[PRCo] *Written--Word!*____*BEST--EVIDENCE*

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!

>> On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Donald Galt wrote:

>> .......dig out that ERA article -
>> which he probably can recite nearly verbatim
>> anyway - and posted the actual facts.

> Derrick J Brashear wrote:

> I just feel compelled to point out that you draw
> a causal relationship between "read it from ERA"
> and "actual facts", and I object to that.

> Not intended as an attack on you, Jim or anyone else.
> We already know there are mistakes in print, just
> as there are on the web and in people's
> memories. This is just an unpleasant(?) reminder.

	Definitely recognized that this Is and Was Not a personal
attack.    That being said...........

	We can go off the deep end reminding ourselves that everything
in print is Not Factual    ----    and that mistakes are made
everywhere    ----    1)--In Print;    2)--In Audio Reports;   
3)--In Visual Reports.    If we do that with each and every post,
we will so depress ourselves that we shall  self--destruct.

	*-*Check the archives again*-*    ----    within the last month
or two, this Similar Subject came up.    I had quoted and
identified the article, was called on the carpet that this is
just a  RAILFAN  group, and I went back to quote the authors
themselves of the article to add veracity to the 
*Written--Word!*    A highly-respected individual then wrote to
me privately to express Thanks for pointing out this very needed
reminder of highly reliable sources    ----    and informed me
that he had also privately chastised the one who had called the 
*Written--Word!*  into question.

	So again, in a similar context,  *Electric--Railroads*  #20,
July-1952, 'Pittsburgh--Interurbans'  was written by the highly
esteemed John Baxter,   L--O--N--G  time employee of  PRCo,  a
founding father of PTM IIRC, with an extremely long list of
contributors for this 12-page article:::

J. Clarence Day,
	Earl P. Forrest,
		Oliver W. Brown, Jr.
ALL  of the above of the  "Washington (Pa.) Reporter;"

Newton E. Tucker,
	Albert R. Dauk,
		William A. Keller,
			Karl H. Hittle
ALL  the above of the Pittsburgh Railways Company - PRCo;

Howard W. Stass,
	Keempton F McNutt
These 2-individuals of the Philadelphia Company;

HERMAN  F.  HEWITT,
	Retired PRCo Washington Interurban Operator having
	fourty-six (46) years of local and Interurban
	service.

""Principal Photo contributors:::::::
	Robert H. Brown,
		Charles J. Dengler,
			Edward S. Miller
				Harry C. Bartley.

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	Sorry, Generals, I believe this article.    It is first and
foremost from PRCo while printed by ERA for our edification.

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	I tend to flag information I receive.

	ORAL  revelations are White--flagged   ---   I hear you, now
where is the substantiating information.    Problem with this is
that it takes on a factual bent over time (m-a-n-y  years) in the
absense of further substantiation.

	WRITTEN, depending on reputation of source(s), may be flagged
as  *BEST--EVIDENCE.*

	Maybe  *BEST--EVIDENCE*  is a way of recognizing that this is
the Most-  //  Only-  credible source of information while Also
Recognizing that we live in an Imperfect World and Mistakes
Abound.

	*BEST--EVIDENCE*  tends to put a positive spin on a negative
subject without obscuring it (the possibility of mistakes,)
without the negativity causing depression, while allowing for
encouragement and further investigation.

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Again,  Generals,.......

	*Electric--Railroads*
	    #20, July-1952,
	'Pittsburgh--Interurbans'

IS   *BEST--EVIDENCE*   FOR   ME    ----

ESPECIALLY   IN   LIGHT   OF   THE

EXCELLENT   LIST   OF   CONTRIBUTORS.

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James B. Holland

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