The BC Express Company purchased two cars at a cost of $1,500 each and then added a variety of options such as tops at $150, Klaxon horns, $50 and kerosene parking lamps, $75.
The word guagua originated in the Canaries and is an onomatopoeia stemming from the sound of a Klaxon horn.
Since it sounded like the Klaxon horn on an old bicycle playing the first bar of "Dixie," everyone heard it.
For example, guagua (bus) differs from standard Spanish autobús the former originated in the Canaries and is an onomatopoeia stemming from the sound of a Klaxon horn (wah-wah!)
Nick put the basket on the Schwinn's handlebars and attached the Klaxon horn beside it.
During World War I (1914-18), the company produced nuts and bolts, gas valves and a Klaxon horn for gas attack warnings.
He licensed the patents to Lovell-McConnell Manufacturing Company in early 1908, and it was marketed as the Klaxon horn.
The car was equipped with three Klaxon horns and an external speaker to warn other traffic.
A common quip (sometimes attributed to Mark Twain) was that "Hutchison invented the Klaxon horn to deafen people so they would have to buy Acousticons."
The bike came with a headlamp and tail lamp, a Klaxon horn, and a toolbox.
