[PRCo] INDUSTRIES WANT PITTSBURGH TROLLEY SERVICE 10/51

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Subject: 	INDUSTRIES WANT PITTSBURGH TROLLEY SERVICE 10/51
Date: 	Mon, 22 May 2006 03:28:28 EDT
From: 	Dennismk1@

	
	


       Good Evening, Everyone:

            It was 55 years ago when abandonment of Pittsburgh Railways 
PCC route 23-Sewickley became something more of a formality when the 
boroughs served opposed the move at a Pennsylvania PUC hearing and 
Pittsburgh Railways now had to prove more fully the serving it expected 
to gain.        Wartime industries on Neville Island were jittery about 
having to depend on bus service for their workers.

            Saturday, September 8, 1951, saw the last of route 81-Atwood 
trolleys; their place has been taken by the first of a 15-bus order from 
ACF-Brill.       Service on the line was now a shuttle only with 
peak-hour city trips having been eliminated but frequency was best in 
the Steel City with a 7 1/2 minute headway at all times of the day.     
  Route 9-Charles Street Shuttle expired quietly "again" on Friday, 
September 14, after the PUC finally gave its formal approval.      The 
first time, this line tried to quit without approval, since bus service 
was given along all of the route.      But riders balked at less 
frequent bus service.

            Despite much noise-making by political figures, PRCo. put 
into effect another fare raise on Monday, September 10, 1951, after the 
PUC issued no restraining order on the matter.       Following an 
arbitration award of wages increased to $1.84 during 1952, fares went up 
to 17 cents cash, 3 tokens for 50 cents, plus 3 cents for local transfers.

            From ERA HEADLIGHTS, October, 1951, page 8.

            Very Sincerely,

            Dennis M. Linsky