Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-18
CHANDLER CAR
CREEPSALONG
PORTLAND HILL
Speed Less Than -Four Miles an
Hour: Record is Made Over
Portland Hillside

Nv nutting one Of the new Chand
. Iers over the upper Washington stree'
grade in Portland oregon, al a slower
high gear pace than r. K CoSter
could manage to maintain with an
other new Chandler. Mr.. Rawlings
day or two ago won a big box con-
tanning several tiers Of first class
smokes
Like many other automobile men
about Portland, as we'll as a consider
able number Of laymen. Mr.. Raw
lipgs and MT Coster have been mar
yelling at the alarming performances
of the new chandler models, states
the Portland Oregonian. And one
night recently each OF them claimed
that he could drive his demonstration
uphill on high gear at slower galt
than the other. and their excited areu'
ment on this point finally resulted ID
a wager.
With A. II. Knaus. manager OF the
Portland branch OF the Gerllnger
Motar Car Company. Chandler distr1b-
utter. and Ralph Knight, another
Chandler salesman, as judges, MT
Rawlings and Mr. Coster turned their
respective Chambers loose at Twenty
third and Washington streets.
At the top Of the Washington street
grade. Mr.. Kraus and M. Knight
stood holding the tape. Under the
conditions OF the wager the last one
to reach the tape after a cllmo on
high gear was to win the cigars.
When the pull was finished the
Coster car was some is feet ahead
of Mr.. Rawlings, and the latter was
therefore declared winner. He sue
,ceeded, however, only after Keeping
his car choked down to the negligible
speed of less than four miles an
hour. and the average of both cars
for the full climb is said to have been
about midway between three and fou'
miles an hour, which Is a remark
able showing for uphill high gear
work.
After settling the wager the two
Chandler statesmen from a standing
start at the foot Of the same hill
tried their cars out for speed and
had their speedometers above the As
mile-an-hour mark as they reached
the top again.
& Recently Mr.. Knaus issued the fol-
lowing invitation to the general pub
JIG:
High Gear Party-You are most
cordially invited. Demonstration 10
till IL q. m, till p. m, every day.
The Chandler motor-balanced like
a gyroscope; Greenway drive, start
five, finish 20 Portland hills On
high"
As a result Of numerous high gear
parties" and Mr.. Knaus' success IN
sending a Chandler over the Imperial
Heights grade on high gear with a
load of five people, every next fellow
in Portland has been talking about
the sensational new Chandler. The
following letter just received from
Mr.. Knaus shows plainly how much
they think of the Chandler around
Portland:
Portland, Ore, June Z, 1917.
Chandler Motor Car Co.,
cleveland, Ohio.
Gentlemen: Receipt is acknow.
lodged Of your letter requesting pno-
tographs OF the Slow Race as de-
scribed in the oregonian. They aro
mailed to your attention, under sep
arate cover.
incidentally, in passing, let us
state that Washington Hill is known
in Portland as Demonstrating Hill.
The majority of our competitors find
difficulty in getting up this hill after |
striking It at 20 or 25 miles at the !
bottom. We are really proud of our
performance In the SLOW Race as |
II is an actual fact that greater |
speed than four miles an hour in high |
gear was not made. Perhaps you know |
yourselves the bull dog tenacity OF |
the Chandler motor. Again we say.
we are quite proud of it
Very truly yours,