Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-11-15

Joseph Simons, a business man OF
Los Angeles, has been taking long
ia tour in his AZ horse power Franklin
- touring car, and on the way from
Seattle to his home he made trip
to Mt. Rainier, which he says should
not be overlooked by any automobile
list who finds himself in that re-
lg., .gion.
Mr.. Simons Is one of the pioneers
of the Pacific slope and has Travelled
many trail with horses. This fact
u,-gNes emphasis to his Judgment OF
the course over which he put his au-
tomobile. After describing part
of the trip he says:
v From Grants Pass south as far
as Ashland fair roads were encoun-
tered until we started to climb the
Siskayou mountains This was n
hard climb, the roads being narrow
and crooked and in some places the
grades were pitched straight into
e, THE air.
After crossing the summit we ira
veled south by Shasta Springs, Dun
smuir and Redding and found the
=. roads in almost impossible condi-
n tion between the latter two points. ="
Il would never have believed he
adds, that any piece of machinery
would have stood the strain and
abuse necessary to traverse such
roads,
The party in spite of the road diff
ficulties went through without trou-
BILE.
Although several manufacturers
have made announcements of their
1910 models as early as last spring
and summer It Is known that a
humber of them have something
up their sleeves" that they are de-
liberatcly holding back until show
7sime. When these announcements
were made, the impression gained
considerable Roadway that few
Exchanges were to be found in the ma
jority of ears. but a careful exami-
nation reveals score of changes
of one nature or another in nearly
all of them. At the tenth national
automobile show, to be held at
w Madison Square Garden January s.
IS, the public will be given the best
opportunity OF seeing the new mod
els of the old and standard makes
w of ears Of the members OF the Asso-
citation of Licensed Automobile
Manufacturers, under whose aus
piece the automobile show in the
Garden Is held annually. The lat
est models will be displayed side by
side and the public can compare
their various points, see their differ
ences and simlarities in in general
''size up what the makers have to
offer, and note the general tenden-
:. cies In motor car resigns.
With the beginning of the 1910
automobile season the manufacture
ers have in many instances been
compelled to greatly increase their
capacity for the production OF cars
|. owing to the unprecedented demand
for autos which the Increased pros
perity of the country has created.
Twelve short years ago an auto
&, mobile was good deal of II curiosi'
ty, there being but scant 1000 In
'fuse In the United States. The lal
est Statistics report over 100000 In
use in the United States alone
Twenty years from, now a horse
drawn vehicle will be great curios
ity on the streets of any city.
Il. II. Thomas, one of the early
pioneers in the automobile game
was recently interviewed by rep
resentative of this paper aud CAV,
some Interesting facts regarding thu
immense growth of his business
and in view of the fact that he |!
sole owner and proprietor OF thu
plant which bears his name. hi
story of the early struggles of aut,
builders against prejudice, panic