The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-20
Gasoline Row

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1t with raw inseed oil and turnent;ne
IN the proportion of one part oil ~
eight parts turpentine, using a good
| camel's hair brush to apply it 70 the
surface. After Thoroughly drv Law IN
! a generous coat of heavy bodv-fnisb-
| ing varnish.
The police auto has been freouent
| but Inconsplcuous traveller on Honolu-
lu 5 streets lately. and poses as an
example of the attitude which the su.
pervIsors hold towards the police de-
| rartment. 1t is too small to hold the
stan of men who are usually sent to the
! points to which an auto has to be called
IN to transport them and a dozen de,
! tectlves hanging on by their evelids
| is its most frequent ornament. It has
| already, although only a few weeks in
service. saved the hack and auto bills
| of one month s time according to
Sheriff Jarrett. Even with that state,
| ment, he can t get enough money out
| of the board to buy a car for the de-
! partment and continues to rent the
! apology he has
During the week the list of Cadillac
purchasers was added to by w B. Craw
who has just purchased of The Won
| Hamm Young. Company a 1911 Cadillac
! touring ear which is to be delivered to
| him shortly.
Another sale made during the week
! by this firm was that of high class
/ 5-passenger StevensDurvea to w. F.
! Hebron. who is taking great pleasure
! showing his car to his friends
w. E. Brown, who returned to Homo
lulu on the Mongolia, has just taken
| delivery of his 1911 Packard touring
car. Mr.. Brown, who has been visiting
, N the East has formed an acquaintance
with the Packard already.
During the week A. W. Eames pur-
chased a runabout from The Won Hamm-
! Young Company salesrooms. and drove
! the ear the same day to his home at
wahiawa.
| Almost every State that enacts a new
| law for the guidance of motor car users
these DAYS devotes a special paragraph
to rules for lamps. The general require
ment is that the rear number shall be
! illuminated sufficiently to be visible for
a distance of fifty feet at night. With
the lamp equipment of some cars the
! ingenuity of the owner is rather thor
oughlv tested to find way to make
the rays of the rear lamp shine on the
number plate.
The Pierce Arrow Motor Car Com
pany of Buffalo has added to the regu-
lar equipment of its ears a sixth lamp
for the sole purpose of number plate
illumination. This lamp is of peculiar
construction. It is like a tube cut in
half-about six inches long and an inch
and a half in diameter. 1t is electrical
" lighted and can be turned on or off
by the switch that operates the side
and rear lights. When it is on its
RAYS cover the entire number in way
that would insure any owner against
arrest for a violation of this particular
section of the law.
Manager Wells of the Royal Hawa-
ian garage is particularly pleased over
the impression his big Alcos have made
on the Honolulu public, and considers
them something worth waiting for, He
certainly had to wait for them.
The Schuman garage received two
Mitchells on the Nevadan yesterday
ana the new cars HI up It's otoch iooii~
in good shape.
The demand for the Hudson roadster
as deduced from the reports of dealers
, is great enough to continue the mode
during the next year, according to 3
decision of the company, word of which
has just been received by the Associ
ated garage, the local agent. This de
cision will please many prospective pur
chasers of this ear, local as well a.
= mainland, who are hung up on then
purchases owing to the fact that the