Los Angeles herald., 1908-04-18
EVERY CAR AND
COACH IN SERVICE
TROLLEY AND STEAM ROADS
READY FOR RUSH
PASSENGERS ARE ADVISED TO
START EARLY
Greatest Test In History of Southern
California Beach Transporta-
ton Begins This
Morning

Though san HeufO ana SuTTOululhBo
will be the center of attraction today
thousands left yesterday for the ports
between Long Beach and Newport
bay, where they can get excellent
views Of the fleet approaching San Pc
dro this afternoon and later view the
individual craft and crews.
The transportation of these hum
dreds of thousands is divided between
the Southern Pacific, Santa Fe and
Salt Lake railroads, the Pacific Elec-
trio. Los Angeles-Pacific and the Re-
dondo lines, besides the automobiles,
motorcycles and private conveyances
Every boat owned within hundred
miles of Los Angeles will also be in
service.
Should Start at Daybreak
Officials of the steam and trolley
lines say they can handle the crowds
comfortably provided they start beach
ward at o'clock in the morning and
start on the return trip at reason
able hour. Cars will be run all night
if necessary to get every one back to
Los Angeles.
The bulk Of the trolley work today
will fall on the Pacific Electric offl-
cials, as the initial travel Will be 70
San Pedro. The Southern Pacific VIII
also use every engine and coach 1t can
Firmin service.
The operating staff of the Pacific
Electric announced last night that
every car on the line will be in use
from daybreak on. The rush on the
Los Angeles-Pacific will not begin till
daybreak Sunday.
Aside from the regular beach service
through trains will be run from most
points on the Pacific Electric, thus
carrying passengers from their places
of embarkation to San Pedro without
change of cars.
1t is expected that 10000 persons an
hour can be handled out of Los An
Angeles on Pacific Electric cars IL pas
sengers start early and hurry in board
ing cars and crowd closely together
It will not be advisable to take babies
in arms aboard the cars today.
Pasadena and Beyond
Aside from the regular Pasadena SER
vice there will be three-car train at
1920 a. m. which will not stop after
passing Oneonta park, and three-car
train leaving at o'clock. These are
both through trains. Two three-car
trains for Long Beach will also leave
Pasadena about noon.
Whittier will send through trains at
S:18 and 8:43 a. m. both Saturday and
Sunday.
Glendora and Azusa will send a
through train at $3.50 a. m.
San Gabriel and Dolgeville will send
through trains Saturday at S:12 and
9:07 a. m.
Glendale will have trains at and
1850 both Saturday and Sunday.
Many Santa Anans have expressed a
desire to view the illumination. hence
through trains will be sent from there
leaving at 1880 o'clock p. m. for San
Pedro.
Kern River Power
The Los AngelesAPacific lines will
have 175 cars in continuous service
operated by electricity from Kern river
To guard against any chance of break
downs the auxiliary power plant at
Vineyard will be ready with steam
power at all hours.
From the two depots at Fourth and
Hill streets sixty trains can be han
died each hour. Both the narrow and
broad gauge service will be used with
new and old cars. The running time
on the short line to the beach will be
thirty minutes and on the long line
via Santa Monica forty minutes.
The equipment of cars include fifty
new coaches from st. Louis, operated
on The multiple unit control system,
which will hold 150 passengers each.
Via Southern Pacific
The time tables of the Southern Pa
cific are as follows:
Saturday, April 1S, and Sunday, April
10, leave Pasadena: Morning-7:15, sos,
8; afternoon, /, 4:20. Leave Los Ange-
les, 1880, 9:05 and IL a. M, 1:15, 2, $50,
7:15 and $3.50 p. m. Returning, trains
will leave San Pedro for Los Angeles
at 9, II a. M, 1890, 8, $3.50, 6. Z, $3.50, 9:45
y. m. Pasadena connections from Los
Angeles will leave at 1901, 2:45, 6:25
and $40 p. m.
From April 20 to 23, inclusive, the
schedule from Pasadena to Los Angeles
and from Los Angeles to Pasadena will
remain the same. Trains will leave Los
Angeles, however, beginning at 1880 in
the morning and running on every half
hour, except 10:30, 2:30 and $3.50. The
last train leaving at $3.50. These trains
will go to San Pedro with the exception
of the $3.50 a. m. train on April 23.
Leave San Pedro for Los Angeles 8,
1910 a. M. via Long Beach; II a. M, l.,
2, 8, g., 6, 6:10. 8, Q, 10 and II p. m.
Santa Fe
Special service will be given by the
Santa Fe Sunday, leaving Los Angeles
as follows: $3.50, 8, 10:30, II a. M, 12
noon and 1880 p. m. Returning trains
leave Redondo at $3.50, 7 S:S5 p. m.
III ADDITION 10 LnlS ScneQulo Specldl
trains from San Bernardino and Red
lands will pass through Pasadena at
S:35, $780, 1926 a. M. bound for Redondo
and will take on passengers in Pasa-
dena.
Salt Lake
Trains of the Salt Lake route will
leave Los Angeles Salt Lake depot on
Saturday at $3.50, 10 a. M, 12 noon, 1870.
430, 6 and 7:15 p m. Returning the
trains will leave San Pedro at 1910,
1890, 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9:45 p. m.
From Sunday to Friday the same
schedule will be observed with the ex-
ception of the elimination of the 7:15
train going and the addition of train
at 7:15 p. m. returning. Trains leave
Long Beach tan minutes later than San
Pedro.
There will be no special Pasadena
connections with Los Angeles owing to
the fact that 1t is impossible to deprive
inland towns not connected with elec-
trio roads of the equipment over the
steam lines.
over the electric lines Pasadenans
must figure connections as follows:
Long Beach-Electric cars on the Pa
cific Electric lines leaving Huntington
station at intervals of about five min
utes after 9 o'clock Saturday morning.
Gov Dadro- ErIanfric cars on the Pa