Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-05-24
100000 ENJOY
SUNDAY OUTING
ANGELEN0S IN LARGE NUMBER
SEEK RECREATION
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EXCURSIONS MADE TO BEACH,
COUNTRY AND MOUNTAIN
Parks of City Also Offer Attractions
to Many Thousands Who Seek
Relaxation and Amuse-
ment

One hundred thousand Angelenos
take an outing of some sort every Sun
day, as will be shown by the following
estimate, made up from information
carefully gathered from reliable
sources:
To the beach resorts, 10000; to the
city parks 10000; to places of amuse-
ment in the city, $4,000; to the up
lands, mountains and on excursion
trips 5000.
Where and how do Angelenos pass
Sunday?
To give more than a vague answer
to this question would make it neces-
sary for the searcher after the facts
to be in a score or more Of places at
one and the same time.
Visitors to Los Angeles have observed
that Sunday the streets, channtls
through which a never-ceasing stream
of humanity flows weekdays, are prac-
tically deserted. Two hundred people
to a block on. Spring or Broadway
would be a large estimate even for
bright Sunday afternoon.
Looking up and down this street
what would you say the population OF
Los Angeles is? A Herald reporter
asked a new arrival standing in from
of the Angelus hotel yesterday after
noon
about 100000" he answered, "anC
vet I know that it is more than three
times that
Hence the question of where the
people of the city go Sundays is
pertinent one, and it is worth studying
as it has direct bearing on the city'S
civic life and the habits and inclina'
lions of its population.
Estimate Is Conservative
After a few hours search and in
curry, visit to several of the parks
and from facts and figures gathered
from reliable sources the estimate OF
loo, 900 Sunday sight-seers was found to
be conservative. 1t may sound unrea-
sonable but analysis will show it is not
overstating the case.
More than $4,000 persons from Los
Angeles visited the beach resorts yes
terday. A close investigation of the
figures probably would place the num-
Der nearer rs, 1000. For instance the Pa
cific Electric company sent out from
its Main street station yesterday more
than 800 cars. Averaging fifty pas
sengers to a car the number hauled
on 800 cars would be 10000. Station
Master Champion stated the company
probably handled that many people
between o'clock in the morning and
o'clock in the afternoon. In his opin-
ion for the entire day, the company
would handle $4,000. All Of these, OF
course are not sight-seers, and the
purpose of the inquiry relates solely
to those Angelenos who flee the city
and its ways and get back to nature.
An official of the Los Angeles-Pacifio
said that for the seven hours interven-
ing between o'clock a. m. and
o'clock p. NJ, that company sent out OF
the Hill street station 80 cars to the
hour. The cars averaged sixty passen-
gers which for the period mentioned
gives a total of 14,700. These cars went
to Santa Monica, Ocean Park and
Venice. and travel to other points and
resorts on the line is not included in
this estimate 1t was estimated that
the company for the day handled about
25 900 sight-seers.
Thousands Go to Hollywood
The Hollywood line, which has five
minute service, carried thousands to
| Hollywood, Laurel canyon and the up
lands Several hundred picnic parties
can be seen any Sunday in Laurel
canyon, one of the prettiest spots neal
Los Angeles. Then there is Mt Lowe
Eagle Rock, Casa Verdugo, and the
canyon, the ostrich farms and Indian
villages. the steam road excursion trips
which attract thousands every Sunday,
and other points of interest to the peo-
pie of Los Angeles as well as to the
visitor.
Last, and by no means least import
ant of all, are the parks of the city.
It is estimated that Sundays from 10,
900 to Is, 900 persons visit Eastlake park,
the largest and most interesting, if not
the prettiest in the city, and fully
5000 to Westlake park, the pride of ev-
ery citizen The private parks, races,
ball games and outdoor sports safely
chain the attention of 10000 1t may
readily be seen that the estimate OF
100 900 is conservative, and one can
understand why the streets look de-
| serted.
everything to draw them out of their
homes. The mountains throw a shad-
ow across the green swards that sur
round their homes and the sea almost
casts itself at their doorsteps. Up
lands and valleys that are flower gar
dens and picturesque, canyons that
one never tires of exploring, these and
many other things cause the popula-
ton to seek some place Of recreation
and relaxation.