[PRCo] Re: 4th of July

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Jim Holland wrote:

> > Was this the swimming pool adjacent to Banksville
> > Road near Cochran Rd?
>
> >>> Derrick J Brashear wrote:
>
> >>> It is now; I have no idea if it always was.
>
> 	No.
>
> > And if so, wasn't the park surrounding this swimming pool
> > a former railroad yard??
>
> 	No  --  Dormont Park Way Too Hilly for Any RR.
>
> 	Cochran intersects Washington Rd // Rt.19 way south in
> Mt.Lebanon, south of Clearview Loop, and ends at Greentree
> Road  --  No Where near Banksville.    Actually, Cochran Is
> Rt.19 to Beverly, then route-19 takes McFarland, then
> Banksville.    Washington Rd // W.Liberty are Truck
> Route.19.    Cochran had a High School for Mt.Lebanon not far
> downhill from Washington Rd.    Was this the RR yard you
> talked about?

I guess "near" is relative. The RR yard would have been in the Banksville
valley, if anywhere.

> 	Dormont Pool was in the wedge formed by McFarland and Dormont
> Avenue and pool was a part of Dormont Park which is bordered
> by McFarland, Dormont Ave., and Annapolis.    High School
> *was*  on Annapolis with its ball field at the T formed by
> Annapolis and Greenmount.    High School for Dormont is now
> near McNeilly!

The current Dormont Pool is on Banksville at (mumble, I forget). It's
approximately opposite McMonagle, in any case.

> > Ahhh, yes, I remember that Isaly's store with much
> > fondness.  In early 1960s, would start out on a day of
> > Sunday/Holiday pass riding with a dollar.  The pass cost
> > 75 cents, and a quarter would buy an Isaly's milkshake.

So, this reminds me... (how) were passes tabulated? They didn't have those
wacky modern fareboxes that exist now. The interurbans had Ohmer fare
registers, at least at some point, yes?