The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-12-11

IHE MORNING CALL presents again to-
day for the consideration of the owners and
managers Of the street railroads In this city
0 list of names of citizens who ask for all
night cars and who pledge themselves to
patronize them If they are run.
The list. large as it is, does not comprise
all the signatures that have been sent to
THE CALL as guarantees of patronage OF
aIl-night cars.
All the space that can possibly be spared
has been devoted to the publication OF the
partial list. and as soon as possible the
other names will be printed.
Charles +, Croker. who has the reputa-
tion everywhere of being a man of his
word. said some time ago thatif THE CALL
could show him paying patronage for all
night cars on the Valencia line. he would
start them. and if it proved paying in
vestment cars would be run on other lines.
We ask Mr. Crocker if the following list
alone, to say nothing of the hundreds of
names as yet unpublished, is not sufficient
guaranty that the people want all-nght
cars?
True. all the names printed below do not
want the Valencia-street line in preference
to any other. but for nearly one-half of
them the running of the Valencia-street
line viii mean the saving of at least one
| half TO two-thrds of the walk they are now
| compelled to make.
If our line of owl cars is started in this
city there is no question as to the result.
Within less than six months nearly every
street railroad in San Francisco will be
running all night ears. All that is needed
is a trial.
The people are ready for all-night cars.
They want them and will patronizs them
literally.
What further guarantee do the managers
OF the street railroads want?
Is not the guarantee below sufficient in
Itself?
IL the people are to have all-night cars,
they want them now, and the sooner the
car companies answer the demand Of the
people the sooner will their profits increase.
Within the last few days The CALL has
been receiving dozens of letters. OF which
the following from George w. Mcpherson,
the well known real estate dealer ct
Twenty-fourth and Castro streets, Is
sample.
Mr.. Mcpherson writes:
Enclosed find list OF over 200 names, which, to-
gelheT with those 1 have already sent In from
Noe Valley, proves cOnclusvely that we want
the owl cars on the CasIrO.Street line. or course
the Valencia and San Maieo electric line viii
help Us, hut Castro'Street We want and must
have. Hundreds of new houses have been Duilt
In this district and sold this year, and many
more are being built Keep up the good work
and your valuable paper viii daily grow near 10
the hearts of a grateful people. VIII send over
500 names next week
Atthe next meeting Of the directors of the
Omnibus-street Railway Company the oues-
ton Of running owl cars will be thoroughly
discussed.
81 will bring the matter up at the meet
ing" said Gustav Sutro. who is president of
the Omnibus line.
AS to the probable disposition OF the
question Mr. Sutro would not venture n
guess. As for himself he rather favored
horsecars, where they would be practicable,
but about cable-carS running all night. we'll,
he didn't know. had not given the matter
sufficient consideration.
you will get more than 400 signatures in
San FranciscO from musicians alone to sign
THE MORNING CALLS owl-car pledge"
said Secretary E. E. Schmitz yesterday.
mo class of workers." he continued.
"feeis a more urgent need OF such aceommo-
dation as cars running at least once an hour
after midnight would afford. Musicians
are dispersed all over the city. playing
nightly at parties and private entertain
ments, and their work ceases from to
o'clock in the small hours at the very
time the cables are silent. Many of
them live downtown, and these would
supply some Of the patronage on the return
trips when night toilers in other lines Of
activity would be starting for their homes
in the outskirts. The musicians would
cheerfully pay 10-cent night fare, If neces
sary, to secure the boon Of owl cars. We
are delighted with the prospect of such q
reform being instituted, and if The CALL
will so bring it about you can depend upon
it that the first night the cars are running
we viii give The CALL office the biggest
musical sere made any newspaper Office ever
received"
Remember that pledges can be signed at
the following places:
Henry Marx, 634 Market, cigar-store.
William Baron, 80 Gesry, barber.
wiIhelmi wolrod, 500 Montgomery,
Charles Harris, All Montgomery, cigar
store.
G. III. Umbsen Co., IL Montgomery,
real estate.
Western Union Telegraph Company,
Pine aud Montgomery.
Odd Fellows Hall, secretary's office.
UnIon-square Hall, box-office.
Metropolitan Temple.
Irving Hall, box-ofice.
Woodwsrd's Gardens.
FolsoDI-strset police station.
seventeenth-strestp police station.
North Harbor police station.
South Harbor police station.
American Biscuit Company, Battery
street and Broadway.
Eagle Bakery, eos Clay.
Eclipse Cracker Bakery, 214 sacra-
mento.
Grotto, opposite new City Hall.
Louvre, Eddy and Powell.
Postal Telegraph Office, Market, near
Montgomery.
Peoples Savings Bank, Flood building.
Board Of Trade, Croker building.
James III. Widber. drugstore, Third and
Market.
L. II. Ebert, drugstore, California and
Kearny.
c. l.. harrington, drugstore, northwest
corner Van Ness avenue and Market.
baldwin Pharmacy, corner Market and
Powell.
a. ID Nola, drugstore, corner Ninth and
Market.
Arnold Poliak g. Co., eigsr-store, corner
Market and kearny.
M. A. Gunsf, ciear-stors, eos Ksarny.
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