Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-17
MERCHANTS ALL
FAVOR SERVICE
GIVE REASONS FOR WANTING
LATE CARS
Solid Business Men of the City Join
With Municipal Officials and De-
mand improved Night
Transportation

| Conservative merchants, well known
for their successful business dealings,
readily see the advantage that owl cars
would be to Los Angeles and are will
ing to give their aid toward any move
ment that shall bring about late service,
| The men who have been interviewed
have not expressed themselves as In
| favor of owl cars hastily, but have
considered the improved service from
a business standpoint and have come
to the conclusion that the service should
be established Immediately.
Never before was this late car serv-
ice needed as much as 1t is at the
present. With rapid strides the quarter
million population mark has been
passed and the heart of the city can
no longer furnish accommodations for
| the hundreds of people that must of
necessity work until early in the morn
ing.
Los Angeles can look at other cities
which have a smaller population than
she now boasts of, and can see cars
running all night at a good profit to
the street railway owners.
Compares Car Services
o. J. Barker of the Barker Bros
Furniture company on South Spring
street, who Is also buying agent for the
company, says that the installation of
owl cars would be one of the most in
dicative features of the advancement
of Los Angeles. In his official capacity
with the furniture company he travels
over the United States many times
each year. He says that In all of the
large cities in the United States the all
night street car service is of the great
est advantage to the communities at
large. He said:
Los Angeles. in spite of the fact that
| it is one of the youngest cities in the
progressive. We have things here that
many of the much larger cities cannot
show-the most important of which is
the unexcelled street car lines.
spoiIs Peoples Pleasure
"There are so many people in Los An
geles that have to work late at night
that owl cars would be boon to them.
Los Angeles is a pleasure-loVing city
and many times when theater party
Is given. the evenings entertainment
is followed by a dinner at some of the
cafes. Those who stay and chat with
their friends find that they are COM
PEELED to hire carriages to convey them
to their residences, but IL we had owl
cars they would answer the same pur-
pose. These social pleasures come
around only about once in two months,
and when the persons have to rush
home they lose the pleasure of it.
I'm my travels about the United
| States l find that the progressive cities
always have the owl car service. In
many instances the towns are even
smaller than Los Angeles. AS an ex-
ample. ] might refer to Denver, where
the owl car service has been in vogue
for a number of years.
Encourages Home Building
everything that tends toward ad-
Vancement for Los Angeles should be
encouraged and pushed ahead with all
vigor. Owl cars would be of the great
est benefit. 1t would encourage the
building of homes farther out from
the heart of the city, and although Los
Angeles is growing as 1T Is, the growth
would be even more marked with owl
cars"
HeIman Sees Advantages
James w. Hellman, who is we'll known
as q good business man, believes that
owl car service should be adopted by
the Los Angeles street railways at
once In an interview yesterday he
| said:
I'VE ought to have an all night street
car service. The street railway COM
panies are making sufficient money
out of the people to warrant their Civ
| ing It, Even if 1t should be a small
loss to the companies at first they
should accommodate the people as is
done in other large cities.
when it became generally known
that late cars We're runnig the people
would patronize them largely and would
make the late service profitable.
Until owl cars are put on Los An
geles will remain in the background,
which is inexcusable under the present
thriving conditions now prevalent in
the city"
Would Be Great Benefit
Edward B. Machin, president and
manager of the Machin Shirt company,
is another prominent business man who
sees that great benefit will be derived
by the public from owl car service Re-
garding late car service he said yes
terday: