Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-09
DENY HOLLYWOOD
. FIVE CENT FARE
|. A.-P. Promises High-Speed Ex-
press Cars and Lower
Communication Rate
TO SPEND 100000 ON TRACK
Representative of S. P. Declares
CoIegrOve Line Is Los
ing Proposition
TO SPEND $5oo,ooo ON TRACK

That new through express cars of the
high speed variety will be put into
operation as soon as they arrive from
the factory: that the street car COM
pany will begin within ten days to lay
heavy steel rails and pave Sunset
boulevard, and that it will sell ticket
books at a rate Of 5 cents a ticket as
soon as the new cars are in commission
were among some of the promises
given to a committee from the Holly
wood and Colegrove boards of trade at
a meeting between this committee and
officials of the Los Angeles-Pacif1c
railroad held yesterday in the latter's
office at Fourth and Hill streets.
The only thing asked for by the
citizens of Hollywood and Colegrove
through their committee which was
not granted was the straight scent
fare between Los Angeles and Cole
grove and hollywood. The railroad
company gracefully complied with all
the other requests-in fact offered more
than was asked for in other ways, but
steadily refused to grant scent car
fare on these two lines.
Hollywood and Colegrove were repre-
sented at first by A. B. Cole, Philo
Beveridge, A. H. Martin and j. B. Mel
son, the four men representing the
Hollywood, East Hollywood and Cole
the citizens in general of these COM
munities. They were the only commit
teemen present when the meeting
opened, but before 1t was half done
fully q dozen more had entered the
session and endeavored to persuade the
railroad officials In favor of scent
fare.
OUTLINES PROPOSITION
The Los Angeles-Pacific company
eral director OF all the Southern Pa
cific railroad company's electric lines
on the Pacific coast; General Manager
Robert Sherman of the Los Angeles
Pacific company, and Gurney Newlln
general counsel for the same road.
When the committee put In its re-
quest for scent car fare to the two
suburban towns, they based their right
to such a rate on the fact that they
are now within the city limits ano
therefore entitled to the same treat
ment as any other part of the city.
In denying them Mr.. Shoup pointed
| out that the entire shoestring distric
and San Pedro are part OF Los An
! geles city, yet they could not and woul(
not get any such reduction in theil
rate. He further stated that Holly
wood and Colegrove were practicall!
| the same distance from Los Angeles al
|
| latter communities paid even a highel
| fare than is now in effect on the Los
| Angeles-Pacific lines.
| After presenting these argument
| Mr.. Shoup outlined the railroad:
| proposition. He stated that 1t accepted
| the plans yesterday for fifty high speec
| interurban cars, as large as any nov
| operating out of Los Angeles, which
| as soon as they could be secured from
/ A. aoaK mould Ha mt into EarViC6 he
| tween this city and Hollywood .ant
! Colegrove. He explained that these
cars would make no city stops, thus
reducing the running time greatly
and that they would be run on ten
| minute schedule during the rush hours
| in the mornings and evenings ana on
ffteen-minute schedule during the re
mainder of the day.
TO SPEND 100000
That was his first proposition. HI
! followed this by announcing tina
| within ten days 500 men would be a
work on Sunset boulevard tearing vi
the old track and replacing it will
heavy steel to accommodate the ex
| press cars, and paving the company
| right of way. He stated that thl'
| work alone would cost in the neighbor
| hood of $500, 900, and that that amoun
had been appropriated by the eastern
| financiers back of the road for thl'
| improvement.
In reply to the argument that
scent fare would increase the traffi,
| on the L. A-P. lines Mr.. Shoup stated
| that there was no doubt in his opinion
that 1t would in the long run.
He stated, however, that Just a
present the Hollywood line is the onl.
one of the two which Is paying ex
penses; that the Colegrove line was, a
present run at loss, and that, shoul'
a scent fare be put into effect, neithe
line would pay.
'"You can see, gentlemen" said MI
| Shoup, ''that after the hackers haV
appropriated a half million dollars t
Improve a line we must keep that lin
on paying basis. Should the line fai
to pay. the stockholders and invest
ors of the company who ~are puttin
up the money to make the improve
ments spoken of would want tner
stopped"
The committee from Hollywood an
Colegrove when seen yesterday woul
express no opinion as to whether tn
various bodies they represented woul
accept the terms of the railroad or no
They will report to the various board
of trade Immediately, and in all prot
ability another meeting will be hel
soon at which the matter will be def
nitely settled.