12 Evergreen

[Don Galt]

>From Jim Holland:

>>      You certainly have a polite way of telling me it's right under my
nose! 
 But then, I  a-l-w-a-y-s  knew that; just wanted to see who could come up
with 
the information.
        Besides, as you say, since I had sent you some of this information,
if 
you didn't reply, I would be miffed! <<

So, the whole thing was a test, eh?

Actually, I don't feel that my answer was an answer. Conflicting sources,
don't you know! Yes, route 12 ran downtown - the maps say so. And yes, in
1929 it must have been either a shuttle or a trunk route with a *very* long
headway, needing only one car to protect the schedule even in peak hours.

And yes, if I need information on PRCo one of the first places I go is the
file of stuff from that nice Holland boy.

>> with half-hourly interurban service and the probability of running
express, I am not surprized that the 12 Evergreen ran local service. <<

It's not impossible that the Evergreen line pre-dated the PHNC&B; that the
interurban actually began at the end of route 12 instead of branching off
route 10. However:

The aforementioned 1930 (maybe) map - not necessarily reliable, as I said
before - is interesting in showing route 12 continuing a couple of bends up
Evergreen Road beyond where the interurban leaves the street. But the
large-scale topo map (sheet 163, dated 1931) shows nothing of the sort:
rather, a short spur, off the northbound PHB&NC track just north of where
it leaves the road at the first bend, and dead-ending at Nelson Run Road;
with a single crossover a few yards farther south allowing inbound
Evergreen cars onto the southbound track.

This layout really does suggest strongly that the Evergreen line was
nothing more than a short working of the interurban, else why end it at
that particular spot?

Archivist?

Don