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' TUB GARDEN I BLAND, TUESDAY, JAN. 4, 1921
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PACt ARD
ANNOUNCES
LIGHT WEIGHT
SIX"
Exps. lon. ProQram. Make Possible
I it jductlon of Smaller Car With
out Interfering wlh "Twin- . .
Six" Output
Th- Packard Motors Export Corpor
ation has Just announced the intro
duction of a medium-priced light
weight "Single Six." Tho new car,
conceived, designed and built In the
Packard factories will fill a distinct
gap l.i the motor world between the
cheap t claos cars and the world-renowned
"Twin-Six". There has been
a pos'tive need for a ragged, lighter
weigh, err produced according to
Packed "Twin-Six" standards.
Through an extensive expansion
program, Packard has accomplished
the building of the "Six" without in
terferes with the output of the
"Twiii." This will insure satisfac
tory cVveries to both classes of buy
ers. The new car, which has the same
''ties, flnlsu and appointments as the
"Twlr.", has been created to meet the
demand for a vehicle for general pur
poses 'hat can easily be maneuvered
in tr-iflc and will park in a short
space at the curb, that will also res
pond to the need for economical oper
ation caused by increasing fuel and
tire prices, but that will have the
highest quality. To accomplish these
thing) the designers have used a
short r wheel-base and lighter weight
than in the "Twin", but have main
tained the Packard principles of man
ufacture. Tho performance and endurance
which the Packard engineers report
for the new car seem to open up a
new -?ra in the manufacture of light
weight automobiles on botn these
point. The "Six" shows petrol mil
eage up to 20 miles a gallon, according
to the driver and road conditions, and
runs 2,000 miles on a gallon of oil
Tires on test cars have been in good
condition after 25,000 miles, and the
avers ee tire mile'age is not expected
to ex'jed 15,000 miles. The wearing
qualit'es shown in the tests indicate
that the car is good for ten years'
servic . ,
"Qunlity and operating economy
are f'O outstanding features of this
car cs compared with others is the
same irice-class", says Col. Fred Card-
way, Vice President and General Man-.
ager of the Packard Motors Export
Corporation. "The Packard policy
of pv tng character ahead of every
other consideration has been followed
strictly in the new car. Naturally,
tho lighter weight means greater
economy.
"The greatest obtainable tornfort,
the maximum power and the ultimate
in road-ability must always be found
in the larger, heavily-constructed car
such as the "Twin-Six." In the new
car we have not -attempted to compete
in that field, but we have produced an
active, easily operated, high grade,
light vehicle with all the elements of
up-to-dateness, efficiency and econom
ical service.
"There are Packards today, design
ed yestrs ago, that are nearing the
half million mark in miles run. The
new Single Six in also, we confidently
believe, a ten-year car.
"In designing this car the Packard
engineers have made no attempt to
include any startling features except
the Packard fuellzer, or any extremes
of any kind. They have aimed to
use the most advanced engineering
skill to produce an all-around car
that will give the maximum of service,
comfort and road-ability for the price,
and that will not lose either in ser
viceability or appearance for many
years.
"It is an agreeable car to operate,
having a remarkably smooth gear
shift, the easiest possible steering,
the lightest clutch action, the short
est turning radius and, we believe,
all the qualities that a man or a wo
man would like in a light weight car
for general purposes. The simplicity
of the design makes trouble unlikely
and easy to remedy if it does oecur.
The 54 horsepower motor in this light
car gives ample reserve for every
purpose and all the speed that can be
used on the open road. The turning
diameter of 34 feet makes it possible
to turn the car easily in the ordinary
street. The accuracy of design and
manufacture gives silence, smoothness
and freedom from vibration. These
qualities, with the perfect flow of
power, careful balance and high grade
springs and upholstery, make it more
comfortable than any but the heav
lest, long-wheel-base cars."
Col. Jesse G. Vincent, of Liberty
Motor fame, and his staff have been
conducting research work looking to
ward the production of a light Pack'
ard for several years, and the Single
Six has taken form in the last two
y?ars of intensive experiment. No
less than six types were built and
tested before the present model was
evolved. Several 100-hour motor
block tests were made and finally a
driving test was conducted, in which
the new car was pushed for 24 hours
a day over frozen and snow-obstructed
roads, till it had covered 2S,000 miles.
During this test, which is equivalent
to three years of hard use, weaknesses
were carefully sought for and elimin
ated. Since the final design was com
pleted thousands of miles have been
run in speedway, hill-climbing, and
general utility tests with four differ
ent cars, without developing further
faults. '
The prediction of the engineers
that this car will be good for ten years
of service is based largely on the
quality of the steels and other mater
tals entering into it. Full advantage
in choosing the steels has been taken
of the information gathered through
the years of work on the Twin-Six and
aeroplane motors which have made
tho Packard heat-treatment and met
allurglcal departments famous. The
steel for each individual part has been
specified and manufactured, as to al
loys, toughness and hardness, to meet
tho exact duties that It must perform,
and . so carefully has this been done
that an expert can tell from the tin
iest fragment of one of the steels in
what part of the car it is used. One
of these steels has tho amazing ten
sile strength of 235,000 pounds to the
square inch, and an' elastic limit of
210,000 pounds.
Equal care has been taken with the
machining processes, and rigid in
spection is maintained to make it cer
tain that the delicate measurements
prescribed are actually lived up to.
