The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-08-10
5. The Automobile.

| Rain has. again interfered with sever
/ al proposed auto trips around the island
during the week, and whatever runs
have been taken have been short ones
/ few people caring to risk the roads
| beyond Haleiwa !
| j. P. Cooke has shipped his new
| White steamer to Kahului. H TP
! Baldwin also has a White car and both
| expect to spend some time touring the
! island. Later these gentlemen will BE-
| Joined by DIR. Dinegar who also re-
| sides on Maui. DR.. Dinegar purchased
a car in San Francisco through the
Won Hamm- Dung Co. and win bring
il to the islands with him after his re-
turn from a visit to the East.
Both John d. Rockefeller and his
wife are enthusiastic over automobile
ing and John D. recently placed an
order for a new large car.
The automobile record between San
Francisco and Los Angeles, a distance
of 4S2 miles by rail, and considerably
more by roads, has again been broken,
this time by Geo. A. Hensley Follow
ing is an account of the trip recently
received from San Francisco:
Geo. A. Hensley, accompanied by H.
D. Ryus and A. H. Piepenberg as
change drivers and Gus Seigfreid as
mechanic, left San Francisco at 1918
p m. July % in Mr.. Hensley's car, and
III exactly q hours and II minutes the
sturdy car and it's plucky drivers pull
ed into Los Angeles. The fastest time
was made in the early part of the trip
After San Luis Obispo had been reached
and it was seen that barring serious
accidents the record was badly beaten,
much slower time was made to guard
against any possibility of failure. In
addition to this slowing down, an
hours time was lost near Salirl Is by
taking the wrong road. The White
Sewing. Machine Co. received a tele-
from from Hensley reading as follows:
I'VE lowered Pope Toledo's Coast rec
ord nearly four hours. If necessary could
have driven car two hours faster"
The. Pope Toledos record was "a
hours and "a minutes. and, to be exact.
Hensley's White car beat this just
hours and ~ minutes.
By breaking the record, Mr.. Hensley
wins the Chronicle cup for any car
costing $3.50 or less to lower the elapsed
time record for that class of cars
which formerly stood at 81 hours 80
minutes. To reduce the record of a
moderate priced car, however, was not
Mr.. Hensleys aim. and he went after
and secured the "all Corners record
The cup Won by Mr.. Hensley becomes
his sole property, but, sportsman that
he is he has offered it to any car
lowering his record.
The White enthusiasts in Los Ange-
les and San Francisco were exuberant
A tremendous crowd awaited the ar
rival of Hensley as hourly bulletins in
formed them of his progress, and it
was known almost to a minute when he
arrived. The news was telephoned San
Francisco Immediately and an army of
White users with quickly eXtemporized
transplendencies. paraded up and down
Market and kearney streets blowing
whistles, footing horns and celebrating
The round was made of the
various garages of the city and of the
different newspaper offices.
Mr.: Hensley believes he has the rec
ord lowered to a point where it will
stay for some time. but if it is beaten,
il is safe to say that Mr.. HenSley viii
go at it again, for he is confident he
can do at least two hours better than
his present time.