Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-25
GET TOGETHER AND PULL TOGETHER

Tho woes of the South Park avenue people have
awakened public interest sympathy in section
of the city, The question which the trouble hinges
in the southern district is recognized of direct i'm
portance to every other district Now the involuntary
walking habit is imposed upon the people of the South
Park neghborhood but similar conditions may develop
soon causing dweers in other parts of the city to COM
pare electric transit with pedestrianism.
For this the entire population of Los An
gees looks with good deal of anxiety upon the develop
ments the line of the disabled railway.
All this present trouble, well as the prospective
reube elsewhere it suggests arises strangely enough
from failure to follow habit that has made Los An
gees famous abroad That is the pull together" habit,
which many other cities view with admiration and
with envy. Instead of pulling together in that South
Park matter there appears to be tug-ofwar
pull apart, situation entirely out of keeping with the
notable characteristics of the people Of this city,
Why not stand by the pull together" habit in that
tangle the South Park railway? The issue
really is between the city corporation and the rail-
way company another corporation the latter being,
in effect lessee of the former With the object OF
securing transit facilities for the public in the South
Park section the city gives the railway company the
privilege of operating The arrangement pre-
sumaby is equitable the company getting revenue suf
fcen to pay its operating expenses at least And the
Importance of the consideration received in RETURN
the convenience of rapid transit and the enhancement OF
property values-is evinced in the eagerness of the
railway service.
A corporation, whether municipal of business
character is merely aggregation of individuals Is
likely there would be any such OF pur
poses in the South Park If individual OF Judg-
ment and discretion represented the interests each
side? Such business individuals do not "cut off their
noses to spite their faces" Business in like cir
cumstances would turn to the modern method OF ad-
iusting differences now coming into even in re-
spect to international arbitration
almost anything rather than fight
The South Park people are not asking the mayor to
wink at any non-enforcement of law The question in
volved is one wholly of property right. If the mayor
should permit the South Park people to rebuild the rail-
the property rights involved finally determined by
the supreme court he would be doing only that which
any citizen would do with respect to his private
business Property is not usually seized and entered
upon by claimant when the contestee has taken the
question to higher court 1t is business proposition
not matter of law enforcement.
For the of all interests in the South Park and
establish important precedent we'll the city au
thortes the railway and the people directly concerned
should get together The legal question which the
trouble in process of solving by the
court and pending the decision the line should be
operated. little fnesse and particularly little Of
the Los Angeles pull together" spirit which usually is
so manifest other ns would lead to relayng of the
terval prior to the settlement of the main ssueby the
supreme court.
Get together and pull together Los Angeles fashion