[PRCo] Re: 23-Sewickley & PRC assignments....

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

Thank you, Mr.Lybarger; this is an interesting explanation as well.
This was also done by the Trustees under bankruptcy.  Before the
bankruptcy, was Mr.Fitzgerald employed by Prc or an independent
contractor who did work for the company?
It is interesting to note the underlying companies listed.  It seems the
bankruptcy eliminated the strangle hold on the railway.  Just from
memory, please, it is only a curiosity item:  I assume the underlying
companies are not listed on drawings after the bankruptcy?


Phil


________________________________
 From: Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 4:57 PM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: 23-Sewickley & PRC assignments....
 
Attached is PRC Track Sketch 49-019, which I copied 
(unfortunately title-less) this morning.  It indeed covers this job,
and indicates that the work was closed on the books May 14, 1949.
Since they would have had a major street dug up, I doubt they 
would have dawdled, and it would have been a Spring 1949 thing.
Has anyone given a thought to its purpose being easy access from 
Tunnel to Ingram so they could move cars for scrap there more 
expeditiously?  We don't have access to the books to know its cost,
but it was quick and dirty and would probably have cost a lot less
than the platform time of a multitude of operators who had to go
downtown to turn around.

Ed