Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-29

social function at one side Of the cit,
and happens to live in another the even.
ing must be curtailed in order to gel
into town to make connections Unles:
one is fortunate enough to possess ar
automobile or carriage and many oi
the citizens of Los Angeles do not, one
is in rather bad way. SO many peo.
pie live in the suburbs nowadays thai
late suburban cars seem especially
necessary"
Butler Indorses Idea
Sidney A. Butler, president of the
consolidation commission: Il certainly
am of the opinion that Los Angeles
should have an owl car service on the
street railroads. It is frequently the
case that business men who have beer
detained down town on business en-
gagements are compelled to remain In
the city all night or go to the expense
of hiring carriage or automobile to
take them home. Owl cars are neces-
sity in every city of the size of Los
Angeles, and 1t is due the citizens that
the council should take prompt action
on this subject"
Case Of Walk, Says Fleming
A. P. Fleming, secretary Of the con-
colidation commission: LOS Angeles is
entitled to an owl car service, and ]
hope the present agitation will result
in the establishment of such a service.
At present, If a man is detained down
town after 1890 at night it usually is a
case of walking home or going to some
hotel. think the street railroad COM
panies should run a car at least once
an hour after midnight"
Says 1t Is imperative
H. L. Percy, broker: "Of course /
am in favor of owl cars. Los Angeles
| has reached a point where such a SER
vice is an imperative necessity, and the
city council should take steps to COM
pei the railroad companies to run cars
! after midnight as is done in all the
| other large cities in the country.
Owl Cars Pay in Other Cities
"It would be less expense to the COM
pany were we to hire hacks to convey
| to their homes the people who would
| patronize the street cars between 1 and
! a. m.," said Thomas Lowry, president
| of the Twin City Rapid Transit COM
| pany which operates the street car
| lines in st. Paul and Minneapolis, when
| the owl car question first was broached
in those cities between three and four
years ago.
President Lowry admitted his mis-
/ take a month after the owl car service
was lnduSurdIeQ, LOT tne service, except
on two or three lines, paid from the
start" said John Kerns, a former resi-
! dent of st. Paul, now living in Los An
| geles.
"The agitation was started in St
| Paul, and the ordinance was passed
| unanimously, although several votes in
! the council were controlled by the
street car company, in the belief that
| the demand for such service would
| be demonstrated by a months service
to be so slight that the council could
repeal the ordinance without raising
! the slightest protest
Just the contrary was the result, and
| the all night patronage now is so great
that the street car company would con-
tinue to operate owl cars on nearly
every line even If the ordinance were
repealed.
"At the time the ordinance was passed
the population of st. Paul was about
10000 less than the present population
of Los Angeles.
Milwaukee furnishes another DEM
onstration of the necessity of owl cars
In that city the street railway COM
| pany made a bitter fight against the
| ordinance compelling one-hour service
between 1 and 5 a. m, but after a six
months trial the company voluntarily
! continued a half-hour service"