[PRCo] Re: 4th of July

[Jim Holland]

Good Morning!

> Derrick J Brashear wrote:

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

	This is certainly possible  --  Banksville was very flat
considering the surrounding terrain.

>> Jim wrote::

>>       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.

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

	The shallow end of the pool is actually opposite Helen
Drive.    The intersection of Dormont Avenue with Banksville
// McFarland is aprox. opposite McMonagle.    But as far as I
know, the name still changes here and the pool is actually on
McFarland  --  at least 0.25-0.50-mile up McFarland.

>>> John said:::::::

>>> ....... 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?

	Ohmers used in Charleroi // Washington service.    Regular
fareboxes otherwise.

	How is the weekly // monthly pass tabulated on transit
now?    By eyeball!

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