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LOS ANGELES, APRIL 25, 1927

No. 47

Big Bouquet Meiers Sets Accident Record The "Hill" Of NAME inieiers iv. CAP N.. 2123 Fame For Easter

Speaking of bouquets, this is the en-tire florist's shop:

The splendid co-operation rendered by the trainmen in making the Easter Sunrise Service in the Coliseum a huge success, brought forth the fol-lowing letter from W. D. Campbell, Publicity Chairman, Pacific Coast Power and Mechanical Exposition, con-ducted by the National Exhibitors' Association, in conjunction with the forty-fifth annual convention of the National Association of Stationary Engineers to be held in the Ambassa-dor Auditorium during the week of August 22nd to 27th, 1927.

Mr. Campbell writes as follows: Superintendent Los Angeles Rail-

way Company: Dear Sir: Wish to congratulate you

and your men for the wonderful way the Easter morning services were handled at the Coliseum.

Having seen similar services han-dled in our eastern cities, I can truth-fully say that your men excelled any work of this character anywhere.

With best wishes to you and all your men, I am

Very truly yours,

W. D. CAMPBELL.

While the travel by street car to the Coliseum was not quite as heavy as last year, due to the fact that Holly-wood Bowl drew thousands of wor-shippers this year, the Company pro-vided more cars in an endeavor to amply accommodate the patrons.

R. B. Hill, Superintendent of Oper-ation, on behalf of the officials of the Company, heartily concurs in the won-derful boost given the trainmen by the above letter, and extends appre-ciation for the splendid manner and spirit of co-operation displayed by the men.

Bogus Baseball Omigosh—there's going to be a

ball game Sunday morning, April

24th, at Vernon Yids at 9:30—

the Shop Scrubs vs. the Larys.

The Scrubs, under Foreman Joe

Spearing's tutelage, have been

scrubbing up for a benefit game for

Sid Ormston, injured player of the Larys, who has been suffering from

a broken ankle received during a

game about a month ago.

It's going to be a "desprit battle,"

boys, and if you don't get a life-

sized kick out of it—we miss our

guess.

Tickets are 25c. You'll enjoy it.

Here's a record without a crack.

Motorman J. H. Meiers of Division Four hails from Waterloo, Iowa, and started with the Los Angeles Railway in October, 1912.

He has established an exceptionally good record and since the inception of the Safety Bureau in 1920, his record takes up very little space on the re-port card.

From the above it will be noticed he had no accidents in 1920.

The first three sets of code numbers in 1921 shows accidents due to auto-mobiles turning from the curb. The character (—) indicates loss of safety for the month, and accident classed as preventable.

"Boys' Week" Preparations are being made for an

extensive program during "Interna-tional Boys' Week," to be held April 30 to May 7th.

All municipal, civic and private or-ganizations are co-operating to make this a big week for the boys.

The Los Angeles Railway will be represented by boys who are sons of employes of the Company.

The code number of accident 11-10 (1310 X) indicates automobile struck standing car. "X" mark signifies the driver of automobile was fully to blame for accident.

There was no accident counted from October 14, 1921, until June 28, 1924.

From July 14, 1925, until April 19, 1927, Meiers' record is clear. This means twenty-one months without a single accident. This is a remarkable record, as Meiers works the "C" Line, which operates through heavy traffic practically all the time.

Some of you fellows who have two or three report cards all full will ap-preciate what the above means.

Rails to Arrive The first unit of 550 tons of 116-

pound steel girder rail is due to arrive in Los Angeles Harbor on board the S. S. Felix Taussig on May 7th.

The second unit of 450 tons of the same rail is scheduled to arrive on the S. S. Hanley on May 14th.

This is the first half of 2000 tons of girder rail ordered from the U. S. Steel Products Corporation.

Those of us who have not succeeded in securing national fame must not let the green-eyed monster "jealousy" drag us into the Slough of Despond just Because a member of the family of one of our own official family has attained fame as a motion picture pro-ducer in his early manhood, while most of us are still nationally un-known.

The producer of the screen story, "Tell It to the Marines," featuring Lon Chaney, George W. (Bill) Hill, has been accepted by the motion picture world and picture "fans" as what is commonly known as a "howling suc-cess."

Even the New York critics, usually hesitant to acknowledge that anything superior can come out of the West, acclaim this late production as one of the best of its kind seen on the silver screen.

