Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-05
BROOKLY YIN GUESTS
PASS MERRY DAY
SEE SIGHTS OF THE MAGIC
ISLAND
Express Themselves AS Delighted with
Los AnaeIes-Leave Today for
Trip Through Subur-
ban Towns

Catalina, the magic isle. furnished one
of the delightful days of the trip for r>the
members of the Brooklyn league party
yesterday. The members gathered early
| in the morning preparatory for the voy-
age to Avalon, and passed the day view
| ing the wonders of the island. The vari-
Gus drives and amusements, and chief or
all the glass bottomed boats, attracted
the visitors and furnished a days enter
tainment such as has not been their priv
ilege to see before.
The enthusiasm of the first day of Los
Angeles was augmented by visit TO lts
suburb" the island. and last night the
happy people were louder in their excla-
nations of wonder and delight than the
day before. If that were possible.
After returning from the days outing
the seventy members kept quietly about
the Hotel Alexandria, as rule, pre-
pairing for an early start this morning
on the trip going to Redlands and Riv-
erside.
That Los Angeles is the best yet was
voiced by the party yesterday, and all
expressed regrets that it was impossible
for them to make longer stay.
John B. Creighton, secretary of the
league, who is in charge of the monster
excursion in speaking of Los Angeles
'In our rounds in Los Angeles and the
suburban places, we have met with the
greatest accommodations and cheerful
hospitality that could have been accorded
the members of our league They all
have words of high praise for Los An
geles. the surrounding country and the
inhabitants"
In speaking of the civic and municipal
conditions of some of the eastern cities
1f An Mr.
was very conservative in his ideas.
In answer to a question regarding any
criticism he might give bearing upon the
municipal aspects and conditions of Los
Angeles, he said:
"You have a very delightful city, and,
so far as my observation goes, there are
but few improvements on general prin-
ciples that 1 could suggest. But, as you
have asked me to give my criticism fo1
or against the conditions of Los Angeles
as see them, 1 will say that I call to
mind with all my careful investigations
only two adverse criticisms to make, one
is that the overhead wires on the streets
should be placed underground and the
other is that the noises from the ham
ding of iron and steel material on the
streets should be diminished. At o'clock
this morning 1 was awakened by the
dropping of iron from truck on the
street
IN New York they have passed an
ordinance compelling draymen to load
iron and steel materials used in build
ings in such a way as to be carried
through the street and unloaded with
little noise.
'In Brooklyn we have had to face these
conditions. The city appropriated 100000
for placing the overhead wires in con-
duits.
Before municipalities should attempt
to compel corporations to put wires under
ground, they should first place their own
to set good example.
"In our extensive Investigations in Los
Angeles we have taken special and favor
able notice of the extensive lighting of
the streets and the street corner switch
towers for the street cars and the fine
street signs"
John H. Perry, prominent real estate
dealer of Brooklyn, said last night that
he had no special adverse criticism to
make on the civic and municipal condiA
tions of Los Angeles. He placed much
emphasis on the large number of banks In
the city and the construction Of the busi-
ness blocks and hotels and especially
praised the conditions of the streets, He
said:
II am great stickler on having good
streets. In building fine mansion with
an ungraded, poor street is like a man |
wearing a fine suit of clothes with a |
slouch hat and poor worn out pair of |
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