PRCo Abandonment Notice 55 56 98

[Jim Holland]

Greetings!

PRCo   Abandonment   Notice   55   56   98

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"For those of you who haven't seen the notices in cars on routes 55,  
56,   98, we quote in full."

"'NOTICE    is hereby given that application has been made to the
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, under the provisions of the
Public Utility Law, by the Pittsburgh Railways Company, for an order
evidencing the Commission's approval of   (1)   the relocation of street
railway service on that portion of it's Route 55 Homestead,
Braddock-East Pittsburgh between the intersection of Irvine Street and
Greenfield Avenue in the City of Pittsburgh and the intersection of West
Street and Eighth Avenue in the Borough of Homestead, beginning on
Greenfield Avenue and thence on Hazelwood Avenue, Browns Hill Road, and
Homestead High Level Bridge, in lieu of Irvine Street, Second Avenue,
Glenwood Bridge, Riverton Street, Eighth Avenue, seventh Avenue, and
Eighth Avenue;   (2)   the abandonment of street railway facilities
beginning on Second Avenue at the Glenwood storage property near
American Street in the City of Pittsburgh, thence on Second Avenue
Glenwood Bridge, across the Monongahela River and on Riverton Street in
the City of Pittsburgh, thence on Eighth Avenue, Seventh Ave and Eighth
Avenue in the Borough of West Homestead and thence on Eighth Avenue to
West Street in the Borough of Homestead, all in Allegheny County, and  
(3)   the abolition of highway crossing, at grade, involved in said
abandonment.'"

	"If this is approved the 55 will operate via the 58.   (That stretch of
single track on Greenfield Ave. should be fun in the rush hour.)   A
shuttle bus will provide service between Homestead and Glenwood."

"Hearings will be held on the above on July 16 and 17 in the State
Office Bldg."

P.R.M.A.   *Trolley   Fare*   Vol. IX   #3,   July 1962.
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PRCo   Abandonment   Notice   55   56   98

	-->>--	#2--of--2--Notices

"For those of you who haven't seen the notices in cars on routes 55,  
56,   98, we quote in full."

"'NOTICE    is hereby given that application has been made to the
Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, under the provisions of the
Public Utility Law, by the Pittsburgh Railways Company, for an order
evidencing the Commission's approval of   (1)   the abandonment of
street railway service on its Route 56--McKeesport between the
intersection of Fourth Avenue and Stanwix Street in Downtown Pittsburgh
and the Pirl Street Loop on Fifth Avenue in the City of McKeesport and
on its Route 98--Glassport between a loop near the intersection of Ohio
Avenue and Wall Street in the Borough of Glassport and the Pirl Street
Loop in the City of McKeesport;   (2)   the abandonment of street
railway facilities on the following portions of the aforesaid routes;  
(a)   beginning on Second Avenue in the City of Pittsburgh at the
Glenwood storage property near American Street, thence on Second Avenue,
Glenwood Bridge across the Monongahela River and thence on private right
of way, Mifflin Road, and private right of way to points at or near the
intersection of Mifflin Road with Interboro Avenue in the City of
Pittsburgh;   (b)   beginning again at Muldowney Avenue in the City of
Pittsburgh, thence on private right of way in the City of Pittsburgh,
and the Boroughs of West Mifflin and Dravosburg, thence on Richland
Avenue in the Borough of West Mifflin, Dravosburg Bridge across the
Monongahela River and thence on West Fifth Avenue in the City of
McKeesport, Jerome Street Bridge across the Youghiogheny River, Lysle
Boulevard, Market Street, Gibson Way, Fifth Avenue to private loop
property near Pirl Street in the City of McKeesport and   (c)  
beginning again at the West Fifth Avenue-Monongahela Avenue lower
roadway of the Dravosburg Bridge Approach, thence on the lower roadway
and a portion of the upper roadway of West Fifth Avenue within said
Bridge approach in the City of McKeesport and on the lower and upper
roadways of Monongahela Avenue within said Bridge Approach in the
Borough of Glassport and thence on Monongahela Avenue, Ninth Street, and
Ohio Avenue in the Borough of Glassport, all in Allegheny County, and  
(3)   the abolition of highway crossings, at grade, involved in said
abandonment.'"

	"So reads the fate for the 56 and 98."

"Hearings will be held on the above on July 16 and 17 in the State
Office Bldg."

P.R.M.A.   *Trolley   Fare*   Vol. IX   #3,   July 1962.
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James B. Holland

        Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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