Herein may lie the explanation of the unusual good cheer radiating from our own "Bob" Hill, father of "Bill," now at the top ,of the Hills of Fame. (Incidentally, Bill "takes after" his mother).

War Risk Insurance The government has announced that

veterans of the World War have until July 2, 1927, to have reinstated or con-verted their war risk insurance.

This is an opportunity that should be passed up by no man.

The date, July 2, 1927, is the final date.

Get in touch immediately with the Veterans' Bureau, 418 South San Pe-dro street for particulars.

Phoney Coins A warning to conductors. W. W. Ashe, United States Secret

Service Agent, of this city, declares that counterfeit dollar coins are being widely circulated in Southern Califor-nia.

The counterfeit coins are clever imi-tations, and are dated 1922 and 1924—so be on the lookout. Enough said.

BALL GAME SUNDAY Los Angeles Railway vs. Boyle

Dayton, Home Grounds (Vernon

Yard), Saturday, April 23rd, 2:30

p. m.

HOW LEAGUE STANDS

Teams— Won Lost Pct.

Boyle Dayton 3 0 1.000

L. A. Railway 2 1 .667

Santa Fe 0 2 .000

Pacific Mutual 0 2 .000

Left to right: J. A. Gates, C. 0. Ashton, G. B. Capps, R. G. Monahan, C. Tucker, R. Messer-smith, W. D. Blades.

E. L. Bailey J J. Morgan

BOUQUETS

LARY LAFFS

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April 25, 1927

A partnership or firm is an associa-tion founded upon the contract of two or more persons to combine property, labor, or skill in business as principals for the purpose of joint profit. An-other definition is: "A contract of two or more competent persons to place their money, effects, labor and skill, or some or all of them, in lawful commerce or business, and to divide the profit and bear the loss in certain proportions." It frequently happens that, for the conduct of a business en-terprise, more capital is necessary than is possessed by the individual who wishes to engage in that enter-prise. There thus arises a necessity -for the combination of capital belong-ing to two or more persons. Various forms of association for business pur-poses thus arise, differing from each other according to the different forms of agreement into which the parties who thus combine their resources en-ter. The most ancient and usual form of association is the partnership, as above defined.

Rights and Liabilities

Every member of a firm, unless re-stricted by the terms of the partner-ship articles, is entitled, jointly with his co-partners, to the full control of the partnership property and of the partnership business; and every mem-ber of a firm is personally liable for all the partnership debts.

When two or more persons enter

into a partnership relation, the law im-poses upon them certain liabilities and rights which are not necessarily men-tioned in the agreement by which the association is formed.

In their relation to the partnership property, the law proceeds upon the theory that theirs is in the nature of a joint ownership. One partner can-not, therefore, deprive his co-partner of any element of the free control over the firm property to which one joint owner is entitled. Furthermore, one partner has a right to control the part-nership business. Both partners are principals. Each is entitled to control the entire partnership affairs. If, in the exercise of such control, partners cannot agree, the only remedy is a dissolution of the firm. As the cor-relative of this complete control of the partnership affairs vested in each partner, the law imposes upon each member of the partnership complete liability for all the partnership debts. He may be compelled to pay them not merely to the extent of the amount which he has contributed to the capi-tal, not merely his share of them, but all of them to the same extent as though they were his individual debts.

How Partnerships Are Formed

A true partnership can be formed only by the contract of its members, which contract is subject to the rules governing contracts generally.

It is commonly said that serving the public is a thankless task. Few of us desire or expect thanks and we are, for the most part, content if our work has been carried out to the best of our ability. It is, nevertheless, encour-aging that many letters of commenda-tion are received from our patrons in appreciation of some courtesy or kind-ness on our part. Some follow:

Motorman J. A. Gates of Division Five from A. Carrier for assisting an elderly woman from the car to the curb.

Conductor C. 0. Ashton of Division Two from C. 0. Groh for lending car fare when he was unable to change the ten dollar bill presented.

Conductor G. B. Capps of Division One from Hazel Scovil for being very courteous and accommodating.

Conductor R. G. Monahan of Divi-

A visitor, being shown round the lake, asked his guide how deep it was.

"Well, sir," was the reply, "we don't know the actual depth; but last year a young Australian came here for a swim, dived in, and disappeared."

"And weren't you able to rescue him?"

"No—we had a cable from Australia next day asking us to send his clothes on."

The shop electrician was puzzled, "Hi," he called to his assistant, "put your hand on one of those wires."

