Today's Pgh Post Gazzette

[mrb190]

Today's Pittsburgh Post Gazzette offers the following in the ALMANAC section:

"On this date, fifty years ago, Thursday, July 6, 2000...
Duquesne Gardens in Oakland and 57 other Pittsburgh Railways Co. properties were
sold at federal auction for $800,000.   The buyer was Trinity Devlopment Co., a
group of six Pittsburgh real estate investors."

I know that was FIFTY years ago, but that sure does seem like peanuts for Duquesne
Gardens AND 57 other properties.   Wonder what the other properties were?  I'll
have to get back to the microfilm room at the library and do some research.
Haven't been there since the winter.

Also am wondering why the properties went up for "federal auction?"  Were they
seized by the feds?   Did Pgh Railways want the feds to sell their properties?
Hopefully, the answers to these and other questions will be in the full article,
7/6/50, Post Gazette.

Matt