[PRCo] Re: Committee Work

[Jim Holland]

 > f3 wrote:
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 > To make sense of the route cards in a hurry, perhaps
 > a group of ten people, all looking a maps of the city,
 > while the eleventh person attempts to read the
 > names from the route cards, and a twelfth scribe
 > reenters it into a computer and a 13th person
 > peering over his shoulder makes certain what
 > he heard is what he sees on the computer screen....
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May I make 1 Tiny suggestion  --  make it 14 people  --  or 12  --  13 
Is UnLucky~!~!~!
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Yes  --  in looking at the maps just for this discussion I saw that 
there were Many Street Name Changes indicated in the listings.
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It could be formidable~!~!     We wouldn't want to make it into such a 
difficult project but it Does Emphasize the amount of work that is 
necessary Just To Understand what has happened in the past.     Adds 
dimension to understanding most any author's attempt at putting together 
a book.     The Foreword, Sources, Publisher's Notes etc. in a book just 
hint at this  --  a look at our attempts here helps to underscore the 
difficulties~!~!~!
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Gotta run.
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*Jim Holland*

Studying *Pittsburgh Railways Company*

....................From 1930 -- 1950

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