The assistant did as he was told. "Feel anything?" "No." "Good," said the electrician, `I

wasn't sure which was which. Don't touch the other or you'll drop dead."

Mr. X was a prominent member of the B. P. 0. E. At the breakfast table the other morning he was relating to his wife an incident that occurred at the 'lodge the previous night. The president of the order offered a silk hat to the brother who could truth-fully say that during his married life he had never kissed any woman but his own wife. "And would you believe it, Mary?—not a one stood up."

"George," his wife said, "why didn't

you stand up?" "Well," he replied, "I was going to,

but you know, dear, I look like hell in

a silk hat."

"I think there's company down-stairs."

"How d'ya know?" "I just heard mamma laugh at

papa's joke."

sion Three from Rose E. Marsh for kindness and courtesy.

Conductor C. Tucker of Division One from Mrs. Frances Antrin for quiet courtesy and attention to business.

Conductor R. Messersmith of Divi-sion Five from Mrs. J. W. McCartney for unfailing courtesy and kindly acts, helping passengers who were heavily laden and giving explicit information

Conductor W. D. Blades of Division Four from Mrs. E. L. Harter for kind-ness to an absent-minded, weary, little woman.

Motorman J. J. Morgan and Conduc-tor E. L. Bailey, both of Division Four, from F. L. Morgan, office of District Attorney, Los Angeles County, for the manner in which they take care and pride in seeing that strangers are properly taken care of and discharged at their proper streets.

In an out-of-the-way corner of a Boston graveyard stands a brown board showing the marks of age and neglect. It bears the inscription, "Sacred to the memory of Eban Har-vey, who departed this life suddenly 'and unexpectedly by a cow kicking him on the 15th of September, 1853. Well done, thou good and faithful ser-vant."

The big business man's daughter: "Daddy, I wish you'd send me a first class stenographer—I've got a very important letter to dictate to Santa Claus."

Pat—"I call your daughter Sun Maid."

Mike—"Sure, an' fur what raisin?" Pat—"She's the first girl my Sun

Kist."

Teacher (to Italian boy): Nick, the word "semaphor" is a railroad term, and I want you to show the class how you can put it into a sentence.

Nick: A nice-a-gal I take for walk,

I say, "Haveilia-soda, Marie?" She say, "Sure-a-Mike, maka me sun-

dae." I say, "Semaphor me."

Cholly (to shopman)—I say—aw-could you take that yellow tie with the pink spots out of the show window for me?

Shopman—Certainly, sir. Pleased to take anything out of the window any time, sir.

Cholly—Thanks, awf'ly. The beastly things bothaws me every time I pass. Good mawning.

c TWO BELLS eg; Published by and for the Employee of the Los Angeles Railway

A Herald of Good Cheer and Cooperation

Janett Converse Publicity Manager

Within The Law Have you ever read any of the "Get Rich Quick Wallingford"

stories ? If so, you never heard of a prettier pair of rascals than Jim Wallingford and his partner, Blackie Daw, and yet with all their crookedness they managed to keep just "within the law" in most of their schemes.

Unfortunately, we have some men in our own Los Angeles Rail-way family who exert more effort to see how closely they can shave a rule without actually violating it than would be needed to follow the rule to the letter and therefore operate in a more satisfactory manner.

Also cases are noted wherein a crew will actually comply with the letter of a rule, and yet their failure to go just a little farther than the rule calls for results in serious consequences, but when demerited for this failure the plea is made that the demerits are unjust because the crew actually did comply with the rule.

An example of this kind developed a few days ago when a crew on a "W" car found a defective switch when eastbound at Washing-ton and Figueroa, and complying with rule No. 70, section "F," which says, "Where an electric switch fails to respond and cannot be moved by hand, motorman will—lift the link—and notify dis-patcher," but did not notify the dispatcher until they reached York Junction.

In the meantime, two other cars were derailed at this switch, causing serious delay to traffic.

Had this crew notified the dispatcher promptly of the condition of this switch, repairs might have been made before the derailments occurred. Yet this crew was "within the law." What do you think of the case?

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Legal Question Box ISSUED APRIL 25, 1927

STREET CAR

NO. 64—NOTICE TO TRAINMEN

Trainmen will discontinue the practice of wrapping door handles, stanchions or bars with newspapers, envelopes or other material. The practice Is not only un-sightly but unnecessary.

Also envelopes, cards or other papers must not be used for the purpose of shielding or shading any of the lights in a car.

Trainmen are requested to report all cases wherein handles, bars or any of the piping on a car is found to be dirty or covered with grease.

