[PRCo] Re: West Carson Street

[robert netzlof]

--- On Wed, 3/7/12, Herb Brannon <hrbran at cavtel.net> wrote:

> Here's a scan of the front cover of
> Vol 2. It too has two cover letters.
> One is signed by Wade G Fox, Publications Supervisor and the
> other signed
> by Robert Kochanowski, Acting Study Director. The "Survey
> Office" was
> located at 14 Wood Street and their telephone number was
> EXpress 1-3850. My
> vol 2 has several maps with private right of way streetcar
> lines and what
> are termed "rapid transit" lines running jointly and also on
> individual.
> Could this be the Vol 2 referred to in Vol 1 or is this some
> different
> study?

To quote Mark Twain: 

"I was pleased to answer promptly. I said I didn't know."

A quick look at Pitt's library catalog turned up these two entries:

Title: 	 Mass transportation study of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County / prepared by Phillip Robinson ; consultants, John B. Ecker, Leslie Williams.
Author: 	Robinson, Phillip, 1914-
Publisher: 	[Pittsburgh?] : [s.n.], 1949.

Call Number: 	q HE4491.P62 R62 1949

and:

Title: 	 Report of Allegheny County Mass Transportation Study Committee.
Author: 	Allegheny County Mass Transportation Study Committee.
Publisher: 	[Pittsburgh, Pa. : The Committee, 1953]

Call Number: 	HE4491.P62 A445 1953

Notes: 	 Title from label on cover.
	"May, 1953."
	Mimeographed.

The report I have matches the description of the first item. The report you have doesn't seem to match the second item. But perhaps Pitt got a preprint of the report and PAT (and eventually you) got the spiffy printed-with-real-type bound-in-boards final edition?

In summary then, see Mark Twain's remark above.

Bob Netzlof a/k/a Sweet Old Bob