[PRCo] Re: Rialto St.

[Fred Schneider]

I looked up Rialto on Sunday ... nice paving job but I can only imagine running
a roller up that hill.  It will make a really nice ski slope in the winter.

Bob Rathke wrote:

> I just recalled a couple of other meat packing plants (in addition to
> Lorrie's and Victory) located along trolley lines on the Northside in the
> 1950's: Oswald & Hess and Fried & Reineman.  O&H was a retail brand, and
> lasted into the 1960's.
>
> A couple of recollections about Spring Hill neighbors who worked at these
> plants - "slaughter houses" - in the 1950's:
>
> - George Zech worked at one of the plants (his wife worked in the baked
> beans canning dept. at H.J. Heinz Co.) and he told neighborhood kids that
> his job was to "pet" the cattle as they were herded into the plant.  Yeah.
>
> - Frank Hafner worked at Oswald & Hess for years, and he seemed to be a very
> old person in the 1950's..  Recently, I learned that he died in 1963 at age
> 50.
>
> Bob 7/1/04
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Rathke" <bobrathke at comcast.net>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 9:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] Re: Rialto St.
>
> > There were at least two meat packing plants on the North Side - Victory
> and
> > Lorries.  One was on East St. near St. Boniface Church, and the other on
> > Spring Garden Avenue just past the route 1 trolley loop.
> >
> > Bob 6/28/04
> >
> > -----------------------------
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Harold Geissenheimer" <transitmgr2 at earthlink.net>
> > To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 9:35 PM
> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: Rialto St.
> >
> >
> > > Greetings
> > >
> > > Speaking about meat packing plants.  were they on Herr's island?
> RR