Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-04

Superintendent of the cable railroad sys-
tenn. Their speeches follow here in
full:
woRKMAN's WELCOME.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN;- "A proud
day is this for Boyle Heights, when she
has the privilege of welcoming to her
midst such an assemblsge Of representa-
tive citizens as l see before me, and
when she can offer to her guests all
those advantages that as progressive
portion of populous city, che now
possesses.
Only resident of Boyle Heights can
give full appreciation of the event OF this
day, for he alone has learned its entire
significance from the long months OF
anticipation when the opening OF the
cable system was associated with his
brightest dreams of the future as some
thing almost beyond reality. But at last
those long-cherished hopes are realized,
and today with mingled pleasure and
pride we see our suburb bound by bands
OF steel to the very heart of the beautiful
ity OF the Angels.
On bshalf OF the people of Boyle
Heights, heartily congratulate the Los
Angeles Gable Railway Company upon
the completion of this section of their
g and system.
Well may the projectors and in
defaligable workers, to whose enterprise
we owe this great achievement, turn
aside from their labor to receive the
well-earned thanks and congratulations
of grateful community.
A retrospective glance reveals the
wondrous Transformation that their zeal
has effected. A few years ago we pos
sessed only one-horse car line. To.
day, as if by magic, we see in its stead q
most magnificent cable system. Truly
Boyle Heights has in the cable company
fairy godmother of the olden time, and
full we'll we know by experience that
their wand has lost none of its trans
forming power since the day of Cinderella
What great confidence in the future of
our city must have inspired those who
came to her midst as strangers, for the
purpose of undertaking and completing
so enormous work Los Angeles can
not know greater benefit than the re-
suit of this trust in her, for to her cable
system is synonymous with progress.
But if credit is accorded those who de-
voted time and trouble to the best inter-
ests of our city, how can l neglect to
mention those public. spirited men who,
respecting the necessity of the eastern
portions of the city, obtained for US those
splendid steel structures that now span
the once formidable Los Angeles river
If it were not for the visducts, naught
could have been accomplished; for
railroad crossings and river beds
fail to be tempting to the wary
traveller. To us now the river is a thing
of the past for who among us deigns to
look down from the viaduct upon the
sandy waste that for 90 many years sepa-
rated us from the city proper? Who
ever casts a glance at the advancing
train for danger is now thing unknown
even to the most cautious.
To the many present here today Boyle
Heights once more extends her heartiest
welcome. Your presence is most fitting
on the day of her triumph, and it is not
by any means the least of the factors
that contribute to make this day one
ever to be cherished in the hearts of the
people as the grandest in her annals.
MR.. RoBINsoN's SPEECH.
Mr.. President of the Board of Trade of
Boyle Heights.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN In rising to
respond to the toast of the company
which l have the honor to represent, it
affords me great pleasure indeed to ac-
knowledge on behalf of the President and
my colleagues the very gratifying express
sions of your good will towards US. I'm
til quite recently was hopeful that our
honored and esteemed President, Mr.. @.
B. Holmes, would have graced these pro-
ceedings with bis presence, and with a
charm and eloquence peculiarly his own,
do justice to toast so important as this.
But it is our misfortune that, owing to the
many and enormous responsibilities de.
yolving upon him, he is prevented from
being your guest upon this occasion. But
although not with you as you would
prefer to have him, il the flesh, he Is
and has been increasingly with you in
the spirit. In testimony of this l need
do no more than refer to the great, re-
markable and rapid progress made in the
construction and equipment of this enor
nous undertaking, since his identified
ton with the company less than a year
ago. 1t is then, ladies and gentlemen,
to the genius, enterprise and untiring
energy of our President Mr. Holmes, and
his associates in Chicago, that this honor
is due for to them and them alone be-
longs the credit for the brilliant position
this company occupies today. Under
such conditions it would be strange if
the details intrusted to US were not fairly
dealt with.
1t may not be out of place here to de-
scribe briefly few of the special fea-
lures of the line opened yesterday, which,
commencing at the power house on Boyle
Heights and terminating at the terminal
pit on First street, between Spring and
Fort streets, is two miles in extent. The
cars will, however, for the present, at
least, continue their journey to the ter
minus of the cable line at the power
house at the corner Of Seventh street and
Grand avenue, thus making the return
journey between the two power houses
six miles.
In that six miles Of cable road there
will probably be found larger number of
exceptional features than in any other
cable line of similar extent in the
United States. There are no less than
ten right-angle curves, each of which
may be considered as intensifying the
friction on the engine and cable to the
extent that an additional half mile of
cable on straight track would do This
would, so far as the power exerted by the
engines is concerned, be equivalent to
their operating q straight line eleven
miles in extent. Such curves as these
may be considered as the bete noi,-the
pet aversion-of the cable railway engi-
neer and superintendent.
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