The car is manufactured side by side
with the Twin and by the same exper
ienced organization. Thus it has
been comparatively easy to gear the
whole process to produce an accuracy
that will insure against undue or un
even wear, breakage, noise and other
troubles. In the manufacture of tho
car, in fact, there are 220 processes
which are held to an accuracy of a
thousandth of an inch, less than half
the thickness of a hair. Ninteen pro
cesses have to be even finer than this
and one is five times as fine. Al
together the vaious parts of the car
have to pass some 15,0C0 inspection
tests; 248 points are inspected, for in
stance, on the upper half of the crank-
case alone.
I ne power plant Is the point on
which the greatest care has been con
centrated, both "in design and manu
facture, and the Packard engineers
believe that they have produced the
beet all around light engine that has
yet appeared on the market. It is
reni.n kunly clean looking, without a
single exposed moving part except
the fan and belt. No accessory is
driven through another, and every
unit tan be removed with the greatest
ease. A single bolt holds the At-water-Kent
starter motor, only four
are needed for the Delco ignition unit
on top of the engine, and there are
but three for the generator. Two of
these have slotted holes, permitting
almost instant adjustment of tho short
tront-end, silent chain.
The Packard carburetor has an un
usually large screen to insure clean
fuel, and is equipped with the famous
fuelizcr, which instantly heats and
gasifies the incoming gasolifle mix
ture, permits the starting of the cold
est motor, produces perfect combust
ion and minimizes the engine troubles
resulting from the present low grade.
fuels. The"carhuretor is mounted
high enough to give very easy access
to the valves, and there are no ob
structions. '
The motor is of the Lhead type,
with 3 inch bore and 4 tnch
stroke. It is rated at 27.34 horse
power S. A. E. and actually develops
51. The combustion chambers are
carefully machined and polished, and
approach the ideal spherical shape,
with valves placed close in and cen
trally located spark plugs.
The valve pish rods are operated
from the ends of lever arms which
carry rollers bearing on the cams at
the center. The advantages of this
construction are greater Quietness,
less cam thrust, no side thrust on tep
pets, better cam motion and the set
ting of the valves close into the cylin
der bore.
Freedom from vibration is attained
largely through the " design of the
crank shaft, wihch is the result of
exhaustive study and.experiment.
There are . seven main bearings
mounted in a rigid, heavily ribbed
"barrel" type crank-case. The crank
cheeks are of egg-shaped sections,
with the big end projecting beyond
the main bearings. This results in
a maximum rigidity with a minimum
inertia, and raises the inevitable "vi
bration point" to a speed-point far
beyond the lirffits of even fast driving.
The shaft is a single forging of high
grade steel, emery ground all over and
carefully balanced. ' It weighs only
these mechanisms unusually easy to
operate and free from noise.
This engine in road work will throt
tle down to 2 miles an hour on high
gear, and will accelerate from this
speed to 25 miles an hour In 13 seconds
and to 45 miles in 20 seconds. At
still higher spoils it is equally effect
ive. Preparations for production have
been going on for more than a year
Rnd Packard expects to be able to
turn out an increasing volume of the
new cars from this time on, and to
reach a production of 11000 in 1921.
As Lahaina Cane has gone to the
rear H 108 has come to the fromt. In
1913 there were 41,000 acres of Lahai
na and not a single acre of i09. For
1921 there are 17,500 acres of Lahaina
and 13,500 of II 109, with still larger
gairi for the future.
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After all these years of the "Japan
ese" beetle, it is now found to be Chi
nee. The Japanese plum has long
been known to be properly Javanese,
and now Japan escapes from the odium
of the beetle.
Waimea Stables, Ltd.
- At Waimea and Nawiliwili
The most famous Garnfccs on Kauai,
place to get transportation to
The
The Barking Sands, Olokele Canyon,
Waimea Canyon, Kokee Camps,
Kukuiolono Park, Wailua Falls,
Hanalei, Haena Caves
CWr autos arc torn for table, our Drivers are
Reliable and have been with us for years, and
know every inch of the country.
We Rent Ford Cars Without Drivers.
We do Draying and Hauling by Trucks all
over the Island. We iW the Stage Line
between Lihue, and Kkaha three round
trips per week
WAIMEA BRANCH
Tel. 43 W
A. GOMEZ, Mgr.,
NAWILIWILI BRANCH
Tel. 492 L
CLEM GOMES, Mgr.
43 pounds. (
Special designs in the steering box,
the clutch and the gear shift make all
TERRITORIAL MESSENGER SERVICE
TAKES ORDERS FOR ALL KINDS OF
Dry Cleaning and Laundry Work
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THE BANK OF KAUAI, LIMITED
Kapaa, Kauai, T. H.
STATEMEMr OF CONDITION
At the close of buisness, December 31,1 920
Resources
CASH and due from banks $74,938.33
Loans and discounts 1 25,460.83
Bonds 56,966.13
Building, Fixtures, Equipment 1 2,082.3 5
Other Assets 7,555.51
$277,003.15
Capital
Surplus
DEPOSITS
50,000.00
10,000,00
217,003.15
277,003.15
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Territorv of Hawaii
ouniy or rvauai
1, Karle B. Morgan, Cashier of the Bank of Kauai, Limited, do solemnly swear
that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. - -
KARLE B. MORGAN, Cashier
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 3 1 st day of December, 1 920.
J. MAHIAI KANEAKUA,
Notary Public, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Territory of Hawaii.
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