Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-18

keep. I have heard these annual state
ments ever since | have been in the
state.
Corporations Spoil Streets
The greatest enemies of city streets
are gas and water companies, aided by
an occasional plumber. A householder
wishes to make connection with the
gas or water main. The companies
put him off on the plea that his street
will soon be graded. He waits the
pleasure of his councilman and the
street grade is established. Again he
prays the gas man and the water man
for connections. Again he is told to
wait. They hear that street is going
to be paved next year. The next year
passes by. The street is paved. The
householder once more pleads for con-
nections. The gas man calls to a
foreman. Bill, is that pavement hard
enough to break?" mot yet" He
waits until it is hard and solid, crystal
lized into enduring firmness. Then with
joy glowing in his heart and happiness
in his eye he leads the gang out to
break into the pavement. The house
holder hurries to the water man. He
is received with scorn. What, lay their
pipe in ditch dug for the gas? Never!
The water company waits until the
ditch is filled and then digs it's own
ditch six feet away.
There are three ways of filling bitches
dug across paved streets. One is the
simple scoop, which leaves ditch hol-
lowed out on top of the one that was
filled. The second is the single hump.
with which the ditch is raised six
inches above the surrounding country.
The most intricate and inexplicable of
all is known as the "dromedary hump"
which is two humps running parallel
the entire length of the ditch. The OBJ
ject of this peculiar method of filling
the ditch is never apparent to the pc
destrian. 1t takes a man driving a
wagon or machine running up into it
suddenly on dark night to under
stand its perfect adaptation to it's end,
which is the end of the machine.
Those present were:
Robert Mitchell, Miss Louise Allen,
Meyer Lissner, Mr.. and Mrs. r. E.
Goodrich, Robert N. Bulla, Mr. and
Mrs. Merrill, Miss Richardson, Miles S.
Gregory, secretary; Hon. Wheaton A..
Gray, Mrs. Wheaton A. Gray, Miss
Gray, Mr.. and Mrs. w. c. Bryan, Mrs.
Tugwell, H. C. Galloupe, Mrs. H. C.
Galloupe, Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Prosser.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. r. Bacon, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. j. Crookshank, Taylor o. Tay-
lor, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Tritt, Russ
Avery, Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Avery,
DR.. and Mrs. L. A. Perce, Long Beach ;
Mr.. and Mrs. H. S. Williams, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. j. Lockwood, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank w. Hovey, Mr. and Mrs. A. Sid
ney> Jones, Theodore Martin, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. NJ. Bowen, Mr.. and Mrs.
George r. Murdoch, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
S. Collins, DR.. and Mrs. Sumner ].
Quint, DR.. and Mrs. C. w. Bonynge,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Henderson, Mr. and
Mrs. Jesse O. Marsh, Mr.. and Mrs. H.
e. c. Webb. Roy B. Wheeler, Mrs.
F. e. Wolfe, DR.. Robert j. Burdette,
Mr.. and Mrs. l, ]. Mitchell, Miss Mar
guerite Hilton, r. D. Wade, DR.. and
Mrs. William Dodge, Sherman Pease,
vice president; Mr.. and Mrs. F. E.
Golding, j. S. Pitman, Mary f. Dennis,
Byron l.. Oliver PRESIDENT Mrs. Byron
L. Oliver Thomas Hughes, treasurer;
Mrs. Thomas Hughes Mr.. and Mrs. p.
w. Powers, Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Patter-
son, A. P. Chaplin, William H. Pierce,
Sterling Pierce, Samuel H. French, A.
j. Crookshank Marion l.. Van Dusen,
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie r. Hewitt. Mr.. and
Mrs. Milo H. Hannas, r. G.. Brown. LIE
Grand Belts, George n. Parks. Mr. and
Mrs. John Luckenbach, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. w. Ross. Mr.. and Mrs. Walter j.
Wren, Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Schenck, w.
NJ Klinger, San Francisco; Rev. and
Mrs. George Steed, George H. Stratton,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. d. Mahannah, w. p.
Lyon, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Shrader L.
c. Gates, Mr.. and Mrs. Dana Weller,
Mr.. and Mrs, r. l.. Forsythe, Mrs. F.
d. Owen and w. N. Hamaker.