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

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

	Yes - most of our sources date from 1950 - but whoever researched for
those reports may have found better material and I would suspect that
had they know that *portions* of Wash--Char were former PS prw, it would
have been mentioned.
	In some of the historical records which you have researched and typed
into the mail list are summaries of construction of the two lines,
mostly Charleroi as I remember.  You were quoting sources from about
1910--1925 and they did not indicate anything concerning portions of
Wash--Char using former PS prw.

> >From: Jim Holland commented:

> >       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!!!!

John Swindler wrote:

> 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

James B. Holland

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