Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-13
NEED OWL CARS
IN FIESTA WEEK
VITAL REASONS FOR SERVICE
AFTER MIDNIGHT
Visitors, 1t Is Pointed Out, Will Suf-
fer Hardships If Obliged to Turn
in Early for Lack of
Cars

| With Fiesta week near at hand. the
people of Los Angeles realize more than
| ever the growing need for owl car
! service. With so many attractions and
so much to see and hear during the Sec
ond week in May the people will be
loath to go home before l or 2 o'clock
unless the street car companies come
| to the rescue.
Much of the success of the Fiesta de-
pends upon the street car companies.
What will the thousands of visiting
Shriners and their friends think of Los
Angeles if they see the people hurry
ing as fast as they can to catch the last
car at 1890 o'clock?
Many of the visitors will also have
the pleasure CD of walking home if
they tarry little late at a banquet or
theater, for all of the fasteners can
not secure quarters in the business dis
trict.
Foresee Possible Dangers
Another feature that ought to attract
the attention of the trolley magnates
is the possible danger that the people
will be in if they do not have late car
service during the Fiesta. A meeting
as large and as much advertised as the
Fiesta will be may attract many hold
up men and crooks, the police fear The
yeggmen follow the people no matter
whether they go to New York city, to
Chicago or to Los Angeles.
Many people will stay down town late
at night, even if they do have to walk
mile or two home. The police ask:
Will they not give the hold-up men a
good opportunity in the outlying dis
tricts?
The people are now asking them
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companies if they will or will not con-
tribute what they can toward making
this the greatest event that has ever
taken place i'm the Angel City.
Another feature that ought to appeal
strongly to. the street car companies
is the crowded last car A remark
was made yesterday by one of the lead
ing theatrical men that if the people
were given the proper service and were
not crowded into a last car" with the
people who miss the last car" they
would fill the owl cars and would make
this service a paying one.
Mr.. Hamburger Speaks
Los Angeles needs owl cars badly"
said NJ. a. Hamburger president of the
Peoples store. From every point of
view the time is ripe for them. The
business interests of this fast spreading
city would benefit thereby. The social
life would be more pleasant if one
didn't have to hurry home after the
theater.
"The real estate interests, ordinarily
so alert seem to have failed to recog-
nize the value of cars that run at night
time. Men whose duties keep them
down town late at night are forced to
live within walking distance or go to
the expense of hiring a carriage. And
SO the price of real estate that lies upon
the outskirts of the town is bound to
suffer.
LOS Angeles has taken, it's place
among the great cities of the world,
and rightly so. Now is the time to
prove that she is really metropolitan.
Fiesta week will soon be here and the
streets will be thronged with visitors
from all the world.
Midnight Crowds
"There will be things to see that will
keep the streets busy until late at
night and so the time is now. Owl
cars are too necessary to the life of a
great city to be spared any longer
and The Herald is doing a work that
looks toward the interests of every
body.
''Those real estate men having prop
erty in the outlying parts of town would
find an immediate increase in the value
of their holdings. People don't want to
go too far away from the city if there
is chance of having to walk home a
night or hire a conveyance, and many
who otherwise would have homes away
from the center part of town are forced
to live there because the owl cars are
not run.
From every standpoint they would
he the best thing that ever happened.
The street railway companies would
show all increase in their earnings. The
theaters would show increased attend
ance. The restaurants and cafes would
scarcely be able to entertain those who
like to have little after-theater parties,
and all around there would be Il benefit
felt at once.
Would Benefit Many
"There are many people whom owl
cars would benefit L know of many
cases where men are forced to have
rooms within walking distance because
their duties keep them down town late
at night, and there is no excuse for
this state of affairs
"There is a demand for owl cars that
is unanimous. Many of my friends
have asked why some steps to procure
them could not be taken and the sur
prise of those who come from other
cities and find that this busy city shuts
down at night and let's late workers
get home the best way they can keeps
one explaining.
"The street railways of Los Angeles
lead all systems of this country. Every
body that comes here remarks upon
their excellence, and now it's time they
woke UP ard gave the city real metro
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