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Dye, New Manager of Transportation. Mr. Dye's office was a bower Mr. Haskins' office to other depart- of flowers presented him by his many friends and well-wishers in the Lary ments of the Company. family. Ernest R. Dye, Operating Superin- tact him. We are all sure he will tendent since January, 1930, was ap- make good on this new job, and he Back From Illness pointed Manager of Transportation, has the best wishes and hearty co- Bud Eaton, Engineer of Way and effective February 1st, to succeed R. operation of every member of the or- Structures, was seriously ill for two ' B. Hill, retired. ganization. weeks. He is up and about once more Mr. Dye started with the Los An- 7 When Bob Hill decided that on ac- and back on the job but, while feeling geles Railway in 1899 and is entitled count of his impaired health, it was much better, he has not yet entirely to be called one of our "old timers". best for him to retire from the job he recovered. He bucked the board for a while and has so ably held for so many years as finally got a regular run as conductor head of the Transportation Depart- out of Division One. He was later ment, there was a deeply sincere re- Safety and Courtesy transferred to Division Five. He be- gret in the hearts of every man and woman that worked for him and with January Results came extra student instructor at Di- Number vision Five in 1919, regular instructor him in the service. Number Displaced of Men in 1920 and was made Superintendent Number More Than Partici- As Manager of Transportation and 0:vision Displaced Once pating of Division Three in February, 1921. in the various executive positions he 1 120 50 350 He exchanged Divisions with Superin- has held while on his way up the 3 61 9 421 tendent Ferguson of Division Five in ladder, Mr. Hill has always had the 4 97 21 490 1927. In January, 1930, he was made loyalty of his men and will always 5 86 15 431 Operating Superintendent. retain the real affection and respect Coach 29 4 216 Mr. Dye has made good in every of those who were privileged to be L. A. Motor job given him and has won the confi- close to him. We will miss him a lot Coach 49 10 254 dence of the men who worked for him and hope he will not forget us, but and the respect of all those who con- will come up and see us often. Totals 442 109 2162 TWO BELLS Page 2 Surprises in Ebb and Flow of Travel We Make Amends Superintendent Dickey is kicking be- By H. A. PERRY MAN, Statistician cause he says we have not been giving Within the city limits of Los An- When the weather is hot, with tem- his Division a break. To offset this geles dwell more than a million and peratures rising above 85 degrees, a criticism we are herewith broadcast- a quarter people. Day in, day out, loss similar to cold weather will result. ing that during the entire year of 1934 without cessation this vast multitude Cloudy or threatening weather, high Division Five had the lowest percent- of people are ever moving to and fro winds and torpid days, all cause a age of accidents to the car mile of any upon their daily business. So intent shrinkage in travel. Division on the system. are we upon our own affairs, so accus- The cars of Division Five traveled tomed have we become to the ever Bank holidays and election days more car miles than any other Divi- moving throngs around us, that we cause considerable decreases. Dollar sion. For instance, in October, 1934 take but little notice of the constant Days, conventions, fiestas, and unusual the cars of Division Five traveled 104,- flow of traffic by which we are con- events such as the visit from the Zep- 465 more miles than the next Division, tinually surrounded. pelin, will increase travel by as many or approximately four times the dis- as 50,000 passengers. On the day of tance around the world. The Los Angeles Railway has for the Electrical Parade at the Coliseum, many years provided the means of during the Shrine Convention in 1929, transportation for a great part of all more than 120,000 additional passen- this activity, and thousands upon thou- gers were carried. The day after the Bull's-eyes and Misses sands ride daily upon our cars and earthquake in 1933, 150,000 fewer pas- coaches. Without mass trartsPorta- sengers were carried than on the prev- The Los Angeles Railway Rifle and tion the streets could not hold the ious day, which already showed a loss Pistol Club held its regular meeting traffic that would be required by indi- of 50,000 on account of the closing of on January 10th, for conducting busi- vidual transportation, for there is a the banks. ness and electing officers for 1935. limit to the number of vehicles that Geo. L. Riggs, Night Dispatcher at can pass down a street at one time. Besides these day by day fluctua- tions, the number of people who travel the 16th Street Garage was elected The ebb and flow of travel on our will be affected by the season of the President; R. J. MacMillan, Substa- lines is a matter of constant interest year. From the beginning of the year tion Operator, Vice-President; Leslie and surprise. The number of passen- up to about the middle of March, the F. Sparks, Secretary; Robt. L. Bass, gers who board our cars varies con- general level will show a steady in- Treasurer and Al Rohrbeck, Executive siderably from day to day, from week crease. After Easter, travel will grad- Officer. to week, and from year to year. No ually decline until the public schools The boys from The Los Angeles one can predict what the next day will close for the summer holidays at the Motor Coach Company have with- bring, for there are many influences end of June. During July and August, drawn from our Club and formed their that affect the movements of great many people take vacations and travel own. They will be good competition masses of people. is at its lowest ebb during these two for us as we will have to do our best The day of the week, the season of months. After Labor Day the Fall to keep up with them. Good luck the year, the prosperity of the city, movement begins. If the business in "LAMCOS" and may your teams win the events of the day, and even the the city is good, if it is a prosperous lots of cups. weather, all play their part in swelling year, the general level will be higher In spite of the loss of the 22 mem- or shrinking the sensitive movement than it was during the Spring; if it is bers from the Los Angeles Motor of people. a year of depression, the general level Coach Company, we have kept up a will be lower and will continue to de- membership of 28 and several more of Generally speaking, on Sunday we cline until better days return. the boys will be in when they can to carry about one half the number we pay their dues. Every Sunday morn- carry on week days. Monday is the During the years of the depression ing you can find a group at one or high day of the week, for many people when the business of the country was the other of the Pistol Ranges which go shopping for the bargains they declining month by month and year by we are permitted to use by the Police noted in Sunday papers. On Tuesday year, fewer and fewer people traveled Department. The Police Department we will carry from 40,000 to 60,00 less on our lines. From the Fall of 1929 to has worked with us in every way and than on Monday. On Wednesday from the Spring of 1933, each seasonal deserves a lot of thanks. 10,000 to 20,000 more than on Tues- movement was consistently lower day. Thursday is another shopping than the year b e f or e, and travel The California National Guard has day, and almost as many will travel reached a level which a few years given us permission to use their Rifle as on Monday. Friday is the lowest before would have seemed beyond be- Range at Spadra whenever it is not in day of the week except Saturday, lief.