The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-06-15
GARAGE IS
OPENED UP
Fine Display of Cars at
Won Hamm.Young
Building.

the Won Hamm- Young Company
opened their new garage to the public
last night and the occasion brought a
large number of auto owners and en-
thusiasts as well as others to the fine
new building on Alakea street in the
rear of the Young Hotel. The scene
presented there was a brilliant one
The great covered room was lighted
with tubular electric lights, but the
main illunina ton came from scores of
auto lamps that peered at one from
every side. There We're some eighteen
cars in place around the sides of the
room and Mr.. Campbell stated that
there We're twelve others out, as a total
of thirty owners of cars We're awaiting
themselves of the privileges of the
garage at the present time.
A garage such as this one is an
innovation in Honolulu, although all
the larger cities in the states have
them. Here owners may by paying a
certain stipulated sum per month, the
lsum being regulated by the size of the
car, leave their automobiles in the gar
age at any time and be sure that they
kept for the owners, but they are
washed, cleaned and adjusted without
additional charge. A man may bring
his machine in and say that he wants
it again in an hour and it will be
clean and ready at that time The gar
age is open every day from 6 a. m.
until midnight In connection with it
is a fully equipped repair shop and all
necessary parts for machines are kept
in stock. Dressing rooms are to be
built for both men and women so that
touring clothes may be kept at the
garage.
The building is 100 so feet in size,
with a floor space of 5000 square feet.
1t is of fireproof construction through
out. The floor and front and back
walls and roof are corrugated galvan-
lied iron on a steel frame. The few
sticks of timber in the frame are so
spaced that, there is not the remotest
possibility of the place catching fire.
The cost Of the building was over $4,000
and it has a capacity of forty cars. AS
soon as this limit is reached the COM
pany proposes to erect similar struc-
ture on the lot just makai of the pres
ent building. With thirty cars to start
in with it looks as if the limit would
soon be reached.
Several types of cars were repre-
scented last. night. There were Odds
mobiles, the runabout, the car that
really made the automobile a popular
vehicle in America, the touring runa-
bout the tonneau car and the more
elaborate touring car that is. a later
DEVELOPMENT There were White
steamers of two different models, there
was one model of the Autocar, a run
about and then there were two great
winton machines. The largest of the
two is the second largest size manu-
featured. It is almost as big as a
street car. as comfortable and roorny
as a private car and much more power
full than any electric car. 1t is OF 90
horse power and has a speed of a mile
a minute. Mr.. Campbell said that An
drew Carnegie owned duplicate one.
II Is TeIildihdUiC AO" SiiS ooNoi-
business in Honolulu has grown within
the past few months. Since going into
the business in October the'Von Ham
Young Company has sold a total of for
ty-four machines, which means that the
automobile Is becoming a very popular
article here. Much promotion work is
being done in the trade papers and by
the companies who are always asking
for material about automobiling in Ha-
wall for use in their advertisements.
The garage will be open for the in
spection of the public every evening
this week and the display of cars is
well worth seeing.