The morning call., 1892-12-28

caOie-carS IOr any greater length OF time
than we do at present.
ut is contemplated, no wever, to convert
the Mission line either into a cable road or
an electric road, and
An owI-car Plan when that is done the
-: present d fl GU lty
rropoSea Ds would be overcome
the Owners of the and all night cars
could be run on that
" l''''' road. This would be
''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' about as convenient
for the Naleneia-street people, as there
would be only one block of difference"
when will the work on the Mission
street line commence?" was asked.
'"fhe rails are now being laid down about
Twenty sixth street, but / don't think the
work of construction will be commenced
until March or until the rainy season is
over. II will be finished in about six
months from now"
is there any difficulty in the way of run
ming horseears all night on Mission street
from now until March?"
II don't see any difficulty, but, of course,
l am not in position 10 say what the
directors may decide upon doing.
MIR. Wilicutt. the secretary of the CON-
pany. has been i'll Tor some weeks and
AofO hob HoQ Vi seeing
him since the agitation Of the owl cars
commenced in THE CALL and don't know,
therefore, what his views may be-"
Couldn't horsecars be run on Valencia
street,"
'Nc. that couldn't be done. 1t would
have to be done on Mission street.
'I ou can understand that the grades on
the other lines would render hOrsecars i'm
possible and. of course, the single cable
makes 1t equally impossible to run the
cable-cars all night.
II shall make it my business to see the
secretary and general manager tomorrow
or next DAY. and after these slips are exam
lDed we Will be able TO state definitely what
can be done to accommodate the public in
the way indicated.
"As said before can't say what decision
the directors may arrive at. l saw in The
CALL that Colonel Croeker, our president,
had expressed himself as anxious to do
everything he can to Oblige the public. but.
personally. L have not spoken to him on
the subject
Now that we have some data to 90 upon
decision will be made very soon.
The two lines to be considered are the
Valencia and Castro, but the latter has the
steep grade against it for horsecarS.
Call in again in day or two and I will
perhaps be able to give you some definite
information as 10 what the secretary and
general manager think of the owl-car
scheme"
Yes" said Behrend Joost, president of
the San Francisco aud San Maieo electric
road, I'VE have Observation-Disclosures.
learned through the
columns OF THE CALI. Behrend Joost Is
owl ears on onr linz line Getting Ready to
and BY next spring we Run Owl Cars.
Will have them run
ming. ;.........................:
1--WE ara alrpatHy CARING in additjonoI
power Tor the all-night system. At inter-
walls during the night we will run the cars
down TO Ocean View.
As 1t now is the late travel is not so
nneavy. but that IS owing To the bad winter.
The people who live so far out on our line
do not like to brave a STORM in this weather.
but You can judge by the fact that we ara
going 10 run the owl cars that we expect a
largo travel during the spring aud summer.
w are u not going to let any of the Mis-
SION reads get ahead OF US, even if it doesn't
pay, which we think it will. We will gain
the goodwill Of the people"
Mr. Joost received his package Of owl-car
pledges and slowed them away for safe
keeping.
Superintendent Harris of the California
street cable road was seen. He said
NO, do not think owl cars would pay on
our line. Our night travel is very light.
The people who require owl cars mostly
reside IN the Mission. where think the cars
roads. like the Valencia and Howard street
lines. we would certainly run owl cars. if
not the cable, then We would run horsecars.
after the last trip OF the cable-car, which /
think would net profit.
As 1T is, we have neither the level roads
Tor hoTsecars nor late travel enough for
US to run our cable all night, which would
be great expense.
81 have taken THE CALL for about
twenty years." said Mr.. Harris, land an
preclate the efforts 1t has made for the ben
eht OF the public in regard to the owl cars
l think that the rest of THE CALLS read
ers will agree with me-"
PRESIDENT Easton OF the Meiropol tan
electric road is at present in San Diego
and VIII not be back for a week. THE
CALLS Christm as BGx for the Metropolis
Tan was hand cd to George Easton, who
promised to lay 1t before the president i'm
mediateIy on his return to The city.
The Metropolitan line is now running the
latest cars in the citv, starting one hour
later from Eddy and Market streets than
the Nalencia-street line starts from the
ferry. The officers say that the owl cars on
the line are doing good business Night
workers who readily see that it is to their
are going out on the line of the Metro poIi-
tan road and choosing fats to rent or lois ON
which to build their cottages
Nobody can blame them for this In fact
IL is very wise plan. MANY a night
worker who now lives in the Mission will
remove to the line of the METROPOLITAN road
unless the owl-car agitation, in which all
are now actively interested, should prove
successful.
Superintendent Anderson of the Omnbus
system was confined to his house. but AS