The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-25
/ |ITER|ES
ARE POOR
koInobiIe Co.
Closes Down
Plant.
|lIT ADVICES
FROM MANAGER
! Now Looking for 50-MiIe
Efaiss May Use Steam
as Motive Power.

gsraiian Automobile Company.
closed down its plant and
-sponding to calls on Sunday
TIE closing of the doors of the
y is for an indefinite period, al
4 is hoped by the directors that
~ be able to resume business
the next three months.
sgr L. T. Grant, who installed
ai and started the running of
adsome automobiles. has gone
have a consultation with the
,cturers Of the autos, and to
the most recent patents in
motors.
e. past three weeks the COM
S been considering the advisa-
banking the fires in the en-
ka and taking the autos OF the
] but kept gradually dropping
he competitive race for fares.
4 seton was taken on Saturday
81 word was given to close up
zaess Sunday night
the company began operating
kovered that the machines were
|,zg as guaranteed by the man
rs. "A pledge had been made
= batteries could be charged
Scent electricity to enable the
un at least twenty miles with
rAarging. Shortly after they
szd operations 1t was seen that
~ couid not go more than eight
vFsQt running down. leaving
Ststa stranded when the power
= The drivers had to seek the
* ssphone and call for an auto
Il power house to take the
Vehicle in tow.
Z The small runabout which
|sai Atherton and Manager Grant
|k'sonally, could not make a run
= than eight miles without be-
'Hharged, although upon the
q Chicago, where they were
hey attained a maximum Of
airfy-fve miles with a single
+ si the automobiles have been
/ get 10 the Pail and back. and q
| fsntalus was entirely out OF the
b. A trip to Waikiki and back
Esnded with difficulties, and thus
: batteries have proven an utter
Edent J. B. Atherton stated to an
r-ser reporter yesterday:
,zye succeeded in everything I
'!et undertaken, and I viii sue
! this also. II is either break or
nth me. 1t is true that we have
down the plank. Just how long
<anite but until we are assured
= ean secure batteries which viii
'2s automobiles fifty miles with
charging, 1t is unlikely that We
ace the vehicles on the streets
lh be run by electricity.
.ite other hand, If Mr.. Grant does
{ that electricity win be success
= motive power here, the vehicles
! remodeled to be run by steam.
make locomobiles out of them.
oeomobiles we could run any
70 the Pas. up Tantalus. But
q present poor facilities for run
= autos We were doing our ma
hore harm than good, and the
5 5 we're running up an enormous
= vas not a matter of dollars and
nh Ee, for / would have con-
] g Fun it had it not been that the
vas not benefitting by the ser
: we're giving them. It was our
! give the public good service or
eEant has gone to New York,
e ~in make a thorough study
.snooiIes. / expect to hear from
shortly with some news as to
= considers will be best for us.
= O his, and one directly inter-
4 the Hawaiian Automobile
~ IS with him. and they will
= ! stone unturned to devise some
; 'y which our company can go
!, ! 6oogs. secretary of the Ha-
A9lomobile Company. who has
ing manager during the alb
kanaser Grant. is hopeful that
=, 5Fan; viii find the battery
o acceptable 10 the condi-
=. ,s seen for some time that we
!. nope 20 continue as a public
'A our present facilities. It
- s'i2e Of late that an automo-
carry its passengers to their