[PRCo] Re: 4th of July

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Mon, 7 Jul 2003, Jim Holland wrote:

> 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.

Well, I "know" the valley had a railroad; ("West Side Belt", see earlier
mail, it was attached to the P&WV closer to the West End) I just don't
know if there was a yard.

> > 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.

Dormont's community website claims Banksville, and I believe them. I think
this is one of those cases of a name simplification, but I should check. I
speculate that it's now signed Banksville to where McFarland and Beverly
meet.

This isn't the only such case. Somewhere I found a map showing something
with the Lebanon Church/Buttermilk Hollow situation used to be different.
>From memory I'd say it was "Lebanon Church goes down the hill and under
the 56 line trackage" but that's from memory and as likely wrong as right.

> > 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.

I should have been clearer. Ohmer registers weren't used when not in
interurban service, yes?

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

Written down then and keyed in now?