Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-22
WANT OWL CARS
AND TELL WHY
FIESTA WEEK DEMONSTRATES
WISDOM OF SERVICE
No City as Large as Los Angeles Shuts
Down Its TroIleys After Mid
night-Business Mans
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The necessity of owl cars is being
demonstrated every day to the hun
dreds of citizens and the great number
of arrivals here to attend the Fiesta.
From all sides complaints are COM
ing, all asking for later service. Well
known citizens who represent the best
of the commercial and social life of
Los Angeles are unanimous in the
opinion that LOS Angeles will never
rate as a thoroughly up-to-date city
until better service shall have been es-
tablshed.
Following are the views of two of
Los Angeles representative citizens:
Necessity Is Emphatic
"The installation of owl cars should
have been made long ago." said H. l..
Cornish of the Cornish & Braly real
estate firm yesterday. Never before
in the history of Los Angeles has the
necessity of owl cars been more en-
phatic than it is today.
why owl cars nave not been a per-
manent institution in Los Angeles for
at least two years is beyond my COM
prehension. No city in the United
States equal in size to Los Angeles is
without the owl car service. There is
absolutely no reason why Los Angeles
should not have the same attention
from the railroad companies.
"The suggestion that the street rail-
way companies would not profit by put
ting on these late cars is erroneous.
The public will take advantage of
owl car service the moment it is there
for them to use. Los Angeles is no
country village. 1t is thorough
metropolitan city in every way, with
the exception of the owl car service.
The absence of owl cars here will be
felt at this time especially"
Their Absence Is Noted
Henry G.. Krohn of the Brauer &
Krohn tailoring establishment on
South Spring and West Fifth streets
is strongly in favor of the installa-
tion of owl cars. Mr.. Krohn firmly
believes that owl cars stand for up-to-
dateness of city and indicate life
and activity of the municipality.
Los Angeles now occupies a place
in the history of the United States
and the west that undoubtedly at this
time places her at or near the head
of the list. In my opinion the absence
of owl cars i'm city of Los Angeles
size gives the average tourist and
traveller an idea that Los Angeles is
not the city that she is advertised to
be-
The necessity Of late cars indicates
that there is life and activity where
they are used. 1t places the city on
par at once with the large eastern
cities where owl cars are run con-
tinually during the night at intervals
of half hours.
Refugees Felt Need
During the influx of refugees into
this city, following the disaster i'm San
Francisco, owl cars would have been
boon to the many anxious friends
who We're compelled to wait at the
stations until after / and 2 o'clock in
the morning. Occasions like those all
ways present themselves, and often
times when we least expect them.
"The street railway companies de-
serve credit for running special cars
at the time for the late arrivals TO
the different points about the city
where they were taken care OF, but
that did not assist the many residents
in the city who came from distances
far from the places of refuge and had
to return to these after giving their
friends the necessary attention.
"Owl cars should be placed on the
schedules of every street railway In
Los Angeles at the earliest oppor-
tunity. 1t is one OF the most neces-
sary features TO metropolitan life. It
means "a great deal To Los Angeles