[PRCo] Re: Leasing // Deeds

[Edward H. Lybarger]

Nobody pulled a fast one, but the railway entered into a right-of-way
agreementl with the executor of the McClane estate,  other heirs took
exception to the deal, and a battle ensued.  It was resolved when the
railway agreed to a railroad crossing so the family could ship out the coal
that lay under their land west of the car line.

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[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org]On Behalf Of Jim
Holland
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 5:34 AM
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Subject: [PRCo] Leasing // Deeds


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/