The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-15

again report q BUSY week III JuelI
various departments The repair
shop is constantly going at high
steam pressure. This department is
continually crowded with various
types of cars requiring overhaul or
minor repairs or adjustments. The
excellent work done in the repair de-
partment is generally recognized, and
whenever automobile owners leave
for trips to the mainland they send
their cars i'm for an overhauling dur
ing their absence. thus saving time
and money. as it pays to keep an au-
tomobile in good condition and gen.
eral tightening up of nuts and bolts
a cleaning of the motor grinding Of
the valves, and an adjustment of the
transmission and differential parts
done in time often increases the life
of a car by years. The welding de-
partmeut is now doing a great deal CT
work which it was formerly neces-
sary to send to the mainland, and in
most cases required the renewal Of
broken parts which can now be easily
welded at small expense This goes
to show that Honolulu is keeping
abreast of the times and that the Won
Hamm-Young Company is neglecting
no opportunity to give its customers
as good service as can possibly be
furnished. The electrical department
lin charge of Mr. McCorkle, whose
conscientious and efficient work is
generally appreciated) has corraled
nearly the entire automobile electri-
cal work of the city. Of the electrical
cars which are now being operated
IN Honolulu now. 90 per cent arc
being cared for by the Won Hamm-
Young Company at the present time,
the cars being charged from their
fine plant The cost of upkeep Of
electric cars is very small, so that
today even people of small means can
afford to have an electric car.
Very enthusiastic reports were
received by the Won Hamm-YOune
Company during the week from th'
Packard Motor Car Company in ref
erence to the splendid showing mad'
by the new siX-cylinder Packard. On,
of the new siX-cylinder demonstra
tors has now covered $4,000 miles
the last five thousand miles of whic
constituted one of the most crucia
tests to which an automobile coul
be subjected. Mr. JOY, president c
the Packard Motor Car Company, t.
gether with several of the high of
Gals of his company, donned the co
tune of the plains and drove the ST
cylinder Packard through the roug
est parts of western Wyoming, il
Guiding the Jackson Hole district vi
iting such places as Buffalo Bill
Scout Rest ranch, Fort Washaki
Arapahoe, Sweetwater, Dubois, To
Goo-Tee-e, etc, over roads whic
have hardly ever been traversed b
an automobile, across countr,
through rivers, over 20 per Ger
grades, all of which the car negotii
ted to perfection.
In order to make this test NOR
perfect a complete camping outf
was taken along in the car, whic
increased the weight of the car b
the camping outfit, thirty days pr
visions and the passengers, to fy
tons. Perhaps never before has
pleasure car been subject to such
tremendous strain as the load Won
indicate, such loads generally beir
expected to be carried only by slo
running trucks of the strongest tyn
The car travelled over this count
without a single mishap OF any kin
When fording a stream at Too-Go
Tee-e it passed a herd Of 200 ell
within easy rife distance. Such
large herd of elks is rarely seen, al
the Packard is the first automobi
which has penetrated the ell
browsing grounds Mr.. Joy, who h
Travelled all over the world, is mo
enthusiastic over this trip, and stat
that he will never bring out anoth
model without making the Roc
mountains one of its test routes,
it is one of the most wonderful
has ever seen for testing motor ca
He says they looked for the roughe
roads they could find, and they sure
found what they wanted They
rived at Denver about nine oclo
on June 4, after a twenty-eight-d
test trip, which has never be
equaled. During all of these TWEEN
eight DAYS only two nights We
spent under a roof of a house. d
ing Hhe rest of the time the pa
had to depend on the camping out
This last report has made Pack6
enthusiasts even more anxious tn
before to see the first siX-cylinl