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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">Derrick</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">It all seems to be, at least to a now outsider,
referred to as Cranberry now.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">Dwight</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=shadow@dementix.org href="mailto:shadow@dementix.org">Derrick
Brashear</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org
href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways@mailman.dementix.org">Western PA Trolley
discussion</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 11, 2013 12:45
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [PRCo] First Harmony Car
Enters Pittsburg</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Warrendale still exists. Cranberry is the township further
north, and the<BR>most built-up area is what was Criders
Corners.<BR><BR><BR>On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Dwight Long <<A
href="mailto:dwightlong@verizon.net>wrote">dwightlong@verizon.net>wrote</A>:<BR><BR>><BR>>
Ed, Derrick<BR>><BR>> Question related to this
discussion.<BR>><BR>> How did this area come to be known as
Cranberry? In my day in the area it<BR>> was called
Warrendale.<BR>><BR>> What changed? And why?<BR>><BR>>
Dwight<BR>><BR>> From: Edward H. Lybarger<BR>> Sent: Saturday, 09
November, 2013 09:18<BR>> To: 'Western PA Trolley discussion'<BR>>
Subject: Re: [PRCo] First Harmony Car Enters Pittsburg<BR>>
Unquestionably. But who pays, and how do you get south of McKnight
Road?<BR>> Center of the freeway works most of the way, but the subway
connection<BR>> would<BR>> be circuitous.<BR>><BR>> -----Original
Message-----<BR>> From: <A
href="mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces@mailman.dementix.org">pittsburgh-railways-bounces@mailman.dementix.org</A><BR>>
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces@mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of<BR>>
Derrick Brashear<BR>> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 8:41 AM<BR>> To:
Western PA Trolley discussion<BR>> Subject: Re: [PRCo] First Harmony Car
Enters Pittsburg<BR>><BR>> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Edward H.
Lybarger<BR>> <<A
href="mailto:trams2@comcast.net>wrote">trams2@comcast.net>wrote</A>:<BR>><BR>>
> You have to wonder how many other companies nationwide were
built,<BR>> > like the Harmony Route, to satisfy the gigantic ego of the
guy behind<BR>> > it. It went the long way to Butler (and probably
drew just enough<BR>> > traffic from the Short Line to render it
insolvent); New Castle was a<BR>> > long way off and although it had
people, not enough of them wanted to<BR>> > go to Pittsburgh. In
between was a lot of nothing, plus Evans City<BR>> > and Ellwood
City. Oh, yes, there was also a nice camping area along<BR>> > the
Connoquenessing that Mr. Boggs favored. He also favored the most<BR>>
> expensive construction that could be had...only the best.<BR>>
><BR>> > Mr. Boggs built the line with the expectation that everyone
adjacent<BR>> > to it would come to his department store. This
just didn't happen.<BR>> > David McCahill compounded the misery by
acquiring the Short Line out<BR>> > of receivership in about 1919...now
he had two companies that couldn't<BR>> > earn a living, and when the
bonds came due, there was no money. Some<BR>> > of the bridges sat
for years after abandonment because no one could<BR>> > earn enough in
scrap value to justify the labor cost of dismantling them.<BR>>
><BR>> > Just another company that never should have been
built.<BR>> ><BR>><BR>> While today, a fast rail route to at least
Cranberry would be fantastic.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>> --------------
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