NO. 65—NOTICE TO CONDUCTORS

L. A. Ry. Pass No. 6457 and Bus Oper-ator's Badge No. 160, issued to R. Van Bohm, and L. A. Ry. Pass No. 6380 and Bus Operator's Badge No. 67, issued to W. U. Littlefield, were not turned In at the time these men left the service.

If presented for transportation, take up, collect fare and send to this office with report.

NO. 66—NOTICE TO CONDUCTORS

The following passes are reported lost: No. 1602, Issued to T. Ortonz, Bonder,

Way and Structures Dept. No. 2381, is-sued to J. W. Menzer, Watchman, Me-chanical Department.

If presented for transportation, take up, collect fare and send to this office with report.

NO. 67—NOTICE TO TRAINMEN

Effective May 1st, the Mines Avenue Bus Line No. 18 will be put into opera-tion, starting from 7th and Los Angeles streets via 7th street, Maple avenue, 8th street, Hooper avenue, 9th street, Boyle avenue, Hollenbeck avenue, Mines ave-nue, Telegraph road, Ford street and Whittier boulevard to Simmons avenue, and return via same route to 8th and Maple, then via 8th and Los Angeles streets to 7th street.

The first bus on week days leaves 7th and Los Angeles at 5:12 a. m., and on Sundays at 6:30 a. m.

Last bus daily leaves 7th and Los An-geles at 7 p. m. and returns from Sim-mons avenue at 7:35 p. m.

Fare 10c. Honor Mines avenue bias tickets, Form

S-BU-10, at connecting points as per ex-isting rules and for walk-over to cars north or southbound on Main, Spring, Broadway or Hill streets at 7th street.

Los Angeles Railway bus tickets, Form S-BU-8, will be honored on this line at connecting points, and will be accepted at 7th and Los Angeles streets for walk-over from north and south lines on Main, Spring, Broadway or Hill streets; EX-CEPT that when issued by line "R" and punched "In," will not be honored on the eastbound bus at Boyle and Hollenbeck, and when punched "Out" will not be hon-ored on westbound bus at any point east of Alameda street.

Nor will tickets issued by lines "H," "J," "R" or "S" and punched "In" be honored on eastbound buses at 7th and Los Angeles or 7th and Maple.

Sample of Form S-BU-10 is posted in transportation cases at the various di-visions.

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NO. 29

L. A. Ry. Pass No. 6457 and Bus Op-erator's Badge No. 160, issued to R. Van Bohm, and L. A. Ry Pass No. 6380 and Bus Operator's Badge No. 67, issued to W. U. Littlefield, were not turned In at the time these men left the service.

If presented for transportation, take up, collectd fare and turn in to Foreman at the Bus Division.

NO. 30 All Yellow Coach Type of Buses, with

exception of 21-passenger, Model H X, are being equipped with emergency hand brake which pulls to apply brakes instead of pushing. All emergency brakes will be of "pull type" except Model H X. Please be governed accordingly.

NO. 31

Operators and Conductors are not per-mitted to place in buses any rigging or attachments of any kind. A miscella-neous report must be made and turned In to Division whenever any such equip-ment is observed by either Operator or Conductor.

NO. 33 Effective Sunday, May 1, 1927, buy op-

erators on Beverly Boulevard Line will punch out letter "A" in addition tLine No. 5" when issuing Bus Ticket S.B.B U. 7 on eastbound trip where passengers board bus between Fairfax and Larchmont.

Figueroa Street Bus Line No. 8 and M ines Avenue - Whittier Boulevard Line No. 18 will refuse to honor Bus Ticket S. B. U. 7 when punched 5 A and will also refuse to honor S. B. U. 7 when punched issued from line 7, Melrose ave-nue.

NO. 34

Sunday, May 1, 1927, service will be started on Ilne No. 18, Mines Avenue-Whittier Boulevard Line over the follow-ing route:

WEST TERMINAL: 7th and Los An-geles; thence 7th St., Maple Ave.„ Eighth St., Hooper Ave., 9th St., Boyle Ave., Hollenbeck Ave., Mines Ave., Telegraph Rd., Ford St., Whittier Blvd. to Simmons Ave.

EAST TERMINAL: Whittier Blvd. and Simmons Ave.; Return reverse of above to 8th and Maple Ave., thence 8th St., Los Angeles St. to 7th St. and Los An-geles..

