The herald., 1895-08-24
Exeunt the Former to Make
Way for the Latter
ITS USEFULNESS NOT PAST
Some Practical Remarks by General
Manager F. W. Wood
Lstter-Day Labor.Savlng Devices Create New
Wants and New Industries for UtlI.
izing Old Ways and neaus

FOR SALE - MULES SO MEDIUM
sized mules in good condition for sale
BY the undersigned can be seen at stable
cor. Washington st. and Vermont ave.
Wood. general manager.
To that nart of the readiug public who
pay the classified ads' the compliment
OF their distinguished attention. the
above announcement means visit to the
place des,gnated if possession of mule
be needed for business or domestic econ
omy; if not, the allurements held out are
dismissed with passing glance.
To a newspaper Office, on the contrary.
such all "ad" means possible STORY
and SO it happened that Herald reporter
was detailed to look the matter up yes-
terday afternoon. OF course such original
and unique phrases as the march of pro-
gress, the giant strides of civilization, the
awe-compelling advance in science all
passed through the reporters nina dur
ing the ride on an electric car. and befoi g
the power house was reached very Jes-
pectab'e amount of maudlin sentiment
had been pumped up, which produced
sad picture to the minds eye OF the
down-trodden, neglected mule which Is
not in it at all any moro as against the
subtle, far-reaching force of electricity.
There were the poor. patient. affection
ate mules-man's faithful friend even
though an occasona. fit OF obstinacy o.,
the one hand. and on the other the mys-
terious. lnanimate, death dealing IF not
properly handled) electricity. There
were the mules who had pulled and
hauled and tugged more than they could
carry. of dirt and rocks. rails ana ties
n hni1dinO M hinp
the festive electric car now gaily speeds
its merry care-free way; and there they
were, those long-eared, bray producing
quadrupeds that had outlived their USE
tulness and been relegated, with the In
dians ana few other has-beens. to
spending their last days in innocuous
desuetude. Their former efforts unap
preciate1, their very existence forgotten
except that they still retained a1capaciIty
for eating their heads off and they must
therefore be sold.
Such were the series of affecting pict-
ures that passed before the reporters
mental vision, and very pretty, sen.-
mental, Helen H untish story was slowly
forming in the scribe's alleged brain.
when. upon being ushered into the pres
ence of the affable general manager of the
Los Angeles Railway company, Mr.. +.
W. Wood. the whole thing was squashed
by that gentleman's practical words of
sound common sense.
Mr.. Wood said: Eyes. as we apply
electricity to the various lines. the mules
of course are no longer of use to us, and
so we shall sell them as we find custom
ers. Farmers and other people who
need mules in their business will tinu
sixty-odd fine animals, IN good condition.
at our Washington street barns, and we
have no fears but that we shall find buy
new wants, new industries, that have to
be met with the very things that are
made useless by those same devices. 1t
was the same thing when steam was first
introduced. Everybody thought then
that there would be nothing left for
used in multifarious ways. and the intro
duc.ion OF electriity will produce no
different results. You know hauling
street car can't be the acme OF Joy or
peace or ease to either horse or mule and
farm life will he lot better for them.
The world has marched past them in
some directions, it IS true. but there are
still many avenues of use open to them.
in which there isn't half the danger of
or liability to abuse. These mules have
been taken from the Kuhrts and Washing
ton street lines, and those now working
on the Ninth street division will soon
be out of job.
II there was any lingering doubt in the
reporter 8 mind after hearing Mr. Wood IS
practical remarks, or any desire to cling
to the theoretical belief that those mules
were imposed upon or neglected. a visit
to the barns dispelled it at once and for-
ever. A livelier. happier crowd of a. ad-
rupeds never were gathered together.
There tney were in the warm sunlight.
big mules and little, young and old. all
sleek and comfortably fat, nodding their
heads and swishing away flies with their
slender tails. blinking lazily and eating
it they felt like it. Not one OF them had
the appearance OF rebelling at the decree
which had taken them out of the traces
in order that the trolley might be insti-
tuted to do their work in the way of mo-
tor power.
They didn't look as If they cared
whether school kept or not, and the irony
of fate had not entered their souls to
any marked extent. They we're simply
taking life as they found it. on the sunny
side OF Easv street, and were leaving the
worrying, if there was any, to the COM
pany which is paying for their fodder.