[PRCo] Re: South Side Car House

[James B. Holland]

Probably a legal issue with  ({[pat.]})       PRCo may have required the 
removal since it remained a viable company even though disassociated 
with Railways.       This is to prevent liability for anything that 
happens after  ({[pat]})  takes over.

With the Pittsburg and Birmingham, PRCo folded it into their operation 
and  *possibly*  assumed may of the obligations of the former so a name 
change doesn't have the same immediacy.

Definitely agree that  ({[pat]})  was Heavy Handed and Anything But Subtle.


Jim__Holland




Bob Rathke wrote:

> Money never stopped PAT from changing names on buildings.
>
> The words, "PITTSBURGH RAILWAYS COMPANY" (about 18" high) were carved 
> in the stones above the front entrance of the Keating administration 
> building.       After PAT took over the property in March, 1964, they 
> removed the word "COMPANY" from the stone sign, even though the entire 
> building would be torn down within two years.
>
> I have before and after photos of the words-carved-in-stone. PAT seems 
> to have cut or ground away the word "COMPANY", and then covered the 
> resulting flat area with paint or maybe a cement mix. Regardless, the 
> word removal was heavy handed and anything but subtle.
>
> Bob 1/15/05
> -----------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Swindler" <j_swindler at hotmail.com>
> To: <pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 7:54 AM
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: South Side Car House
>
>
>>
>> Why would it say Pittsburgh Railways Company??. That would have cost 
>> money to change the name.
>
> RR