Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-13

told to be on the scene with force
of policemen in order to resist possible
violence, and the city electrician with
his force was summoned for active
duty.
The corner of Twenty-ninth and San
Pedro was named as the general ren-
devious and 1 o'clock as the hour to
begin the work of cutting the trolley
wires and tearing up the tracks, but
gin action that all of them forgot
their lunch and were at the appointed
place before the hour specified.
At 80 Acting Chief of Police Auhle
marshaled half a dozen policemen to
the meeting place. Fire Chief Lips was
there with hook and ladder truck c,
and City Electrician Monahan with a
force of linemen all awaiting the COM
ing Of Mayor McAleer to begin opera
tions. In a few minutes the mayor and
Assistant City Attorney Herbert j..
Goudge, armed with a copy of the in
junction -dissolving decree, chugged up
in an automobile and active operations
began at once.
The railway company had a perfect
right to the track up to a definite line
on Thirtieth street and in order that
there might be no trespassing on the
city's part, Attorney Goudge counseled
that the work of regaining the street
be begun at Thirty-frst street.
Cut Trolley Wires
Ladders from the fire department
truck were run up against the guys
that held the trolley wires in place
and with nothing but this frail sup
pot the linemen mounted and affixed
a block and tackle. When this was
done, the wires were cut short off be-
tween the spans of trolley poles. The
first wire fell to the ground at 12:40
o'clock.
At this juncture car No. 22S was
seen rapidly approaching on the south
bound track and Acting Chief Auble
sent force of policemen forward with
instructions to allow no car to pro-
ceed south Of the Southern Pacific
tracks on Thirtieth street. There were
several women passengers on this car
and when they were told that they
could go no farther on the street car
and informed of the cause, it was not
words of commendation that they ut
tered One of the fair passengers was
even heard to vent her wrath in one
emphatic darn" that really meant
more than the oldest inhabitant of
Flanders could have expressed in an
hour or two. However, there was
nothing for the operators of the car to
do but reverse the trolley and go
back. All the cars on the line were
compelled to do this and there was
about a two minute service on San
Pedro street the rest of the after
noon.
Service Blocked
After cutting the wire on the south
bound track the ladders were trans
ferred to the northbound track and
the trolley wire cut there. In less
than twenty minutes the two spans of
wire had been removed and all street
car service on this line effectually
blocked.
Before the wire was entirely removed
from the northbound track, trolley
car No. 227 approached from the south
and stopped within a few feet of the
dangling wire. There seemed to be
nothing for this car to do but reverse
and go back to the Los Angeles rail-
way barns, which are between Fifty
third and Fifty-fourth streets, on
South Park avenue. But the mayor
was magnanimous. He could afford to
be as he was getting what he wanted,
and he ordered the linemen to replace
the wire long enough for the car to
pass.
1--WE don't want to pass" called out
the conductor of the car as he rushed
tn a box telephone on the corner of