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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">Fred</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">The link to the EBASCO article would not open
for me. What did they have to say about the company?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Century Gothic">As to PRR losing $ in 1946, I'm reminded of
John Swindler's so true comment about blame anyone else rather than looking
inward. That was never so true as it was about the PRR in that
era.</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=fwschneider@comcast.net href="mailto:fwschneider@comcast.net">Fred
Schneider</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> Thursday, May 15, 2014 9:46
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [PRCo] More reading from
Pittsburgh Press</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Guys, <BR><BR>I began reading local newspapers about 50 … maybe
51 … years ago hunting local trolley history. It wasn't long
before I realized that it wasn't just the trolley stuff I should be reading,
but also the movie and amusement and industrial history too because that told
me a lot about why people rode the cars. Eventually I built up
quite a file about local history in Lancaster. Amazing when you
make notes about when a certain building was erected or when the power lines
were buried, how easy it is to date anonymous pictures. Over the
years I found I can't just pick up an old newspaper and read about
trolleys. I have to scan the whole thing. It can be
fun.<BR><BR>And here are some of the things that caught my eye while hunting
stuff on Pittsburgh Railways. It isn't necessarily about telling the
search engine to find stuff about trolleys or street cars or streetcars or
Pittsburgh Railways but just scanning the whole newspaper.<BR><BR>Man contests
right of way with trolley in Homestead; man loses. Sadly he is too
old for a Darwin Award….gets nothing for his efforts. All kidding
aside … Dixon St. appears to have been a relatively busy street.
Today it is protected by a traffic light. <BR><BR> <A
href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HSsbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4495%2C637741">http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HSsbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4495%2C637741</A><BR><BR>Here
is the famous (or infamous if you prefer) story about the Red Arrow plunging
off the rails at Bennington Curve below Gallitzen.<BR><BR> <A
href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HSsbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4495%2C637741">http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HSsbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4495%2C637741</A><BR><BR>Not
all footballs are pigskin and not all the crazies are today's
kids….<BR><BR> <A
href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HisbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3041%2C782740">http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HisbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=3041%2C782740</A><BR><BR>South
Shore train slices through a loaded bus … the bus was filled with the
railroad's own track gang … driver didn't stop at the grade crossing even
though he could see forever … wiped out 13 workers. Yes a
CSS&SB train made the Pittsburgh papers. I have since found a
former CSS&SB employee who said when he started there in the 1980s, there
were still people affected by this one. <BR><BR>
<A
href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HisbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2713%2C785604">http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HisbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2713%2C785604</A>
<BR><BR>Mayor orders crackdown on trolleys going through red
lights.<BR><BR> <A
href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HisbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4131%2C820580">http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HisbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4131%2C820580</A><BR><BR>There
is no direct link to this article… this leads to one four columns to the right
of the one I thought was interesting. Click on the link and then
move to the left edge of the page. The AF&L and the CIO had
been fighting for for over four months over which should have jurisdiction
over the breweries and bars and truck drivers in Pittsburgh. Here is an
admission that the American Federation of Labor had spent what might be $5
million in todays dollars beating up people, breaking windows, bombing bars,
etc. just to get their way. <BR><BR> <A
href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HysbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4179%2C1133280">http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HysbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=4179%2C1133280</A><BR><BR>This
next one involves the sale of a major utility holding company.
Remember the story about how the government passed legislation in 1938
breaking up the utility holding companies? The last two I know were New
Orleans Public Service and Transport of New Jersey, both in the 1980s.
This news item is about Electric Bond and Share.<BR><BR> <A
href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HysbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1595%2C1268104">http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HysbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1595%2C1268104</A><BR><BR>PRR
lost money in 1946 for the first time in 100 years; blames the
ICC.<BR><BR> <A
href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HysbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1633%2C1275278">http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=HysbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=1633%2C1275278</A><BR><BR>Here
is an example of how knowing when something disappeared or was built helps to
date a picture. A simple story about someone hurt when a crane
fell on him during the demolition of the old downtown post office.
Now we know it happened early in 1947.<BR><BR> <A
href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ISsbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2362%2C1983403">http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ISsbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CE0EAAAAIBAJ&pg=2362%2C1983403</A><BR><BR>Same
day … a 13 inch snow storm hits Pittsburgh but all the car lines were
running. <BR><BR> <A
href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=djft3U1LymYC&dat=19470221&printsec=frontpage&hl=en">http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=djft3U1LymYC&dat=19470221&printsec=frontpage&hl=en</A><BR><BR>Time
for
beddy-by.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Pittsburgh-railways
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