Frank Nolan Wins Hoo Hoo Modernizing Method Saves Cup at San Diego Cars

The San Diego Hoo Hoo Club golf tournament and dinner dance held at the La Mesa Country Club, San Diego, on Saturday, November 16 was an enjoyable affair and brought out a large attendance. There were 24 entries in the golf tournament. The low net score was made by Frank Nolan who was awarded the Hoo Hoo cup. The other golf prizes were won by Lawrence Beckstrom, Earl McCormick, Frank Park, Willie Low, Homer Miller and Harry McGahey.

Boston, Mass., November 18.-A hundred wood passenger cars in active service for over 3O years, have cost the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn R. R. an upkeep outlay not exceeding at any time in that period 75 cents per car mile.

These cars were built of long leaf yellow pine and oak by the Laconia Car Company for service on a narrow gauge line between Boston and Lynnl a distance of 14 miles. Today they appear as miniatures beside the modern standard gauge passenger cars. Nevertheless, they have withstood the shock of time and traffic for almost a third of a century and are still giving splendid service.

During the early part of 1928 the officials of the line decided to electrify the road. With the abandonment of steam locomotives they faced the problem of modernizing these old wood passenger coaches. How were they to make them longer? Taking about 30 of the original 100 cars, they cut them into cross sections. The rest they cut in two through the center. The sections were then spliced between the halvbs of the old coaches and thus elongated their cars.

The modernizers were greatly surprised and pleased with the soundness of the wood. Very little of the sills or sheathing wood had deteriorated during their long service. Today 67 of these modernized cars are in active service, and to all appearances will continue in good condition for many more years.

The ladies played bridge during the afternoon. There were five prizes which were won by Mrs. C. T. Pollard, Mrs. W. Cowling, Mrs. Homer Miller, Mrs. Phil King and Mrs. Owen King.

One hundred twenty-five sat down to dinner after which Meryl P. Bennett, president of the San Diego Hoo Hoo Club, presented the prizes to the winners of the golf and bridge tournaments. Dancing was then enjoyed until midnight.

L. R. Allen and C. E. Freeman, captains of the membership attendance teams, were again active in getting out their members and had the boys decked out in theii Red and Blue caps-the race was close with the Reds in the majority by two. The visitors wore white caps.