SERVICE: Approximately 6:00 a. m. to 7:00 p. m., 12 to 15-minute headway.

LAYOVER POINTS: East Terminal: Headed north on east side of Montebello Park Way in front of Real Estate Office immediately south of Whittier Blvd.

WEST TERMINAL: Headed north on Los Angeles St., in red zone immediately south of 7th St.

FARE: Ten (10) cents one way, with transfer to and from connecting L. A. Ry. Street car lines only. Bus ticket S. B. U. 10 will be issued upon payment of cash fare.

HONORING TICKETS: Honor L. A. Ry. bus ticket S. B. U. 8 only when pre-sented with coupon attached. LIFT EN-TIRE TICKET. No further transfer al-lowed. EXCEPTION: S. B. U. 8 punch-ed "R" line "IN" not good on eastbound buses at Boyle and Hollenbeck Ave., neither will westbound buses honor "R" Line tickets punched "OUT" at any point east of Alameda and 9th St.

Bus tickets punched "IN" from lines H, J, R and S will not be honored on eastbound buses at 7th and Los Angeles street or 7th and Maple avenue.

Honor bus ticket S. B. U. 7 if presented complete with coupon attached except when punched line "5 A" (Beverly) or line 7 (Melrose). Tickets so punched will not be honored.

Walkover allowed between 7th and Los Angeles Sts. and L. A. Ry. car lines north and south on Main St., Spring St., Broadway and Hill at 7th St.

FREE TRANSPORTATION: Same as shown in Conductors and Operators 1927 Instructions for Figueroa street.

LOCATION OF PHONES: Company Phones: Maple and 7th; 9th and Santa Fe; Whittier and Ford.

There is a private phone in office of J. B. Ransom Company at Whittier and Montebello Park Way. The number is Montebello 319. This phone can be used during time Real Estate Office Is open.

STOPS: To pick up and let off pas-sengers will be made at corners desig-nated by standard Yellow Bus stop signs at intersections east of Alameda street. Stop at all corners west of Alameda street.

Toilet facilities have been arranged for in J. B. Ransom Real Estate Office at Whittier Boulevard and Montebello Park Way during time office is open. As it is necessary to pass through their office, It is earnestly requested that nothing be done that will be objectionable to owners of the property.

Sample of S. B. U. 10 will be posted in Bus Division Sample Case.

Introducing New Men The following men have been sent

to their various divisions during the week ending Wednesday, April 20:

To Division One, Motorman W. F. J. Caraway. To Division Two, Motor-man T. F. Wright, Conductors C. E. Green, F. D. Southard, N. R. Lacey, 0. E. Fulgham To Division Three, Conductor C. E. Eaton. To Division Four, Motormen C. K. Neer, F. Macko-wiak, Conductors B. R. Bettell, R. W. Dix, J. Barrere.

Musical Notes The Company Orchestra has become

popular enough to be in demand regu-larly. The war veterans at Sawtelle Hospital are enthusiastic and request the orchestra visit and play at the hospital at least once a month. They thoroughly enjoy the programs, and the members of the orchestra are glad of the opportunity to play for the vets.

The tune-ins for the week are as follows:

April 26—KMIC, 8:30 to 10 p. m. April 27—KHJ, 9 to 11 p. m. April 28—KFQZ, 9 to 11 p. m. April 29—KNRC, 9 to 10 p. m. April 30—KNX, 3 to 4:30 p. m. and

KFQZ, 9 to 11 p. m.

Q. I am a World War Veteran; what procedure must I go through to avoid payment of a personal tax?

P. F. M. A. Make application for exemption

at the Veterans' Bureau, fourth floor of the Hall of Justice.

Q. If two people, as equal partners, own a house built on patented govern-ment land, what becomes of this prop-erty upon the decease of one of the partners? H. T.

A. The house in question is per-sonal and not real property, as it is built on leased government land. You may will your half to whomsoever you see fit. Upon the probate of the will, if it is the desire of your heir to secure the money rather than the property, the offer can be made to sell to the other partner. If the partner will not buy or sell, then an - action to dissolve I he partnership must be brought.

Q. What is a judgment? What is an attachment? W. S.

A. A judgment is the final deter-mination of the rights of the parties in an action or proceeding. An at-tachment is a writ directed to the sheriff of any county in which prop-erty of a defendant may be, and must require him to attach and safely keep all the property of such defendant within his county, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy the plaintiff's demand, the amount of which must be stated in conformity with the complaint.

