Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-25
Improvement Associations Make
Attitude Known in South
west Section of City
RESPONSE TO LAWYER DUNN
Committee Declares That Un-
siahtIy Structures Should Not
Mar a Growing District
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statement in reference to building a
car barn south of Agricultural park,
it would seem that the citizens who
oppose such action should be given
an opportunity to explain their views.
"Mr. Dunn seems to think that the
people in the southwest are antago-
nistic to railway improvements. Such
is not the case. The people realize
that a car barn must be erected in
that section, and they want the barn
as badly as the railway officials. The
car service on the Grand avenue line
is bad enough now. Without a barn
in the southwest service cannot be i'm
proved economically
"But Mr.. Dunn is like the small boy
who refuses to play with his COM
panions unless they all play his way.
"Mr. Dunn states that this site was
purchased years ago for the specific
purpose Of erecting q car barn on 1t.
This argument has no weight what
ever Twenty years, ten years, or five
years ago is ancient history as far as
Los Angeles is concerned.
Agricultural park was nothing but
a place to hold horse races at the time
this strip was purchased, and had con-
ditions not chang ed, no objection
would have been made to the erection
of a barn at that point.
''As a city grows slaughter houses,
brick yards, lumber yards, and even
cowpens, which have been established
for years, are compelled to remove.
1.-THE lumber yard which has been
established for many years on the
strip to be condemned will be removed
yet the citizens need lumber to con-
tinue building operations.
"It is no fault Of the citizens that
the railway company has made q mis-
take in its choice of location OF the car
hor q
great improvements were going to
take place in Agricultural park
QUESTION OF NEW SITE
"The second point Mr.. Dunn at
tempts to make is that there is no
available tract near this site which
can be secured for a car barn.
"This all depends upon ones belief
in the future of Los Angeles. If the
railway people think Los Angeles is
going to remain a village, this site
is very essential.
'If however Mr.. Dunn will ride out
to Fifty-fourth street, or one mile
west, he will find today plenty of acre
age at reasonable prices.
"Car barns are usually established
near the ends Of the line, not in the
center Of a city. In five years from
now the Fifty-fourth street site will
be more desirable than the proposed
site at Agricultural park
1.-THE Los Angeles Investment COM
pany and the Inglewood Land com
pany will next year start to place on
the market nearly 5000 acres in the
southwest. st. Vincent's college and /
other Catholic schools will be erected /
on the hills west of the city limits.
"Car lines will have to be extended |
to these districts.
zone car barn is already located out |
at Fifty sixth street, in the south
east section Of the city. The Fifty |
fourth street site in the southwest is |
the natural location for that section. |
"The railway officials must remem- |
ber that the primary function of pub |
lie service corporations is to fill the |
needs of the people. In their eager |
ness to make high dividends this fact
is forgotten.
Franchises are given away, because !
the people need something. without !
these franchises the bonds of the cor
porations would not be worth one
dollar
CIVIC PRIDE is INVOLVED
The public be - method of do |
ing business by public service corpo-
rations is past, and the sooner the Of
fcials learn 1t the better.
From the standpoint of civic pride
in the attempt to carry out the idea
of constructing a city beautiful we
are surprised that the railway officials