[PRCo] Re: 87 Ardmore Line - April 1967

[Fred Schneider]

You want to proofread it Matt?



On Apr 30, 2010, at 4:48 PM, Barry, Matthew R wrote:

> April 19, 1967 - Pgh Press, Transit Test Urged on Ardmore Blvd.
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Pittsburgh Press, Aug. 19, 1967, page 26

 

Letter to Editor

 

Transit Test Urged On Ardmore Blvd.

 

In the last few weeks two items of significance have taken place.

 

   First, the removal of all trolley tracks and their related structures, such as lines and ties, from Ardmore Boulevard,

 

   The second item was an announcement by Westinghouse Electric to invest additional money for the experimental development of its South Park rapid transit.

 

   Inasmuch as Westinghouse plans to house its research center on the site of its Forest Hills atom center, isn’t it conceivable that they might benefit by relocating their experimental rapid transit over the real estate on Ardmore Boulevard being vacated by the trolleys.

 

   1—An instant on-the-spot check each and every time it passes their research center.

 

   2—On a run between Wilkinsburg and East Pittsburgh, they would be testing it under actual conditions and the fare charged might help to defray some of the costs involved. 

 

                                                               JERRY McCUNE

 

Wilkinsburg