Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-03
RAILROADS MAKE
ACCIDENT REPORT
TROLLEY COMPANIES BOW TO
NEW LAW
Various Claim Agents Furnish Lists of
Accidents, but Omit Names
and Other interesting
Details

mended by the accident commission the
trolley companies yesterday made the
nrst OF the reports of accidents along
their lines, which will be required reg
ularly hereafter.
All of the companies have taken ad-
vantage of loopholes in the ordinance
by emitting the names of persons in
Jured or of owners of vehicles which
suffered damage, within the limits of
Los Angeles.
The reports are made by the claim
agents and cover the first half of Jan
uary, 1907. The ordinance requiring
THESE reports Is numbered 1888 and
was signed on the last day of last
year by Mayor owen McAleer.
Pacific Electric and Interurban
The Pacific Electric Railway COM
pany and the Los Angeles Interurban
Railway company made report through
Claim Agent +. A. Green thus:
January 2-3:40 p. m. Los Angeles
and Market streets, man drove into
front end of car, man thrown out,
slightly injured.
January 3-3:7 p. m. Fourth and
Main streets, man tried to board NOV
ing car wrong side of street. fell.
slightly injured; 11:2S D. M, Third and
Main streets, street sweeper collided
with car damaged same; 1898 D. M,
Broadway and Temple streets. wagon
and car collided, slight damage to
both; 1915 p. m., First and Main
streets, rear end of car rounding curve
struck wagon slight damage to wagon.
January 4-8:45 a. M, First and Los
Angeles streets, collision of two cars,
slight damage.
January 5-7:17 a. M, Third and Hill
streets, collision of two cars, damage
to one fender.
January 6-1105 a. m., First and Los
Angeles streets, lady to avoid stepping
into mudhole stepped to her left and
against side of car rounding curve,
knocked down, slightly injured
January 7-5:35 p. M, Sixth and Hill
streets, car and wagon collide, damage
to car step; 1:55 p M, First and Main
streets, collision of two cars, tenders
damaged.
January 8-10:30 a. m., First and Los
Angeles streets, collision of two cars.
damage to one fender: 1888 a. m., Third
Fand Main streets collision of two cars,
slight damage to one
January 10-12:55 p. m., Fourth and
Main streets, car and van collided,
damaged van; $3.50 p. M, Sixth and
Main streets, collision of two cars,
both slightly damaged; 1850 a. M,
Broadway and Temple streets lady
jumped off moving car and fell, slight
ly injured.
January 11-11:00 p. m., First and
Main streets, collision of two cars, both
slightly damaged; 1:55 p. m., Fifth and
Hill streets, man drove wagon in front
of moving car, wagon and car dam.
aged, driver slightly injured; 1000 a
M. Aliso and Gallardo streets, collision
of two cars, two slightly hurt.
January 12-1120 a. m, First ant
Los Angeles streets, wagon collideC
with step of car, damaged step anC
window of car.
January 15--11:35 a. M, Sixth ant
Main streets, collision of two cars
damaged one car; 1915 p. m., Vermont
and Jefferson street, car turned oyel
going around curve, four passengers
slightly hurt.
Los AngeIes-Pacific
The Los Angeles-Pacific company
through M. J. Finkenstein, claim agent
submitted the following list:
January 1-11:30 p. m., on Spring
street. near Third, boy walked in front
Of car and was seriously injured
January $40 p. M, corner of Sew
enth and Hill streets, collision with
l.. A. railway car, no one injured.
January 12-S:55 p. M, on Sunset
boulevard, near Echo park road, We
hicle demolished and driver injured
655 p. M, corner Sunset boulevard and
Figueroa street, vehicle demolished.
January 1885 p. M, corner Sunset
boulevard and Buena Vista street, col
lision with L. A. railway car two per-
sons injured
Los Angeles Railway
The Los Angeles Railway company
through John j. Aiken, has this acci-
dent report:
January 1-1:46 p. m, Sixteenth and
Central avenue, collision with wagon
slight damage to car, one wheel and
coupling pole of wagon broken.
January 2-3:36 p. M, Sixth and
Grand avenue, collision with wagon,
driver slightly injured
January 3-11:50 a. M, Central ave-
nue. and Forty-ninth street, lady left
car in motion, slight injury.
January 4-11:30 a. m, Central ave-
nue. near Forty-fifth street collision
with wagon, driver slightly injured
5:S5 p. M, Eleventh and Figueroa
streets. lady left car in motion, slightly
injured; 635 p. M, Main and Republic
streets, two cars in collision, Slight
damage ito cars. no personal injuries
January 6-7:40 p. m, Seventh and
Hill streets, two cars in collision, slight
damage to cars, no personal injuries.
January 7-6;11 p. M, Ninth and
Main streets, runaway team collided
wagon, one horse killed. 5:25 d. m.
Fifth street and Maple avenue, wagon
driven over fender while car was sta
tionary, slight damage to fender; 6:1S
p. M, Twenty-third and Estrella
collision with wagon. driver slightly
injured.
January 8-2;1S D. M, Temple ano
Main streets, while car was moving
slowly team was rapidly driven against
car damage to car step and broken
wheel.
January 9-9:55 p. M, Broadway and
Fourth streets, man left car in motion
slightly injured; S:35 p. M, Fourth and
Spring streets, hack driven directly in
front of slowly moving car, slight col
lision damaging fender; 2;3O p. M,
Second and Spring streets, wagon driv-
en- against car which was stationary
slight damage to wagon.
January 10-2:45 p. M, on Spring
street between Seventh and Eighth
streets, wagon struck car which was
stationary at the time, car step broken
off; 1927 p. m, Sixth and Coronado
streets. man struck by car, slightly
injured.
January 11-1:50 p. M, Buena Vista
and Solano streets, collision with wa
gOn, slight damage to car fender one