The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-29

which is of the ] l-2 TO ton type,
was especially ordered Big the oahu
Ice q Electric Co. for ice delivery
around town 1t is equipped with a
special ice delivery body, of a type
" Which is very popular on the main
land The motor is capable of fur
nishing 40 h. D.. and is equipped with
a governor which allows the car to be
driven on the high gear from to %
miles per hour.
Other cars brought in by the Ven
tura this week include a shipment Of
the wellknown Cadillac cars. One
of these, a handsome phaeton is to be
shipped to Mr. p. A. Romano, of XII
lauea, Kauai. Several of the popular
5-passenger touring cars, all equipped
with electric self-starters, electric
lighting system and all the latest
wrinkles of automobile accessories
were delivered to customers who were
anXiously awaiting their arrival, one
OF them going to Mr.. o. II. Olsen. OF
kahuku, another one to Mr.. w. D.
McCallum Of Honolulu and third to
Mr. F. Anichi of Waialua. One of
the cars just arrived is being held for
Mr. Alfred Castle, a special order hay
ing been received by letter from Mr.
Castle who is to be back in Honolulu
next week He wanted to be sure and
have a new Cadillac reserved for him
and have it meet him at the steamer
on his arrival in Honolulu.
The Cadillac car is so popular on
the mainland that it is almost I'M
possible to get deliveries Fortunate
ly by anticipating the demand The
Won HammYoung Co. were able to
get few more cars, which are now
on the way. When this shipment is
exhausted however, it will be very
difficult to get any more Cadillac
cars for some time
One of the two pretty Overland 4
passenger touring cars which arrived
last week has been sold to X. Gilman,
of Maui.
Information has just been received
by the Won Hamm-Young Co. that
the well known -Duryea cars
have met with such enormous success
that the factory is obliged to put in a
new much larger plant to take care
of the tremendous increase of bust
ness.
The following information regard
ing the new plant will probably be
of interest to local people
Waterproof floors to prevent not
only leakage but the penetration of
even dampness, and dust-proof con
struction throughout, are two of the
unusual features which mark the new
StevensDuryea automobile factory
building. When completed the plant
will be one of the finest industrial
establishments in the world
The buildings of the new Stevens
Duryea plant are all to be very large
in ground area, but restricted in
height to save having to lift and
lower partly finished cars. The first
of the brick and steel structures, in
to which the company is about NOV
ing now, is sos feet long with a front
tage of so feet on the broad boule-
ward which is one boundary of the
40-acre tract the model Stevens Dur
yea plant will occupy. 1t is only four
stories high, but each floor having an
area of 10000 square feet of avail
able space this one building gives as
much working room as many good
sized factories have all-told.
J, Frank Duryea built the first sue
cessful American gasoline car within
four miles of the new -Duryea
pant, and every Stevens-Duryea car
or 'Duryea wagon" as they were
called at first, has been produced with
H. the same radius of the little shop
where he made his early experiments.
hi 1901, twenty cars were built by
the Duryea Motor Wagon Company,
predecessor of the Stevens-Duryea
Company, and the only recognized au-
tOmobile building concern in this
country at that time The number in
creased steadily until for the last five
years the annual production has aver
aged more than 1900 cars; and in the
meantime the number of motor car
builders has increased from one to
1870.
The expansion of the Stevens-Dur-
yea Company has always been along
rather conservative lines-which is
the more remarkable in view of the
fact that the company has introduc-
ed most Of the fundamental improve
ments in motor car construction. The
policy has been not to branch out un-
til automobile standards became set,
tied; and the concern was satisfied
with a plant of moderate capacity
while it was bringing out the SIX
cylinder motor-it was the pioneer
builder of "siXes" and the peculiari-
ties of construction which it origin