[PRCo] Re: West Carson Street

[Phillip Clark Campbell]

Prc is being shrewd about business aren't they.  It is understood that
progress moves slowly doesn't it.  There may have been (may) less
red-tape then but bringing such a large plan together as the total
redevelopment of the Point takes time and effort.  Far more than
Prc needs placated.  It seems very possible that Prc was well aware
of the future for the West End routes at an early date.

It is understood that discussions are tedious Mr.Gula; this is not at
all unlike committee work isn't it, but only in reverse.  If such turns were
so beneficial in the last days they were infinitely more beneficial and
valuable for the few daily West End based movements which may
have operated for a decade give or take.

It still seems we are missing something somewhere doesn't it.


Phil


________________________________
 From: Edward H. Lybarger <trams2 at comcast.net>
To: pittsburgh-railways at dementix.org 
Sent: Thursday, March 1, 2012 11:28 AM
Subject: [PRCo] Re: West Carson Street
 
Somewhere I saw an article that said PRC acknowledged to (I believe) the
Allegheny Conference in 1949 that they would not be operating streetcars
over the new bridge.  I fervently wish I could find the reference, because
it would demonstrate that the later commotion about replacing money-losing
West End trolley routes with buses was a bunch of crocodile tears designed
to get someone else to pay for the buses and let PRC of easy on the paving
obligations.

Ed

-----Original Message-----
From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org
[mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementix.org] On Behalf Of George
W. Gula
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 10:55 AM
To: Pittsburgh Railways
Subject: [PRCo] West Carson Street

I think we're going too far with this thing. If the intersection was being
ripped up anyway so the normal curves could be replaced, perhaps the PRCo
was covering all bases by putting extra rails in at that time. After all,
the rennessaince was already being discussed and that would have included
the Fort Pitt Bridge. Perhaps they just wanted extra flexibilty to shift
cars around as the new bridge was being built. No one could have foreseen
that the trolleys would have been banned from the bridge in 1949.
George