[PRCo] Re: Routes 6,13,15

[Harold Geissenheimer]

Greetings

Streetcar bridges in Pgh were a cost item..both to PRC and PAT.

I dont remember the details but there might have been litigation
and a settlement on the Emsworth Bridges.  The bridge at Wilmerding
was another bridge of this type.

Harold

John Swindler wrote:

> Bob Rathke commented:
> >
> >Routes 13, 14 and 15 originally ran via California Ave., and route 6 ran
> >via Brighton Road.  Tom Parkinson's,  "The Street Railways of Pittsburgh,
> >1859-1967", states that during evenings and on Sundays, route 6 was
> >extended to Emsworth as route 6/13, and in September, 1964 (1965?) this
> >became permanent until abandonment in April, 1966.
> >
>
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