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<DIV><FONT size=4>Fred</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>A study I unearthed a few months back (don’t ask how many!)
showed Flint, Mich., as the most crime ridden city in the US, confirming your
theory about “it’s not just the large cities.” This was based on violent
crime stats from the FBI. Pretty sure I shared this with you then as it
was in response to some question or comment on the Volkmer list.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Can you tell me more about the Ted Schwalm Watch Dial
Co.? My painter here in slower Del. is Ted Schwalm Custom Painting and I
don’t think Schwalm is that common a name.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Dwight</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=fwschneider@comcast.net
href="mailto:fwschneider@comcast.net">Fred Schneider</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, 11 July, 2013 11:29</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org
href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">Western PA Trolley
discussion</A> ; <A title=hrbran@cavtel.net href="mailto:hrbran@cavtel.net">Herb
Brannon</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [PRCo] PRCo 55A Rankin Side</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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isn't just Pittsburgh or St. Louis or Baltimore these days. The
small cities are just as bad. <BR><BR>I did find a number on line
for Pittsburgh …. violent crime rate is 802 incidents per 100,000
population. Violent crime is defined as murder, forcible rape,
robbery and aggravated assault. It is much lower than Cleveland,
Buffalo, Chicago, Atlanta, St. Louis, Detroit. Really bad is 2 1/2
times Pittsburgh's rate … and that happens in places like Detroit and
Chicago. <BR><BR>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_cities_by_crime_rate<BR><BR>But
guys. It isn't just the big cities that have problems.
We are drawn to them by news stories about places like Detroit but some of the
worst are places like East St. Louis and Camden, NJ.<BR><BR>East St. Louis
actually has a published number of 6007 violent crimes per 100,000
population. And the second worst city in 2010 was supposed to be
Camden NJ and they fired half their police in a budget crisis in January 2011
and that caused a 50% spike in murders…the actually numbers appear to be
suppressed but it may be the worst city in the nation now … perhaps even worse
than East St. Louis.<BR><BR>A lot of the small cities are no better than
Pittsburgh. Harrisburg, PA had 16 murders in 2013 by the end of the
month of April. This week's news was some teenagers in Harrisburg
who went on a arson rampage … burnt out eight homes and left eight families
homeless. Here in Lancaster … small city … about 55,000 … you had
better know where to go if you don't want a gun in your back.<BR>There was a
news story yesterday about a neighbor of mine … suburban high class … lady was
let out on bail … she was stealing from other peoples homes and selling the
goods on e-Bay. This was her third case. So she is out
to resume her way of making a living. I guess the jail is
full. I have a buddy from 50 some years ago who lives in a
downtown Reading, Pa., apartment … claims he never goes out at night … just sits
inside and listens to the gunfire. <BR><BR>Come on Herb. We
all have to learn to use those eyes in the back of our heads.<BR><BR>And the
truly sad thing is, these people who do this become unemployable. In
the 1960s and early 1970s, there were firms in many cities which would hire the
ex-convict. Here in Lancaster, I could think of Ted Schwalm Watch
Dial Company or some of the chicken processors or beef slaughter
houses. Back then unemployment was under 2 percent and some of the
companies at the bottom end of the ladder would give anyone a second
chance. But now with unemployment at 6 percent, no one gets a second
chance. You come out of prison and your profession is robbery … you
go right back to it because that is how you support yourself.
<BR><BR>Anyone care to give me a great story of someone who beat the
odds?<BR><BR><BR>On Jul 10, 2013, at 11:48 PM, Herb Brannon wrote:<BR><BR>> I
always (like every day) hear the news stories on Ch 11 evening news
about<BR>> everything going on in So. Side Flats. I do go there frequently. I
prefer<BR>> what I call the "exciting Giant Eagle" on South Side to what I
call the<BR>> "Republican Giant Eagle" at Brentwood Center. So if I have the
time I go to<BR>> the South Side GE. I also frequent "Double Wide" on E.
