<div dir="ltr">Warrendale still exists. Cranberry is the township further north, and the most built-up area is what was Criders Corners.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Dwight Long <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dwightlong@verizon.net" target="_blank">dwightlong@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Ed, Derrick<br>
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Question related to this discussion.<br>
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How did this area come to be known as Cranberry? In my day in the area it was called Warrendale.<br>
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What changed? And why?<br>
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Dwight<br>
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From: Edward H. Lybarger<br>
</div>Sent: Saturday, 09 November, 2013 09:18<br>
<div><div class="h5">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 would<br>
be circuitous.<br>
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To: Western PA Trolley discussion<br>
Subject: Re: [PRCo] First Harmony Car Enters Pittsburg<br>
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On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Edward H. Lybarger<br>
<<a href="mailto:trams2@comcast.net">trams2@comcast.net</a>>wrote:<br>
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> 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>
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While today, a fast rail route to at least Cranberry would be fantastic.<br>
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