[PRCo] Re: Brookline

[James B. Holland]

Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
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> The Woodruff Street photos were from the Allegheny County Department 
> of Public Works. They exist at PTM as Xeroxes; the originals are still 
> around and I guess I could borrow them for scanning if I don't wait 
> till my contact is retired! The Jerome Street (Avenue) photos from 
> McKeesport are there, too. If I went into full "collect" mode I'd 
> never get anything else done.
>
> Ed

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What  Else  Is  There  To  Do?
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Sorry, Ed, couldn't resist!
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Musing on this Very Short Term Operation of a Rather Substantial 
Investment in light of comments about rate structures being based on 
infrastructure capitalization, it seems to be Extremely Short Sighted, 
even for those early days, to curtail service after such an Extremely 
Short Trial Period.       It would seem that ridership to new real 
estate would be extremely low going into and during winter  --  
certainly a longer period of time than  7-Weeks__One-Day  would be 
necessary to determine any potential ridership figures.
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The Only Real Saving grace is:::::::       """Real estate interests in 
Brookline not only arranged for this line's construction but contributed 
heavily toward electrification of the main line"""  (ER 1952 
pg.11.)       If real estate interests put up the actual money then 
there is another angle to the story.
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Ed  --  any chance the writing / typing on the route cards can be 
misread?       Or that they were pure typos.       Will be interesting 
if you discover any further information on the 39-Line Balloon line  
when  In  Full  Collect  Mode!!!!!!!




>> -- "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams at adelphia.net> wrote:
>> The Brookline via South Bank service lasted only about 3 months in 
>> 1910, rather than the "several years" mentioned in ER20. The dates of 
>> operation were 9-12-1910 to 11-1-1910. Route number was 313A. Note on 
>> route card succinctly says "Traffic not sufficient."
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> Mark McGuire wrote:::
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>> Speaking of Brookline, I was wondering if there are any photos that 
>> exist of the old trackage that once connected the Brookline route 
>> with the interurbans.
>> What years was this connection used and when was it abandoned?
>>
>> Mark
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Jim__Holland


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