IL b. given reasonable uppuytuE
mites. II requires more skill tp upcr-
ate than Is necessary with an electric
carriage. and considerably more skill
tu maintain ttsssassass
The gasoline used in the best ma
chimes is what j. generally known iu
the trade rs - degree. Any gasoline
ar uaphtha is suitable. althp that b.
tween ~ and - degrees gives the s~&;
results. This can be purchased
throughout the United States at y prize
which averages tftCru cents per gallon
In the best gasoline carriages iu which
two passengers are carried aud which.
without passengers. weigh about seven
hundred pounds. the consumption ~
gasoline T.. ON ordinary country roads.
about O.OS gallon per mile.
u Is necessary. Mr.. Maxim tells us.
that y gasoline automobile should BE
cared for by n mechanic lu the
hands ~ any one else d Is practically
useless An ordinary stahl. man can
hot manage one. Where the owner has
ne mechanical bent and can not keep
an cxper: mechanic. bts machine j.
often cared for by one 81 the cpmpa-
mics that make q speciality % looking
| out for them. Gasoline motors are not
| usually successful when the load IS
more than fifsceu hundred pounds, az
steam carriages. the third gni last
type the writer speaks as follows
''ThcS. have been produced especial
IL in the vicinity ot Boston. ju Oh"
United States. aud. ju q few instances.
apparently perform the regular service
| i'm which light gasoline vehicles else
where excel. They are operated by
small stcam-bujleT placed under the
seat. and a very small htEh-Sp-ed
Stsam-cuginC. gc1r"d tn the driving
axle. The weights are very much less
than in the case uf the gasoline ear
riagc. sometimes rs muCh as >" PER
cent. aud the speeds are very high.
| The fire Is made to take care ut Itself
automatically in the best vehicles.
cloud of visible steam at the exhaust
Il difficult to avoid. and there - always
a slight roar from the IRE. which ts
usually one of gasoline. burning tn
large Buuscu burncr...ss.s.s
The steam Ca-riaE. is able tn fil tho
unlimited distance requirements as
well a. the gasoline vehicle its pe-
cuIiaritics. however. are decidedly diff
fcrcut. and there are very few success
| fuI light steam vehicles in daily usrs
a. compared with number ut success
| ful gasoline vehicles IA daily service.
For weights exceeding tftscn hundred
pounds and distances exceeding even
ten miles. however. steam has pruvcn
more successful than anything else. In
Great Britain there are several vchi-
Cles in regular use for carrying heavy
loads Of general merchandise In
| France the same condition us affairs
exists IN the transportation OF large
numbers of passengers and heavy. mer-
Chandise. From a EnoWlcdEe. hpWcvers
OF experiments that are being made ON
both sides of the Atlantic. 10 seems
very probable that. at least for tn"
| transportation of heavy loads of pas
senEers over fairly long distances.
other systems will BE- developed IN the
near future which will seriously CON-
pete with steam"
In conclusion. the situation az re-
CARDS the mechanical traction Of car
riages and wagons j. thus summarized
/ by Mr.. Maxim:
| The motor-vehiCls situation. then.
as We have To- face il today. offers three
different practicable systems for the
propulsion OF road vehicles. All three
are eminently successful and s8ttsfac-
tory in their field. but none of them
completely fills all fields. Instead of
the broad statements which Ne see con
uuually that this or that system IL tn"
best for all services. we find that % de-
pends entirely upon the requirements
and limitations Of the particular ease
a. question: