Various answers, corrections &c. ATTN: Jim Holland & John Swindler

[John Swindler]

>From: Jim Holland commented:
>
>Greetings!
>
>	Just a quick question on your opening comments - in a previous post you 
>mentioned that the PS might have run to the west of St. Anns toward the 
>Drake line.  Do you still feel this way after discovering this most recent 
>map?
>


Proceeding south from Castle Shannon, car line swings across a road 
intersection at Martin Villa (??).  Looking at 1908 county map, I "suspect" 
Pgh Southern went straight ahead.  Why else would street be so wide?  Would 
railroad make such a sharp "S" curve at Martin Villa?  My "suspect street" 
ends in front of St. Ann's School, but would put PS on line to begin 
climbing prior to Washington Jct.
Charleroi line was "first in town", so Washington line had to make a 
connection.  Washington Jct. serves a 'mine patch'.  Then again, have been 
wrong on most presumptions concerning Pittsburgh Southern!


>	But again, the big question looms  --  if both the Charleroi and
>Washington interurbans took advantage of some *abandoned* or otherwise
>unused prw, why isn't this mentioned anywhere in descriptions concerning
>the construction of these interurbans?  Surely the *capitalists* of the
>day would have felt that was a real God-send to have part of their work
>done and paid for!!!!
>


What contemporary articles have we seen????  Anything from Street Railway 
Journal???  Newspapers???  Our standard reference was published circa 1950.

On another topic, next need to copy what is available in 1902 Fayette County 
History on street railways.  Doesn't seem to be quite the West Penn history 
I recall from CERA publication.

John

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