PRCo West End

[John Swindler]

No, newspapers are not on-line that far back.  Pittsburgh papers are on 
microfilm back to about 1850 - or earlier.  Once did some reading of the 
Brownsville paper from about 1810.

John


>From: Jim Holland <pghpcc at pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>Subject: Re: PRCo   West   End
>Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 16:59:19 -0800
>
>Greetings!
>
>	Another one where I looked for a previous story but couldn't find one.
>Don't know if the  *Press*  and  *Post Gazette*  are online for that
>time frame  --  that would give us some clues!
>
> > mrb190 wrote:
>
> > Anyone remember what Mr. Palmer's "threats" were?
>
> > Thanks,
> > Matt
>
> >> Jim Holland wrote:
>
> >> "THE    MOST    RECENT    EXTENSION   (March 31) of the West End lines
> >> injunction has passed, in spite of threats by Mr. Palmer, but no
> >> trolleys have been seen in place of the buses."
>
> > > P.E.R.C.   *Trolley   Fare*   Vol VI #12,   April 1960.
>
>James B. Holland
>
>         Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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