[PRCo] Re: Proposed "crosstown" route

[Dietrich, Robert J.]

Matt:

There are at least two reports available to all that may address your
question:
	
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/pitttext-idx.pl?notisid=00hc02383m&t
ype=header is a 1923 report from the "Citizens Committee on City Plan of
Pittsburgh"
	
http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/pitttext-idx.pl?notisid=00hc05255m&t
ype=header  is a 1910 Report on the Pittsburgh transportation problem,
submitted to the Honorable William A. Magee, mayor of the city of
Pittsburgh. By Bion J. Arnold, consulting engineer.

While your in the neighborhood browse around for more transit reports/books
on-line at Pitt.

Bob

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Matt Barry [mailto:mrb190+ at pitt.edu] 
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