[PRCo] Re: Proposed "crosstown" route

[Edward H. Lybarger]

I'm not certain that this would be all that easy to find if it in fact
exists!  There were many, many proposals that never saw the light of day,
and others that did.  I have long maintained that one cannot do a proper
history without reading the newspapers (for many reasons, but especially to
get a handle on public sentiment and contemporary activity).  One of our
volunteers is actually doing this with the Pittsburgh newspapers, but it's
going to take a while.  Then it probably needs to be indexed...any
volunteers to speed the job?

Ed

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Matt
Barry
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 5:06 PM
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
Subject: [PRCo] Proposed "crosstown" route



Hello,

Those of you who have access to ancient PRCo literature may be able to
answer this.

Wasn't there a Crosstown route proposed in the 1910's or 1920's that
involved part of more recent route 77/54 and the Butler Street routes?

Seems to me that I recall reading that trackage of (for lack of whatever
it was called then-I'll call 77/54 in this writing) the 77/54 was to
continue down Main Street in Lawrenceville after crossing over Penn
Avenue and the tracks of the 88 Frankstown, on down to Butler Street,
and turn RIGHT on Butler and on out towards the 62nd Street Loop, or at
least to Plummer Street Car House.   I can't recall to where the reverse
direction was proposed to go -- Oakland?  Homestead? South Side?

Anyone?

Matt