The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-07-16

! Inc Won Hdmm-f Dung Company have
been busy this week transferring their
automobile stock into the new sales
rooms which are back of the Alexander
Young Building, with large doors open
ing INTO the Alexander Young Building
aiieyway. These new saIesrooms are
very roomy and upto-date in every re
spect and show the beautiful new cars
| off TO good advantage
| The three new Buick ears which ar
| rived for this company on the Wilhel-
nina have all been shipped to the other
islands this week. One of them went
to kaIlua. another one to the Volcano
Stables IN HilO. and the third went to
the Kauai Garage Company. The sue
| cess Of the Bucks is not confined TO
the Hawaiian Territory. The San Fran
cisco agent for the Buick received a
few weeks ago not less than III Bucks,
making up an entire special train load,
which left the factory direct for San
Francisco
The famous Packard handled by the
Won Hamm- Young Company has been
the main topic of conversation during
the week. The first 1911 Packard car
Ia beautiful passenger touring car with
foredoor body-arrived on the Sierra,
and has been the admiration and the de
light Of all automobile enthusiasts. Sey-
rnl lCr D., Il J. /
Immediately after the new ear arrived.
The local agents nave been specially
favored by the Packard Motor Car Com
pany in obtaining a few more extra
ears for early delivery. This Will en-
able them to deliver a few more Pack
ards during the coming months in add
ton to the large number of Packards
which have already been sold to arrive.
The Cadillac has as many admirers as
ever. who are awaiting with d great
deal Of interest the announcement Of
the 1911 models, which will be made by
the Cadillac company on or about July
oath. So much has been said to the
credit of the Cadillac that it is difficult
to add to same. However. the following
report will no doubt prove of interest
to Cadillac owners:
Travelling leisurelv across the CONT
nent from Seattle to New York. stop
ping where fancy dictates and lettering
in the pleasant spots Garrett D. Coop
er and his wife are making a rather out
Extraordinary tour in a Cadillac
Thirty.
Mr.. Cooper is of iegel-Cooper Com
panv of New York, and has spent much
of his time since 1908 in touring the
interesting countries of the world in
automobiles During the winter he and
Mrs. Cooper covered southern Califor-
MIA in their Cadillac, and then headed
north from Los Angeles. From Seattle
they first visited Vancouver and made
all the popular trips in the Seattle re-
gion: then started on the long journey
east.
Mr. and Mrs Cooper do not carry
with them the impedimenta of shovels.
axes, camping equipment, etc, usually
carried by transcontinental tours. and
Mr.. Cooper explains this departure as
follows:
S'We aim to demonstrate that the
country can be covered without all this
outlay, and that tourists can travel as
comfortapDlE by auto as pE oiaih' )" -"
| the additional advantage Of stopping
whenever and wherever they desire and
visiting places away from the routes Of
railroads. without difficulty Of any kind
/ "For this kind of travelling | pre-
! fer a car such as / have. Cadillac
Thirty. [ have found It's maintenance
less expensive, and it is really easier
for the tourists than q heavier car.
! Quite the opposite of this was CadII-
| lac Thirty trip reported from Mime,
Iapolis. in which 1850 miles were covered
| in five days, on so gallons of gasoline.
David Hvman and Frank Gatfey made
the run from Minneapolis to Winnipeg
| nd return. The ear averaged 2'o mics
a dav: and the average mileage per gar
Ion of gasoline as p 1l-2.