Q. Is anyone except a property owner liable for jury duty? What are the necessary qualifications?

L. B.

Square and Compass Doings

The Square and Compass Club visit-ed Jordan Lodge last Tuesday evening and conferred the Master Mason de-gree on L. R. Drake of the bus di-vision.

M. E. Dudley, also of the bus di-vision, who was to have received the third degree on the same evening, re-ceived it on the 12th instead.

The degree team's understudy, B. L. Rodefer, was on deck and very ably accounted for himself.

Sympathy Extended The sympathy of his fellow co-work-

ers is extended Ed Yonkin of the In-struction Department in the death of Mrs. Yonkin's mother.

FOR SALE Vega Banjo and Case—New $115 out-

fit for $50 cash. B-38. Watch-19-jewel Elgin, first class con-

dition, bargain; $25 cash. B-39. Camping Outfit—Stove, folding table,

enamel dishes, khaki auto tent, poles iron pegs, floss mattress, two folding chairs, two water bags, fry-ing pans. $25. B-40.

Bedspread—Lace, hand-made, 7 1/2 by 8 1/2, and two pair curtains, new; value $500, for $250. B-41.

Nash Touring—Mechanically 0. K., sacrifice, terms. B-42.

Bungalow—Frame, four-room and ga-rage; my equity $2750; lot 40x110, Hyde Park; make offer. B-43.

WANTED Pipe Cutter-2-inch, pipe vise 2-inch;

stocks and dies up to 2 inches. Cash. B-44.

A. The following are necessary qualifications of jurors: He must be a citizen of the United States, of the age of 21, a resident of the state one year and of the county ninety days be-fore being selected and returned, in possession of his natural faculties, of ordinary intelligence, possessed of a sufficient knowledge of the English language, and assessed on the last as-sessment roll of the county on. prop-erty belonging to him.

Q. If a husband makes a promis-sory note, is it necessary for his wife to sign it? H. R. S.

A. No.

Q. What is meant by publishing a will? J. F.

A. Declaring the will by the testa-tor in the presence of the witnesses to be his last will and testament.

Q. Does an adopted child share equally with natural children in the estate of a person who has both?

A. T. M.

A. Yes.

Q. If a husband and wife sign a promissory note, can the wife be held responsible for same in case the hus-band dies and leaves the note unpaid? Or in case the wife divorces the hus-band, can she be held responsible for the note? I. L. M.

A. The wife is held responsible upon the death of the husband, and also in case of divorce if the husband does not pay same. Action to collect same must be commenced within four years in either case.

Knights Templars J. H. Sheridan, investigator for the

employment department, and Dan Healy, Chief Instructor, are attending the state conclave of the Knights Templar at Santa Barbara.

Jack Sheridan is Deputy District Grand Lecturer for this section, and Danny is a member of the drill team. Some of the students would enjoy see-ing Buck Private Danny Healy of the Awkward Squad making an "about face."

Company Dance Keep in mind the Company enter-

tainment and dance to be given at For-esters' Hall, 955 South Olive street, Saturday, April 30, at 8 p. m.

According to C. V. Means, general chairman, a very good vaudeville show has been arranged, to be followed by dancing.

Come along and trip the light fan-tastic.

DIVISION FOUR C. J. KNITTLE

SHOPS JACK BAILEY

BUS DIVISION ELMER WOOD

FACE 4 TWO BELLS April 25, 1927

Signs of prosperity are rampant around this division these days. Con-ductor Bill Huddy will leave for San Francisco some time this week to re-ceive his share of a $200,000 estate.

Arriving home last Friday evening, Conductor Alfred Bradley's daughter handed him a $500 check she won in a local newspaper Contest.

Then there is Conductor Joe Cresto, who blossomed out Easter morning in a Ford sedan.

A well-known conductor of this di-vision missed out three hours on his Easter sunrise service extra.

Safety Operator E. C. Appleby has been granted a lay off to try the fire department.

We are glad to see Conductor A. Goldsmith back from a two weeks sick leave.

Motorman P. E. Doll returned from a temporary assignment to the line car last Sunday.

Stenographer E. G. Benedict has sold his home in Maywood. "Bennie" is a game speculator. He recently bought a hunk of that high-powered tomato land in Mexico.

Conductor J. Berrere, who resigned four months ago to make a business trip to New York, returned to the service last Monday.

