[PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh 7-Charles Street abandonment

[Fred W. Schneider III]

And the Post Gazette usually only published pictures of him frowning!

"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:
> 
> The union hated Mr. Palmer.
> 
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> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim
> Holland
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 6:02 AM
> To: Shirley Tennyson
> Cc: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org; billvigrass at hillintl.com;
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> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Pittsburgh 7-Charles Street abandonment
> 
> HI!
>         I should have mentioned the time frame - as you indicate, it was
> by the
> 1960s that trolleycars were thought of as antique by at least the
> motoring public, not so much the riding public.
> 
>         I was under the  *impression*  that Palmer and the drivers got
> along
> fairly well.  I have the image of a grand-fatherly type person who knows
> what is best and doesn't with hold it from his people.  Frugal, yes, but
> benevolent.
> 
>         Is this a wrong impression?
> 
>         Also interesting to note that PRCo was not losing as much ridership as
> other systems after the war.
> 
>         While I had asked earlier about the possibilities of the interurbans
> being saved by WW-2 had PRCo the legal option to abandon, maybe there is
> another question that can be asked.  From your experience, had Anne Not
> insisted on transit in Allegheny County Only  --  what chances do you
> think the interurbans to Charleroi and Washington had of surviving for a
> few more years rather than be truncated in 1953?  (THAT  little,
> huh?!?!)
> 
>         Again, Many Thanks for taking the time to write your experience!
> 
> > Shirley Tennyson wrote:
> 
> >    When I worked for Pitsburgh Railways Co. in 1947-1949 there was no
> > public call for buses, other than from corrupt politic- ians. I will
> > explain why they were not well intentioned.
> 
> > Palmer took out his hate for the Union on
> > the ridres. Tom Fitzgerald never had a legal strike but there were some
> > short (a few hours) local (one ar barn) wilcats that did less harm.
> 
> > E d  T e n n y s o n
> 
> --
> James B. Holland
>         Pittsburgh  Railways  Company  (PRCo),   1930  --  1950
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