Route 9, 8, PHB&NC - Now Rt. 40

Jim Holland pghpcc at pacbell.net
Thu Nov 11 16:36:19 EST 1999


Greetings!

Donald Galt wrote:

> Now, here is a curiousity: it has long puzzled me that on the 1930 edition of
> the city topographic map the line is shown running south on Republic Street
> about 1/3 the distance from Rutledge to Greenleaf, with a turnout - nothing
> more - to Rutledge Street.

	Maybe it indicates that PRCo owned the rights to this portion rather
than any partial completion.

James B. Holland
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