[PRCo] Leasing // Deeds

[Jim Holland]

Ahhhh, Yes  --  jogging the memory.     I don't pay much Never Mind to 
these kinds of details  --  Organizational Structure, Family Tree, 
financing, investments, and the like as I am interested in the 
electrical, mechanical and operational aspects of the railway  --  but I 
do recall that there was // were some problem(s) securing right of way 
across private property in the vicinity of today's Museum site when the 
Washington line was under construction.    It seems that the railway 
pulled a fast one on the land owner which was upheld when challenged.
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 From the vantage point of today it  *_Seems_*  that the land was 
available for the taking over 100-years ago  --  just Stake Your Claim  
--  but that was certainly not the case.
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Edward H. Lybarger wrote:
> Leasing wasn't all that common. Right-of-way deeds were the 
> predominant instruments used, and generally stated that if the land 
> ceased to be used for electric railway purposes, it automatically 
> reverted to the property owner. In our case, the land owner was the 
> Washington County Institution District and it was part of the County 
> Home property. The county chose not to give PRCo a right-of-way deed 
> but instead to lease them the land for the trolley line. To the powers 
> that be (were), that was much cleaner and easier.
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Jim  Holland
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Studying Pittsburgh Railways Company
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....................From 1930 -- 1950
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Pennsylvania  Trolley  Museum  (PTM)
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http://www.pa-trolley.org/
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N.M.R.A.
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http://www.nmra.org/