[PRCo] Re: Various Press Articles Pertaining to the Railways

[Jim Keener]

I can probably manage that either this or next weekend.

Jim

On Jul 19, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:

> Jim,
> 
> Thanks for the offer of assistance.  It would be a help if you first come to
> PTM's library and take a look at what's there.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ed
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of Jim
> Keener
> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 11:53 AM
> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Various Press Articles Pertaining to the Railways
> 
> I live in the city. I can go to the Carnegie library on a weekend to find
> and print them. I can then scan and ocr them as well.
> 
> Worst comes to worst we can take screenshots and ocr those to at least have
> the article text.
> 
> Jim
> 
> "Dwight Long" <dwightlong at verizon.net> wrote:
> 
>> Fred
>> 
>> Another way of doing this, also time consuming but less so than scribing
> the whole articles, would be for  someone to go to whatever library is the
> library of record for the Press and print out the microfilm record of the
> article.  There is usually a charge for this but it tends to be moderate.
> The job has been made much easier by the research which pinpoints the date
> of the article.  Much harder to go thru each paper day by day to find this
> stuff!  (Been there, done that, got the calluses on my butt).
>> 
>> Dwight
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Fred Schneider
>> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org
>> Sent: Monday, 19 July, 2010 11:14
>> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Various Press Articles Pertaining to the Railways
>> 
>> 
>> Barry:
>> 
>> A complete file of these in the PTM library would be useful.   However,
> since they have been blocked to prevent anyone from printing them, each one
> would have to be transcribed the hard way ... every single letter would have
> to be typed again.   
>> 
>> Have you considered doing that?   Or is it something someone else (moi?)
> should undertake?
>> 
>> Fred
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 7, 2010, at 4:19 PM, Barry, Matthew R wrote:
>> 
>>> 1956 - Fix steps to Glenhurst from Lougean Street, to catch 56 
>> McKeesport streetcar  > 
>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GIQbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Ik4EAAAAIBAJ&dq
>> =56%20mckeesport&pg=7444%2C23119  > Sept 1955 - Letter to Editor - 
>> writer points out all of the PRW that could be utilized later for 
>> rapid transit  > 
>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=P0cqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IE8EAAAAIBAJ&dq
>> =56%20mckeesport&pg=5026%2C2030851
>>> 
>>> February 1952 - Route 59 Trolley Line Switches to Buses  > 
>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F0obAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lk0EAAAAIBAJ&dq
>> =munhall%20trolley&pg=1727%2C4731860
>>> 
>>> July 1965 - Gilbert Love quotes Pittsburgh streetcar riding fan 
>> about what routes to ride, for the enjoyment of it  > 
>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tx0cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=L1EEAAAAIBAJ&dq
>> =87%20ardmore&pg=7550%2C3925090
>>> 
>>> June 1965 - Streetcars viewed as big part of future transit system  
>>> 
>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=KUsqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PE8EAAAAIBAJ&dq
>> =streetcars&pg=5058%2C5675997
>>> 
>>> Jan. 1958 -  McKees Rocks Burgess hates streetcars  > 
>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3b4cAAAAIBAJ&sjid=E04EAAAAIBAJ&dq
>> =streetcars&pg=7359%2C304389
>>> 
>>> Jan. 1951 - Trolleys Winning Ice Storm Fight  > 
>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AUEbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=aU0EAAAAIBAJ&dq
>> =streetcars&pg=2149%2C4974385
>>> 
>>> May 1953 - One way Fifth and Forbes thru Oakland, was tried in 1939  
>>> 
>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kwMiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o00EAAAAIBAJ&dq
>> =streetcars&pg=7310%2C1389625
>>> 
>>> March 1955 - Several Letters about how to handle the West End 
>> streetcars, and the new bridge  > 
>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=B2AbAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2U0EAAAAIBAJ&dq
>> =streetcars&pg=4860%2C843579
>>> 
>>> June 1959 - West End Trolleys Mourned  > 
>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iWw0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=B5YEAAAAIBAJ&dq
>> =streetcars&pg=5364%2C629193
>>> 
>>> June 1959 - West End Buses Stalled in Traffic  > 
>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=k2w0AAAAIBAJ&sjid=B5YEAAAAIBAJ&dq
>> =west%20end%20buses&pg=7565%2C3357324
>>> 
>>> Sept. 1959 - In defense of streetcars, with note to recent tie-up 
>> of new West End buses  > 
>> http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=90EqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Z04EAAAAIBAJ&dq
>> =streetcars&pg=5206%2C2170181
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