[PRCo] Re: Interurbans - Drake Loop

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!

>> Macmarka at cs.com wrote (ages ago:)

>> When PRCo decided to cut the lines back to the county lines,
>> why was the Washington line ended at Drake and not at
>> Cremona or Montclair stops.    The Charleroi line was cut back
>> much closer to the county line than Washington.
>> What was the reasoning behind this?    My guess would be
>> because of the maintenance involved on the Drake Trestle.

>>> Fred Schneider answered:

>>> You answered your own question.  The trestle was a
>>> maintenance expense that the company didn't need,
>>> and the area south of Drake was largely farmland in
>>> 1953. All those houses we showed you in June between
>>> County Line stop and Drake stop were not there in 1953.

> John Swindler wrote:

> Yes, I had always heard about the maintenance liability of Drake Trestle,
> and Fred has a good point about housing development - or lack thereof.

> But I've never heard anyone ask this question:  so who owned the land under
> the north side of Drake Trestle?????

> Again checking the 1934 Allegheny County plat map:  Pittsburgh, Canonsburg
> and Washington Railway Co.  Putting a loop at Drake meant not having to buy
> any land.

> Of course the next two questions are:

> - why PC&W owned that much real estate??

	GUESSTIMATION   ---   Liability directly surrounding bridges
caused purchases to limit same by acquiring land to certain
perimeter.    Parts falling from vehicles on the span, grease
droppings, etc., etc., etc.    Also benefit from selling //
leasing same later with exclusionary clauses for above
liabilities!

> - what was PRC testimony in Washington interurban abandonment
> 	petition to PUC??

> John

	And the answers are???????????????

	Nice logical thought.    Also.......

   ---	How was land acquired // accessed for the temporary wye?

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