[PRCo] Re: USGS___Drake___Washington___Maps

[Edward H. Lybarger]

There is only one correct spelling of this particular family's
name..."McClane."  Other Americans obfuscated it or cited it incorrectly.
Period.

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Fred
W. Schneider III
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 5:30 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Re: USGS___Drake___Washington___Maps



Obfuscate it even more, will you.  Now we have three spellings.  And we
complain that Americans today don't know how to spell or speak.

"Edward H. Lybarger" wrote:
>
> The Railways Company spelled it "McClain" but the family spelled it
> "McClane."  PTM will use the latter.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Fred
> W. Schneider III
> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 8:56 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: USGS___Drake___Washington___Maps
>
> On the Washington - Meadowlands map, you will see a McLane mine
> (inactive) and a McLane Bridge.
> The McLane bridge is adjacent to the north end of the museum property
> ... where the new loop is being built.
>
> If I'm not mistaken, the trolley company stop at North Main St. extended
> was McClain Stop (not McLane).  Edward can correct me.
>
> Jim Holland wrote:
> >
> > Good Morning!!
> >
> >         Excellent scans, Don,  --  Thank You for taking the time to scan
> and post.   These copies
> > appear better than what I have  --  excellent detail on screen makes it
> easy to follow the
> > line.   Maybe mine are just as good but my perspective on them is wrong.
> >
> >