DIVISION ONE H. N. Corm

Conductor J. F. Canning is back on the job after being confined to his home for about ten days on account of injuries received in an accident with his machine a week ago last Sun-day. Another machine ran into his car while standing and demolished it and painfully bruised up Canning. He says it was almost a miracle that he was not killed.

Motorman E. 0. McKinney recover-ed his car a few days after it was stolen. Everything had been stripped off except the fan belt and the hood. Otherwise it was in perfect condition.

Watchman J. Menzer had the mis-fortune to lose quite a sum of money last Saturday night. He stepped In the bank to transact some business and walked out, leaving his purse on the desk, with a hundred dollars and his pass in it. He hurried back in a few minutes, but too late.

Conductor R. J. Sturgeon is now extra register clerk.

Conductor R. T. Olsen, who has been working a night run on the "J" line, has bid in a day run on the same line.

Conductor Jack Sproule has return-ed to work after a two weeks siege of illness.

Conductor L. R. Malone has resign-ed to try out other work.

Conductor M. C. Perl has bid in a day run on the "R" line. He has been working the "J" Owl for about a year and thought it time to make a change.

Conductor R. W. Brigham has been on the sick list for about ten days.

Conductors A. B. Morse and P. Aw-rey have been off for several days on account of sickness.

Yes, L. W. Corley is with us again. breaking in on the back end. Conduc-tor Corley has been away for nearly two years, but yielded to the same old urge and like a good many others, is back again.

The boys win second game on home grounds. The LARYS defeated the Pacific Mutual nine, 9 to 10. It was a hard fight, but the boys came from behind in the last inning and the Mu-tuals were unable to stem the tide set by Lock and Shollin's hitting bee.

John Smith of the Air Room has of-fered the best ball bat that can be bought to the man who makes the most three-base hits during the month of May. John is just the type that would.

A new man in the Store Department is 0. P. Armstrong. At least he has a more intelligent look about his per-son. To cut the thing short, he made a whale of a difference in his looks when he shaved last week.

Al Doane and his father got out the little Star and drove down to Redondo last Sunday morning to spend the day fishing. No fish, but a rough old boat ride was reported through the Trim-ming Department.

All that noise that came from the. M. M. Office last week was Mr. Arnold

and Mr. Boyce playing "Dear Gaston" to see who would make the coffee for their lunch that day.

J. E. Spicer, Machinist, has the mumps. He was booked to play ball this coming Sunday. It gave him the big head, we think.

Black crepe and flowers were hung by mistake on the locker of Machinist Joe Harlow. He is not dead nor was he trying to reap any benefits. He was only trying to make a thorough investigation on the shortage in his check. And, by the way, Jack Bick-ford writes insurance policies. See him before you buy.

Carpenter J. S. Moore is back from a 30-day leave looking brown as a nut.

DIVISION FIVE FRED MASON

Motorman "Red" Gurley resigned last week and is going to ride behind a plow back on the farm in Missouri. Good luck to you, Red.

Conductor Tommy Laycock is still to be seen waiting around on corners, and late at night, too, but now it's for street cars.

Motorman "Smiler" Gillen has taken a 30-day lay off to visit his folks in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Boys, get acquainted with our night switchman, Tom Sawyer, Huckle-berry Finn and Jerry on the Job. Find out who's who.

Harry Goodman of the Mechanical Department was seen standing at the corner of 54th and Figueroa at 4:15 a. m. last Sunday morning with his golf bag and sticks swinging at a wicked angle and his plus fours flut-tering in the early morning breeze. After taking in the sunrise service he went home very much ashamed of himself, but happy in the thought that good liars and good golfers are just about the same. Anyone wanting to buy a good set of golf clubs, cheap. see Harry.

Conductor J. W. Wood has resigned and has gone into business for him self, chicken raising—feathered.

Superintendent Dye and his valuable assistant, Freddy Mason, are certainly busy these days. Ernie has had pie-

It was recently learned that Oper-ator M. E. Dudley is married. But he is on a 30-day leave of absence, so we will have to wait until he returns be-fore the particulars can be given, such as cigars, etc.

The boys of the division extend their heartfelt sympathy to Operator C. W. Davis in his bereavement. His wife passed away April 13th.

F. M. Fox, ex-operator and mechanic, dropped into town two weeks ago to say hello to the boys. Fox is driving for the California Transit Company in Oakland and Sacramento, and says he is getting along fine. P. S.—Also the wife and son.

A postcard was received from Op-erator A. W. Warnick stating he was beginning to feel better already. War-nick is on a sick leave and living with his parents in Arizona.

