The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-07-15
Won Hamm--YOung Co.
Have Very Lively Week

being purchased by MT >. DetreesE,
and another order for the same type
of car being Immediately placed by
Mr.. e. w. Quinn. An order for a
Buick express car was sent in from
Hawaii by Mr.. BODICE. This car was
ordered by Mr. e. N. Holmes Of Hilo,
who intends to show the Hiloites
what quick delivery means
During the week the Won Hamm-
Young Company shipped an Oldsmo-
bile touring car to the Volcano !
Stables. and also delivered TO the
same firm a nattv little runabout
The beautiful siX-cylinder A-A Ste
vens-Duryea torpedo which arrived |
last week for Mr. Francis Gay, has |
found so many admirers that it is
only a question Of time when several
orders for this same car will he |
booked. The first additional order |
TO be taken during the week was for |
a beautiful siX-Cylinder A-A Stevens
Duryea four-passenger torpedo road !
ster. which Mr.. c. A. Stanton ordered
for early delivery. Mr.. Stanton, well
known all over town as the success
ful real estate man who made Kali
muli famous. and who built the won
derful Wilhelmina Rise, is very en-
thusiastic over Stevens-D uryea cars.
He has owned a Model xxx Stevens
Duryea for the past two years, ana
though the car is still doing excellent
work today, he has ordered the new
six-cvlinder Stevens so as to give his
friends the ride of their lives in nego-
tiating Wilhelmna Rise on the high
gear.
Cadillac enthusiasts are continu-
ally increasing. Mr.. L. Macfarlane
arrived on the Mauna Loa this week
to test out and take delivery of his
beautiful demi.tonneau Cadillac which
will be shipped to Kona by the first
steamer. Another Cadillac order was
booked this week from Mr.. R. w,
e Olsen of Kahullu, who ordered a five
? passenger touring car.
An interesting report was received
from the Cadillac agency of London
e England, showing that over a million
e miles had been covered by Cadillac
l. four-cvlinder cars by a number OF
s. British owners at an incredibly small
n expense for repairs. In addition t1
u its enviable record for economy OF
% uDkeep and absence of repairs. the
u Cadillac has lately made a grea
o. many records in speed contests
Il During the month of June the Cad
IS lilac lowered the time between Sa'
" Francisco and Sacramento, GOVERNS
IL the 1877 miles between these tW'
IL places in two hours and forty-sC
: minutes. The Cadillac car has still
) another California record, accordin
a. to advices just received by the com
10 pany. This car clipped thirty-tiV
N minutes from the previous record
~ and its average speed on the roa'
was 451a miles per hour. The for
NJ mer record had stood for a year, u
d spite of numerous attempts whicI
were made to beat it, T. ]. Beaude
re drove the car which has won thi
it new distinction for the Cadillac. TIL
n Cadillac is now hailed in Californi
~ as the road champion of the state
o. having on June 23d beaten the las
ye remaining record from Los Angelo
a to San Diego and return, which, b
a the way, is the thirteenth.
ID Mr.. P. NJ. Pond. who lately bough
1S q three-ton Packard truck from tn
}" Won Hamm-YOung Company, is grea
'e. ly elated over the splendid servic
ny he is receiving from this truck NJ
Ill., Pond is operating the truck betwee
10 Mokoleia and Schoheld Barrack
KS Leilehua, transporting hay and fee
a stuffs from Waialua to the barracll
M A few days ago the truck took coo
lie pounds of hay from Mokoleia
Ks Schofeld Barracks, discharging tn
as load and returned to Waiaua With
'st three hours during this time cove
e5 ing a distance of twenty-five mile
Ter and loading and unloading the ha
KY The same day another load of 600
as pounds was transported from Mok
he LEILA direct to Honolulu, distance
RS. thirty-three miles. The car. in spi
est of this heavy load, took the enti
ely road on the high gear, with the exec
ar ton of one of the very steep gulche
'ck Mr.. Pond is justifably enthusiast
lay over the splendid record made by h
zen truck, and predicts that it is on
ty- a matter of time when all the hea,
ere trucking here will be done by SUI
ur- trucks as the Packard.
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