DUNCAN AND LOWE’S NEW GARAGE.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 59, 22 February 1912, Page 5

DUNCAN AND LOWE’S NEW GARAGE.

The motor garage which Air.. J. H. Fairlmrst, contractor, of Danievirke, has just completed for Messrs. Duncan and Lowe, Napier, is the best equipped and most up-to-date building ’oi its kind in the North Island. Duncan and Love entered into possession last week, and motor car work is now in full swing. The garage itself is of reinforced concrete, and has a frontage to Herschell street of 74 feet, and a depth of 100 feet. In it are a ladies’ waiting room, private offices, etc., a turn-table and a viash. Behind this is the erecting shop, which is about 25 feet square. It ij; fitted up with an overhead travelling crane, so that very heavy weights can lie lifted and dealt with expeditiously. Behind this again is the machine shop, having a length of 40 feet and a width of 30 feet. In addition to the usual equipment a new Dnimmono 9inch high-speed lathe has just been installed, and also a universal grinding machine by the same maker. A 5-mch lathe, drilling machines, dynamo tor charging and electric light complete the workshop. The whole building is perfectly fireproof, and the oil store is built into the cliff and faced n ith 14 inches of concrete. Twelve Cadillac 1912 cars and a sample K.C.H. car will arrive in Napier on Monday next to th? order of the firm.