May 13, 1908: Above, two suspects are arrested on charges of trying to rob a man at a streetcar stop in Santa Monica … Below, pay careful attention to the story about renewed efforts to excavate a tunnel on Hill Street. This is important because the hill–like the one on Broadway–no longer exists and because the account is further proof that traffic problems are nothing new: Los Angeles has been struggling with its congested streets for more than a century …
Speaking of transportation, note that local auto dealers are planning to have fairs in surrounding rural towns to give farmers rides in fancy machines and emphasize the need for better roads … And there’s a banana war among produce wholesalers (3 1/2 cents a pound is 77 cents a pound USD 2007). Retailers aren’t passing the savings on to customers, The Times says, but are keeping the profits.
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