In terms of quirky human drama, it’s hard to beat the early 20th century issues of The Times. Today we have two people who passed themselves off as someone else. The first is the woman who claimed to be a famous author … the second is a man with delusions of great wealth … Also note that hundreds of men are at work laying streetcar tracks to the ocean so the city can welcome the Great White Fleet … People are upset about an increase in phone rates from $5 ($109.94 USD 2007) a month to $7 ($153.91 USD 2007) for businesses and $3 ($65.96 USD 2007) to $3.50 ($76.95 USD 2007) a month for residences … Finally, note the plan to improve the county’s roads. The paved highways will be 16 feet wide, The Times says.
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Regarding “SWIFT WORK OCEANWARD”
The Los Angeles-Pacific Railway was a rival traction company backed by E.R. Harriman of the Southern Pacific Railroad to Huntington’s Pacific Electric. It’s lines ran east-west from downtown L.A. to the Pacific Coast. Pacific Electric Lines generally ran north-south and east from downtown L.A.
“Fifty enormous cars are waiting in the barns for the service. They are fifty-one feet long, equipped with 300-horse power motors, and will be capable of great speed.”
This was only five years before the manufacture of the car pictured in the Times’ 1958 article on the MTA. I wouldn’t know, but I wouldn’t be suprised if these cars remained in service through the 1940’s.
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