The morning call., 1892-12-27

small houses of five, six and seven rooms in
the vicinity of Golden Gate Park near the
terminus of the Metropolitan Electric Road.
Although all or nearly all the cottages on
the line of the road itself have already been
rented there are number of very convent
ent dwellings, just suitable for mechanics
and employees generally, at rents as low as
$50 to S22 a month on the streets running
into Stanyan within three or Tour. short
blocks of the terminal point of the electric
road.
Mechanics who work on the night shift,
and have been unfortunate enough to locate
in the Mission, along the Valencia-street
line. for example, are already inquiring
about these houses on StanyaD street. and
the real-estate agents doing business on
that line are pushing sales ana impIo oye-
ments as fast as they can. Within few
months if the owl cars are kept up-and
there seems TO be no earthly doubt--all the
northern and northeastern slopes OF Claren-
don Heights will be dotted with houses, and
lines of cottages will extend along the en-
tire easterly frontage of the park.
A gentleman living on Union and Steiner
streets, who is compelled to walk home ut
z A. NJ. twice or thrice week, thus de-
scribes his experiences:
II started ont on Sunday night, or rather
this morning. about an hour aud a half after
midnight. 1t was pouring with rain. II
was only the night before that l had been
looking On envi0usly at the people boarding
>.
But there was no owl car for me. Nothing
but the rain, which wet me through inside
OF ten minutes.
"Only few of the outeasts of humanity
were out at that hour and the Barbary
Coast was as quiet as the grave. The few
policemen sought shelter in convenient
doorways, and as l began the ascent of the
hill 10 Jones and Leavenworth / said to
myself that Alexander Selkirk knew what
he was talking about.
1T would have been consolation to have
met even footpad. and, letme tell you.
footpads are always numerous where night
cars are few.
thine and time again l have been
'shadOwed' and followed by these fellows,
but l always carry my gun in plain sight
when going home at such an hour and
when man seesryou have gun he is not
SO anxious 10 stop you and ask the time of
night.
81 said that 1t was lonesome journey.
just think of that long stretch of mile and
half TO Union and Steiner streets, the rain
pouring all the time and the hour A NJ.
The night worker who would live along the
line OF that road when he can get an owl
car on another road is a fool. There is no
other word. don't propose to be a fool
any longer and l shall pull up stakes and
locate on the Metropolitan road"
Similar accounts were received from resi-
dents on the line of other cable roads. The
dwellers along the line OF Union, California
and Valencia streets beyond Marked are
particularly energetic in their commenda-
tlon of the Owl-car agitation. and it looks as
If the move made by the Metropolitan road
will force the other roads TO do likewise,
FOR empty houses soon tell tales in the car
receipts. One occupied house on a remote
section of q cable or electric road is worth
more annually tnan a hundred transient
passengers nearer town,
On the subject Of owl cars the Commercial
Traveller says:
All-night cars in San Francisco seem 10 be an
assured thing. Their benefit TO many classes OF
people Is beyond estimation aud their proving q
source OF profit TO the car companies is unqueS-
tionable. The CALL has done good work.