Los Angeles herald., 1909-04-20
ELECTRIC SIGNS
A AlEAAI EEATHIDE
II iVLW ILHIUNL
WOODILL-HULSE ELEC. co. HAS
MANY LOCAL CONTRACTS
Automobile Concern Introduces Rules
for Pedestrians Which, If Fol-
lowed, Should Eliminate
Accidents
BY GEORGE HARRIS DONOHUE

All that is necessary for success IN
anv line of established business IS
either a new idea or some one who
will kindly step forward and proclaim
himself a pioneer in the matter OF
commercial advancement.
The other day 1 called attention in
this column to new tangled electric
sign, which is an automatic wonder
and has about every other proposition
of it's kind completely backed OIL the
boards in this city.
Saturday evening l stood for mat
ter of half an hour at the corner OF
Fourth and Spring streets and watched
the crowds who were busy inspecting
the huge automatic transparency over
tae Hamilton pharmacy, and the nu-'
merous complimentary remarks Whlch
fioated my way impressed me as argu-
ing more than well for the future
wakening up Of the average retail
merchant of this city.
Yesterday afternoon I discovered
without much effort that the sign over
the Hamilton pharmacy was bullt py
the Woodill-Hulse Electric company OF
276 South Main street, and later when
I trailed to that establishment found
H. B. Woodill, president of the COM
pany, who was good enough to equip
me with much information concerning
the inner workings Of large automatic
electrical signs.
Mr.. Woodill has apparently made a
personal study of the advantages OF
these large illuminations, as ne IN
formed me he had but recently re-
turned from q trip through the east
ern country, where he had acquainted
himself thoroughly with all the large
movable electrical signs which are now
attracting attention among wideawake
advertisers.
"St. Louis has undoubtedly the great
est electrical sign ever constructed"
said Mr. Woodill, "yet nevertheless we
are equipped in our factory to either
duplicate that sign or formulate any
new sort of automatic design desired
by the man who wants to rightly ad-
vertise his saleable products.
"The sign in st. Louis represents an
automobile apparently running at full
speed along a country road with the
wheels revolving rapidly and a cloud
Of dust trailing in back of the car. This
transparency is directly opposite Hotel
jefferson, and there are very few visit
ors to st. Louis who do not take the
time to run up to Twelfth and Locust
street to see that really wonderful
electrical display.
at will be only matter of a short
time before we will see many unique
automatic electrical signs in this city.
At the present time we have under con-
tract several of the leading houses in
Los Angeles for whom we are now at
work evolving electrical displays which
will be equally as great In their novelty
as the most modern signs to be found
in either New York or Chicago"
Mr.. Woodill further declared that the
ha 1to WGra
of the liberal order when they discov-
cred they had something really worth
while to consider, and his argument
that it would be only a matter of 4
short time before Los Angeles would
be able to rank itself as one of the
greatest illuminated cities on the coast
is apparently not very far fetched.
One of the up to date automobile
concerns in this city has just issued a
novel set of rules which it seriously
declares all good pedestrians should
follow with care and caution. Here
they are:
"Rule 1-Pedestrians crossing boule-
wards at night should wear a white
light in front and a red light in the
rear.
"Rule 2-Before turning to the right
or left they shall give three short blasts
on a horn at least three inches in d.
ameter.
"Rule 3-When an inexperienced au-
tomobile driver is made nervous by n
pedestrian she shall indicate the same
and the pedestrian shall hide behind a
tree until the automobile has passed.
"Rule 4-Pedestrians shall not carry
in their pockets any sharp substances
which are liable to cut automobile
tires.
Rule Sin lodging automobiles Pc
destrians shall not run more than seven
miles an hour.
"Rule 6-Pedestrians must register at
the beginning Of each year and pay a
license fee of IS a year for the privi-
lege of living. There shall be no rebate
if they do not live throughout the en-
tire year.
"Rule 7-Pedestrians will not be al
lowad To emit cigarette smoke on anY