Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-04
BOYLE HEIGHTS.
The Cable Road Put in 0per-
alton There.
OPENING DAY OBSERVED
The Rubicon Safely Crossed by MI
Robinson's Big Bridge, to the
Joy of the People.

For weeks Boyle Heights has been in
a state of great expectancy waiting for
the opening Of the cable system to that
delightful suburb on the east side of the
river. The father of Boyle Heights is the
Hon. w. H. Workman, ex-Mayor of the
city. He has been a resident OF the
heights for many years. He went to live
there young man just after he married
Miss Boyle, whose fathers flocks at that
time roamed over the hills where a city
stands today. The Boyle homestead was
at that time the only house east OF the
river. Years ago Mr.. Workman pro-
cured the building of zanja to the hills
near his home, and there he
planted a fine vineyard, orange
groves and thousands of eucalyptus
trees. The people who visited the city
on the East Side yesterday had an excel
lent opportunity to test the quality oil
the Workman vintages. For weeks Mr..
Workman has been as busy as mailer
making preparations for the opening OF
the cable road. He was ably aided in
the onerous task by several commit
tees of citizens resident on Boyle
Heights, as the following card in honor
of the occasion will evidence:
LOS ANGELES CABLE RAILWAY coMPANY-FIRsr
STREET AND BOYLE HEIGHTS LINE.
Iasugurated Saturday, August 3, 1889, by the
Boyle Heights Board of Trade.
Committee of Arrsngements-B Chandler, E.
H Workman, E. H. sanderson. H. ?: Sweet,
Samuel Rees. George Cummings, Fred J; Teele,
P. Warner, DR.. G. w. Campbell, ]. w. Drown.
W. ii. workman, President Board of Trade; W.
ofieers Of the Gable CompanyIG B. Holmes;
President; J. G. Robinson: Vice President and
chief; J. J. Akin, Secretary and Treasurer.
J. c. Robinson, Master OF Ceremonies.
Address of welcome, by Hon. W. b. Work
man.
"The Los Angeles Cable Railway Company. :"
Proposed by R. II. F. Variel; response by ]. G..
Robinson.
'.The City of Los Angeles; Its Past and Fu-
ture." Proposed by J. Kuhrts; response by Hon,
H.T. Hazard.
..That Injunction" Il. P. Sweet tfor the
people,, plaintiff; before L. N. Breed, Judge.
"Reminiscences of Early Street Car Travel, "
b. Chandler.
Music.
"Our City Jmprovements-Parks, Drives, etc. "
fIOpOkcd by hOu u ,-lSspOAoS
by yEeutenant-Governor Stephen NJ. White.
Music.
"City street-Car Roads" Proposed by Hon
e: F. Spence; response by Judge B. M.Widney.
Closing remarks, by Colonel W. 8. Moore.
THE OPENING.
At the hour of one yesterday the stree IS
near the corner of First, Spring and Main
were filled with an immense concourse
of people, mostly invited guests of the
Cable Company and of the people Of
Boyle Heights. In a short time the
first train of q dummy and two cars
came along, gaily decked in flags,
flowers and foliage. 1t took about ten
seconds of time to fill all the seats, the
aisles and the steps with people. Then
the first regular train passed the Spring
street crossing. One train after another
followed in quick succession until
half score in the pretty
procession was moving down First
street. There must have been at
one time, between the hours of and 2,
nearly 1000 people on the cars moving
between the corners of First and Spring
streets and the power house at the inter
section of First street and Chicago street
on the Heights. All day long at inter-
walls of ten minutes the cars moved off
all laden to their utmost capacity with
people. 1t is difficult to estimate the
number of people who passed the bridge
going and coming between l and 6
O'Clock. Then it was the 'innings" of
the people on the Heights, as they were
all invited to make trip to the city dur
ing the evening. 1t may sound like
big figure, but probably 10000 fares or
free tickets were collected during the
afternoon and evening.
AT THE RENDEZVOUS.
All afternoon the streets around the
engine house were packed with dense
crowd of humanity, children, women,
gaily dressed ladies, business men, min.
listers, lawyers, and people of all classes
and occupations. These masses of peo-
pie all went through the engine houses
and inspected with astonishment the
machinery and equipments of the es-
tablishment. 1t is an immense brick
structure of large floor area and very
high. The people wondered at the great
wheels twenty-five feet in diameter that
carries the power to the cable. As much
astonishment was expressed at the COM
plicated system of wheels which takes
the cable into the engine room
and back to the start. A simple con-
trivance attracted all eyes. 1t is the
vice by which the cable is held at about
the same tension all along the line. A
weight OF 1000 pounds balanced all the
cars on the 22, 500 feet of cable connected
with this house yesterday. The steam
is supplied by two Hazelton tripod boil
ers, each A feet high, of 500 horse
power capacity, 10 feet diameter, with
1000 tubes 4x36 inches. The fues that
carry these boilers are each SO inches,
and the base is 16 feet. To the top of the
fiues is 102 feet. There are los 900 COM
mon bricks and 10000 fire
bricks in them. The coal is
fed to them by three mechanical
stokers to each boiler. They are con-
trolled by an oscillating engine of very
small size, but Of the most perfect mech.
anism. Four tons of coal run the fur
naces for 18 hours, and these stokers
enable one man to attend to the six fur
naces OF 1000 horse power. A Hazelton
water purifier perfectly clarifies every gal
lon of water used in the establishment.
There is provision for four cables out of
this house, although only one is now in
use.
THE BARBECUE.
At about 2 80 the doors of the car
room, where the rolling stock of the
road is to go at night, were thrown
open, and there a score Of long tables
were revealed, each of which was bend.
ing beneath the load of good things pro-