Applications for extra supervisor were received last week and a num-ber of the boys were brushing up on the rules and regulations a supervisor should know (some do). Operator W. R. Terry was appointed to the posi-tion.

GARAGE

The big surprise of the year was when T. J. Mooney, the day watchman at the gate, announced his marriage to Mrs. May Winans. The couple were united Easter Sunday, April 17, at the home of the bride in Maywood. A re-ception was given at the home of Mrs. Mooney's daughter in Pasadena, where they celebrated. Mr. Mooney has been with the Company for 37 years. He started in 1888, when horse cars were the talk of the town, and after leav-ing the service in 1898, he returned again in 1900 to stay. The boys of the garage wish to congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Mooney and wish them a long and happy married life, and also to thank them for the cigars.

"They always come back," says Mr. Lindsey, Superintendent of the garage, and it happens to be true with Doyle Rishel. A year ago Doyle was fore-man of the day shift and left the serv-ice to go into partnership with his brother-in-law and run a service sta-tion and garage in Downey. Although they have not lost what they put into it, Doyle decided working for some-one else was better than being your own boss, so came back to work with his many friends in the new shop. He has been made general foreman and will be over the three shifts, namely: R. W. Anderson, day foreman; L. R. Drake, afternoon foreman; George F. Borngrebe, night foreman, and Walter Dewherst, foreman of the machine shop. The machine shop will event-ually do all overhauling and repairing of replacement units. Doyle was amazed to see so many improvements in the single year that he has been away and says, "The new garage is the finest shop ever built."

ture molding placed on the walls of his office and the pictures of the bonus winners for the different years are to be draped around the room.

In hanging the pictures a disagree-ment arose. Freddy was to hold the nail while Ernie wielded the hammer —and Freddy knows Ernie is no "Wil-liam Tell" with a hammer. Possibly some arrangement can be made later on. In the meantime, the pictures hang in abeyance.

DIVISION TWO E. A. MOXLEY

Anyone seeing a "bid-board" lying around the division and desiring to be accommodating will kindly get in touch with Motorman J. 0. Mason-heimer, who is looking for one.

Five blowouts and a puncture are the toll taken by the roaring road when Stenographer H. T. Hansen and Conductor D. F. Edgar made a flying trip to San Francisco. As Hansen, our genial stenographer, income tax expert, counsel, advisor and criterion of delectable femininity relates, "We started the trip with one at Girard and commenced the return with one in Oakland, and it got to be pretty much a matter of put on and take off." However, they report an excellent trip, with fine weather and wonderful scenery.

Motorman R. E. Brewer is now out of the hospital and we hope we may see him back at the division soon.

Conductor L. 0. Patterson, who is in the Roosevelt Hospital, is reported as getting along fine.

Motorman L L Pittenger, as well as S. F. Early and 0. Iffland and Con-ductor 0. T. Durr are now off the ex-tra board and have regular runs.

DIVISION THREE L. VOLNER

Motorman W. T. Skinner has his wife's mother, sister and her one-year-old baby as guests at his home. They are from Saskatoon, Sask., Canada, and at the time they left, the weather was very cold and the snow very deep. In fact, there was so much snow that some of their street car lines were tied up for several days.

Motorman W. W. Yates is back on the job again, spry as ever, after about seven weeks on the sick list.

Now that the baseball season is on, our night clerk, Mr. Dan Hanley, will be found at Wrigley Field each after-noon. Dan says he will soon be as brown as Bill Bailey, for he always gets his sun bath while watching the game.

Motorman C. Hendricks, late of Di-vision Four, and Motorman F. Lehman have changed divisions. Mr. Hendricks lives near this barn and will now be closer to his work.

Motorman B. S. Head has gotten a leave of absence for one month, dur-ing which time he is going to paint his house.

Manager Harry Tuttle of the Com-pany Restaurant is rejoicing over the decline in the price of strawberries, for he can now serve his famous mile-high shortcake.

W. 0. Butt has taken a week's vaca-tion, which he is spending at home.

Switchman Walker, Mike Pierson and others are looking over and fix-ing up their fishing tackle for the trout season soon to open.

Motorman E. E. Searl is praising the classified column. Having a transmis-sion for a Ford to sell, he put a no-tice in that column, received several letters about it and one caller with the cash took the article.

F. D. Caldwell is laying off for a month to rest up and get ready for the warm season.

If you haven't had your watch in-spected for this month—just one more week to do so.