Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-01
SHOULD WAKE UP !.
TO OWL SERVICE
KANSAS cITYAN DECLARES
CARS ARE NEEDED
Never Before Has Necessity for After
Midnight Transportation Been
ereater-ReIief Work Made
This Apparent

Outsiders are very quick to realize
the need of owl cars in Los Angeles and
probably are more at loss in getting
about the city at night than the people
who are permanent residents here. for
1t is said that the walking habit has
been forced upon the people of Los An
geles after 12 o'clock at night and that
they have accepted 1t as an unavoid-
able punishment.
Among those who were interviewed
yesterday was prominent hotel man
from Kansas City, where owl cars have
peen successfully used for years. He
was surprised to find that Los Angeles
did not have a late car service.
THE absence of owl cars I'm Los An
geles has been the source of my great
est surprise while here. I had no idea
that they were not i'm use in city of
this size. There is no reason why thew
should not be and every reason why
they should. Los Angeles will have to
wake up to this fact sooner or later"
That Is the opinion of A. ]. Dean of
Kansas City, who is prominently con-
nected with the Baltimore Hotel COM
pany of that city. For three weeks Mr..
Dean has been guest in this city,
making his headquarters at the Hotel
Alexandria. During that time he has
Travelled over the entire country sur
rounding Los Angeles and has made
numerous automobile trips throughout
the city.
Refugees Suffered
Never before in the history Of a city
in the United States has the necessity
for owl cars been more marked than 1t
has been here during the past two
weeks n lie
companies have had special cars at the
depots to meet the refugee trains, but
that has not been of much use to the
many people who were there to meet
friends that were among the refugees.
These special cars have taken the ref
ugees to the places that were originally
planned to house them over night.
The many friends have been obliged to
hire carriages to take them to their
homes.
I'm all of the large eastern cities and
many of the smaller towns throughout
the United States owl cars have been
feature for several years. I regard it
as being one of the strong inducements
toward the upbuilding of city. Peo-
pie who know that they can get home
at almost any hour Of the day or night
will not be averse to moving some
distance from the center of the city.
Would UpbuiId City
"Any movement that will aid in the
upbuilding of city should be encour-
aged most heartily by the railroad
companies and the residents at large.
Many Of the narrow-minded citizens
will find excuses why the owl cars
should not be installed. But in my
opinion there are so many reasons
why they should be installed that there
is no chance for an argument
"There is only one way to secure owl
car service. 1t is for the people to
arise in a body and demand it from
the railroads. There is no reason why
the residents of Los Angeles should
road companies, at least not for the
reason that they might not get owl
cars.
"There perhaps is no city In the
world that has done more for one pro-
moter than Los Angeles has done for
Henry e. Huntington. The concessions
that have been granted withifis the,
past ten years to Mr.. Huntington are
marvellous On the face of it, it seems
that he has nothing more to do than
make a request and the people of Los
Angeles are ready to grant it to him.
IT do not mean to underestimate the
great good that Mr.. Huntington has
done for Los Angeles, but believe that
he is to a certain extent not as gen
erous to Angelenos as he might be-
he certainly is not if he refuses to
put on owl cars.
'The battle cry for owl cars should
be taken up at once by not only one
newspaper, The Herald, but by every
newspaper in the city. For the ad-
mirabe fight that The Herald has
made for the owl car service so far 1t
deserves the highest praise"