Carson. Derrick, you<BR>> introduced me to that place many years ago and it's
always been one of my<BR>> favorites. My State Farm Insurance agent is
located on E. Carson a block<BR>> and a half east of Double Wide. I sometimes
go to the Duquesne Light Co<BR>> office in the building at 26th and E. Carson
plus a few other places on E.<BR>> Carson. Everyplace I go, except for Giant
Eagle, is east of Birmingham<BR>> Bridge. From 10th Street east to Birmingham
Bridge is definitely the<BR>> "Combat Zone" in my opinion. If you look at the
wrong person the wrong way,<BR>> especially on nights the bars in that area
are busy, you may have to "punch<BR>> it out" to keep from getting your @$$
kicked. I find it much better to stay<BR>> east of Birmingham Bridge. Even
that end of E. Carson has its share of<BR>> problems and you have to stay
alert and aware of who is around you. Then, I<BR>> do have a permit to carry
but would rather just leave home without the fire<BR>> power. Too bad things
are such these days that one has to carry a firearm<BR>> to insure one's
safety and life. It's worth the extra effort, however, to<BR>> be right in
the middle of the urban action in a great city like Pittsburgh.<BR>> <BR>>
<BR>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:38 PM, Derrick Brashear
<shadow@dementix.org>wrote:<BR>> <BR>>> The brick has gone to a
few events with me; It is not engraved, it is a<BR>>> normal,
broken-in-half brick. I used it on March to try to raise more money<BR>>>
for the Brashear Association. Not much, sadly.<BR>>> <BR>>>
<BR>>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:11 PM, Herb Brannon
<hrbran@cavtel.net> wrote:<BR>>> <BR>>>>
Derrick,<BR>>>> What's happening down there in "yuppie land" ? I'm up
here in "common<BR>>>> folks" territory and everything is quiet all the
time. I have actually<BR>>>> started calling East Carson Street, "the
Combat Zone". What's getting<BR>>> into<BR>>>> people down there?
What this has to do with PRCo Route 55A is beyond me<BR>>>
but<BR>>>> I will answer anyway.<BR>>>> <BR>>>> Will
you display the brick? I can see this playing out this way:
Derrick<BR>>>> wins brick; Derrick has brick engraved and mounted in
nice case; The<BR>>> crime<BR>>>> wave continues in the South
Side Flats and Derricks house is broken into;<BR>>>> The Brick is
stolen; The next day another new business in South Side<BR>>>
Flats<BR>>>> has a brick tossed through a window; turns out to be The
Brick which<BR>>>> Derrick had engraved; Business owner auctions off
The Brick; Derrick has<BR>>> to<BR>>>> bid again on The Brick;
Derrick wins The Brick back again and displays<BR>>> it.<BR>>>>
<BR>>>> <BR>>>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Derrick
Brashear <shadow@gmail.com><BR>>>> wrote:<BR>>>>
<BR>>>>> If I knew the alarm code...<BR>>>>>
<BR>>>>> (I know people who could silkscreen it for
me:<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> <BR>>>> <BR>>>
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/a-brick-an-auction-twitter-and-pittsburghs-south-side-678126/<BR>>>>>
)<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>> Derrick<BR>>>>>
<BR>>>>> On Jul 10, 2013, at 5:47 PM, Fred Schneider
<fwschneider@comcast.net><BR>>>>> wrote:<BR>>>>>
<BR>>>>>> Someone needs to sneak into PTM under cover of darkness
and stitch<BR>>> that<BR>>>>> sign onto 1711's
sign.<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>> On Jul 10, 2013, at 5:02 PM, Derrick Brashear
wrote:<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>> Gotham via
Batcave.<BR>>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Herb Brannon
<hrbran@cavtel.net><BR>>>>> wrote:<BR>>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>>>> What then would be the correct destination sign
for such a charter?<BR>>>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jul
10, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Dwight Long <<BR>>>
dwightlong@verizon.net<BR>>>>> <BR>>>>>>>>
wrote:<BR>>>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>>>>> Herb<BR>>>>>>>>>
<BR>>>>>>>>> Another possibility: It was an
enthusiast charter with an<BR>>> incorrect<BR>>>>>
head<BR>>>>>>>>>
sign.<BR>>>>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>>>>
Dwight<BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>> <BR>>>>>>
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