[PRCo] Re: 2,000-foot section of railway

[John Swindler]

Could it be that the land is leased from the county, but the rails, ties, line poles, ballast, etc cost $1,600??
 
John
 
 
> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 02:49:19 -0700> From: PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> Subject: [PRCo] Re: 2,000-foot section of railway> > If the property was purchased from PRCo, Why the Lease with Wash County?> > > > Edward H. Lybarger wrote:> > The property was leased from Washington County for a dollar a year, a > > rate which we still pay, incidentally. But the railway itself was > > purchased from Pittsburgh Railways Company for something like $1600. > > There's a copy of the bill of sale in the Archives.> >> > Ed> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org> > [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Mark> > McGuire> > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2007 12:06 AM> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > Subject: [PRCo] Re: 2,000-foot section of railway> >> > Wasn't it $1 for the property?> >> > -- Jim Holland <PRCoPCC at P-R-Co.com> wrote:> > """In 1953, the group formally organized as a nonprofit corporation. > > They purchased a 2,000-foot section of railway line of the Pittsburgh > > Railways Company's recently abandoned Washington interurban trolley > > line near the Washington County Home in Chartiers Township. On > > February 7, 1954, the museum's first three cars were moved to the site."""> > .> > How much did this cost?> > .> > .> > .> > ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^> > Jim Holland> > .> > Studying Pittsburgh Railways Company> > .> > ....................From 1930 -- 1950> > .> > Pennsylvania Trolley Museum (PTM)> > .> > http://www.pa-trolley.org/> > .> > N.M.R.A.> > .> > http://www.nmra.org/> > 
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