Of course, with right of way most of the way to Carnegie that "we" since paid to duplicate<br>in the form of the West Busway (with about the same amount missing in terms of the connection into<br>downtown) the commenter is correct... not that funding to make it happy was forthcoming then!<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 12:33 PM, Edward H. Lybarger <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:trams2@comcast.net" target="_blank">trams2@comcast.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
What they all failed to appreciate was that the West End lines were<br>
perennial money-losers. Twice PRCo had considered conversion to trolley<br>
coaches and didn't do it because of the cost involved. But when the state<br>
buys you new buses and you get bargains from municipalities regarding track<br>
removal costs, you don't look toward long-term rapid transit possibilities.<br>
By 1959 the company was effectively a cash-only outfit, because credit was<br>
scarce to firms without a stable profit base.<br>
<br>
Ed<br>
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Subject: [PRCo] July 1, 1959 - Letter to the Editor - Urging Street Car<br>
Development<br>
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Published about a week and a half after the abandonment of the West End<br>
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Matt<br>
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