Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-12-24

10 automl b!lc that has ever com,
tn llonolu II has attracted greater at.
tcntion than has the worlI Touring
IiupmCblle since it's arrival hire on
the Manchuria last Monday. The III.
tie car Is On the longest trip ever at
tom. ted by an automobile for 10 II
incraiy includes every civilized coun.
try on the face of the earth and some
others that are not so IA advanced.
One or two ether cars have made
globe girdling trips but these have
been following as straight a line az
possible and none has touched at
| Honolulu. or all the cars that have
over essaycd the world trip the Hun.
mobile is by far the smallest.
A bath upon arrival removed the
mud and dust of the trans.contincntnl
trip and allowed the lettering, which
revealed the Identity Of the car. to
| become known.
According to all the statements OF
the three members OF the world.car.
they are well pleased to be in IIon1.
lu'u, with their trip from Detroit to
the coast completed. There is no Sc
rcrcr test for car than trip across
the American desert and the Rocky
Mountains. and the tourists say they
viii not be eager for repeater uson
me completion of their globe girdling
trip. For fully 1900 miles the worst
| part OF the continent must be
/ crossed.
1t is pretty fair going with roads
far better than could b. expected TO
be travelled until Denver Is reached.
The beautiful and fertile prairie clun.
try OF Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska
win frequent towns Is not bad but
from there on the uninvitlng part OF
the tour comes.
Leaving Denver, some of the high.
est points Of the Rockies must be
travcrscd before reaching Laramie
only 40 miles away, making hard
days trip. From there on II is nj.
most trackless waste. the road a mere
trail, wiped out easily with wind
b'owinS. Laramie TO Medicine Bow,
Wyo, Is ~ miles. This distance the
tourists travelled without seeing r
human being with the exception OF
Two shecphcrders. and going directly
against GC-mile wind which th,eat
cncd TO blow the car back to Denver
II the brakes were not set at eacl
stops Then there Is the Bitter Greek
district IN Wyoming where It is i'm
possible to make any time because OF
gullies ana washes. Some of these
are $50 feet deep and in climbing out
INC car almost stood on end. 50 that
gasoline would not flow to the on
ginc. Frequently streams had to be
forded. another Pleasant feature
Then came the hills AMI tho great
American rcscrt OF Utah and the
sands of Nevada - that Southern
California was NEST welcome to tho
tourists.
Frequently they camped ont al
night, for this was preferable to IN
accommodations that could be secur
ed in many of tho small towns ana al
were usually tired enough to 70 t,
Drcamland without great prepara
tiCns.
The smaller CT the ACCOMPANYING
pictures shows the world car on The
Great Divide 80 miles west of Raw
Inns Wyo. The board is all that re
mains of the huge slgl that marked
the spot on the old roadbel Of IN,
Union Pacific. while the tombston,
marks the grave of Frank Yora
who died august Il, 1900"
Over this divide ana through thes,
difficulties the twenty.horsepowe
Hupmobile made its way and whel
given a thorough examination at Sal
,. Francisco, preparatory to sailing wa
found to be in perfect condition 81
that no replacement of parts was nee
cssary. The little car had com,
! through its strenuous test in splenll,
style, without mechanical trouble an,
Is running around Honolulu as per
fectly as though II had not come owe
5000 miles Of the hardest road {,
travel In the world.