Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-14
MOVEMENT WELL RECEIVED IN
EVERY QUARTER
Out of Over Fifty Persons Inter-
viewed Only Two Have Thrown
Cold Water on an ALI
Night Service

Los Angeles.
Only two men have been found so
far who have opposed the idea. One
of them was a real estate man who is
interested in downtown rooming
houses and holds a mistaken idea that
the establishment of owl cars would
lessen the number of his patrons.
The other man is Rev. C. Molony
pastor of the st. Agnes Catholic
church, who spoke as follows:
II think the last car should leave
the center of the city by 1890 o'clock.
1 think the owl cars would only be
for a cheap crowd, VINO would not hire
carriages and they would keep working
men up all night to run the cars for
a fve-cent fare. Night should not be
turned into day."
In sharp contrast with this interview
is one from Rev. ]. ]. Clifford, S. I.
L., pastor of st. Thomas Catholic
church, which follows:
Cars Are Necessary
"Such night cars are necessary to
large number of people. To the priests
it would be a great help, as We have
as many sick calls in the night which
must be attended at once as during the
day, and in that way the owl cars
would be a help. We have many calls
and as it is now we often have to walk
long distances"
The Rev. Mr. Molony evidently fails
to grasp the fact that there are sew
eraI thousand workers who every night
must walk to their homes and that
there are thousands more who would
move out into the country where their
children could get the fresh air If they
could get home to their families at
night.
G. E. Dixon, police sergeant, who has
been with the department for over six
years, says that owl car service would
be a great benefit to the patrolmen.
There is a change of shifts at o'clock
in the morning and the men going on
and off duty must walk from and to
their homes.
Regarding the late car service, Mr..
Dixon spoke as follows
Effort Is CommendabIe
"Efforts to secure the owl car service
for Los Angeles is highly commend
able. / most heartily approve of it.
In every large city in the United
States, with perhaps the exception of
Los Angeles, the owl car service is to
be found 1t is of the greatest i'm
portance to the citizens at large.
"a great many persons are, by
reason of their different callings,
obliged to work much later than mid
night The absence of the owl cars
compeIs them to live within walking
distance of their place of business
Were there owl cars they would be
able to live out away from this and get
a little of the fresh air and less of the
noise of the city.
''In police circles alone it would be
Of the greatest benefit. officers who
live away from the station could go
home when off duty on the early morn
ing watches. AS it is they are COM
PEELED to wait at the station and sleep
on the installment plan until the first
cars in the morning. Others must
come down on the last cars and COM
plete their rest in the station before
going on duty. Every officer would
welcome owl cars. 1t would enable
them to get little more of the home
life that they so justly earn.
No Longer Village
"Los Angeles is no longer coun-
try village it is city that has come
to stay; one that is growing more rap
idly than any other city in the world.
There Is no question about that. To
keen I'D with the pace that the influx
of people here demand the installation
of the owl car service is certainly in
order.
"A few persons have sought to find
the undesirable features of the owl car
service In reply to their reasons fol
not having owl cars it is hardly neces-
sary to put forth an argument. The
reasons why we should have owl cars
are so many times greater than those
why we shouldn't that 1t shows mar
row-nindedness and that the reasonel
is not a public spirited citizen.
"Owl cars should be put on the
schedules of the street railway COM
panies at the earliest moment. They
cannot come too early for Los Angelo!
residents"
Councilman Houghton says he il
strongly in favor Of owl cars and tina
he has already taken the initiative to-
ward the establishment of this service
In an interview yesterday he said:
Praises The Herald
"The Herald has taken a commend
able stand in its efforts to secure al
all-night street car service, but l wan
the distinction of having precede
The Herald. Not a month ago L sug
gested to the Sixth ward club that al
all-night car service would be an eX
cellent thing and my suggestion wa
indorsed by that organization.
81 at once took the question up Will
the railway companies and they nov
are having an engineer figure on plal
for an all-night service, one car ever!
half hour after 1 o'clock in the morn
ing. The cost of such a service is be
ing considered and have been prom
ised a report in a short time"
Rev. E. p. Ryland, pastor of Trinit.
Methodist church south. said:
"I am heartily in sympathy with
movement that appeals to me as be
ing so much benefit to the man VIII
works at night Many men would TAX
their families out into our delightful
and healthful suburbs if they coul
have proper transportation to and fror
work. movement such as the ow
car system would enable the familie
of night workers to have more whole
some surroundings at home and thu
lend to building better characters
The movement certainly is to be com
mended."