[PRCo] Re: PRC roster updates

[Fred W. Schneider III]

1.  Flinn also owned the only quarry which had stone of the proper color
to match the bid specifications required for Pittsburgh streets.  Flinn
sold all of those yellowish blocks that PRC was forced to buy to pave
streets.

2.  I was born in Magee Woman's Hospital.  

Derrick J Brashear wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, John Swindler wrote:
> 
> > By the way, Derrick, on 9 Feb. 1903 Andrew Carnegie "broke his silence and
> > has declared himself in favor of the Flinn-Magee tract of 32 acres along
> > Woodlawn Avenue, adjoining Schenley Park" as the location for a proposed
> > technical school in Pittsburgh.  One of the members of the Plan and Scope
> > Committee of the technical school was John A. Brashear, chancellor of the
> > Western University. (yes, Derrick, I made a copy for you)
> 
> thanks
> 
> > So what does the preceding paragraph have to do with Pittsburgh Railways???
> > Well, shame on any Pittsburgh Railways fans that don't recognize the name
> > Flinn.  (must confess that I wouldn't have make the connection until couple
> > weeks ago)  As a hint, during its construction, a certain tunnel on the
> > southside was referred to as the "Flinn tunnel".   (could have just been a
> > distant relative)
> 
> Or the name McGee. Christopher Lyman McGee did after all create the
> hospital in honor of his mother which eventually claimed the Craft
> Avenue carbarn land...
> 
> -D