[PRCo] Re: Donora's first trolley car!

[Jerry MATT Matsick]

Ed, the source of the info was written by one of my High School teachers back in the early 1950s, for the
for the 50th Birthday of Donora,  go to www.donorasmog.com   He has long been passed away, but
there are interesting articles of history of the community by other people also.
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>From the RIVER CITY by the Sea! 
Jerry "Matt" Matsick 
J A C K S O N V I L L E, Florida ! 

-------------- Original message from "Edward H. Lybarger" <trams2 at comcast.net>: -------------- 


> What is the source, Jerry? 
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> -----Original Message----- From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Jerry MATT 
> Matsick 
> Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 9:03 PM 
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org; pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org 
> Cc: Fred Schneider 
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Donora's first trolley car! 
> On Saturday, December 22, 1906, the first trolley car, an old timer, arrived in Donora perched proudly atop a Pennsylvania Railroad flat car. It attracted as much attention as a circus. The people of Donora swarmed around the vain vehicle and cheered as two teams of horses pulled it to Eight Street and McKean Avenue. This old Pittsburgh Railway Car was christened “Maude” and bore the scarred number 429. The streetcar named “Maude” brayed, trembled, balked, squealed and flung fiery sparks as she traveled between First and Twelfth Streets on McKean Avenue. The first day a total of forty-seven 
> Donorians paid to ride. 
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> From the RIVER CITY by the Sea! 
> Jerry "Matt" Matsick 
> J A C K S O N V I L L E, Florida ! 
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> > You have to watch this flick of Fast Freddy at work...... 
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> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9ACh4mAEt8 
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