[PRCo] First Harmony Car Enters Pittsburg

[Derrick Brashear]

Warrendale still exists. Cranberry is the township further north, and the
most built-up area is what was Criders Corners.


On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Dwight Long <dwightlong at verizon.net>wrote:

>
> Ed, Derrick
>
> Question related to this discussion.
>
> How did this area come to be known as Cranberry?  In my day in the area it
> was called Warrendale.
>
> What changed?  And why?
>
> Dwight
>
> From: Edward H. Lybarger
> Sent: Saturday, 09 November, 2013 09:18
> To: 'Western PA Trolley discussion'
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] First Harmony Car Enters Pittsburg
> Unquestionably.  But who pays, and how do you get south of McKnight Road?
> Center of the freeway works most of the way, but the subway connection
> would
> be circuitous.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org
> [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounces at mailman.dementix.org] On Behalf Of
> Derrick Brashear
> Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 8:41 AM
> To: Western PA Trolley discussion
> Subject: Re: [PRCo] First Harmony Car Enters Pittsburg
>
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Edward H. Lybarger
> <trams2 at comcast.net>wrote:
>
> > You have to wonder how many other companies nationwide were built,
> > like the Harmony Route, to satisfy the gigantic ego of the guy behind
> > it.  It went the long way to Butler (and probably drew just enough
> > traffic from the Short Line to render it insolvent); New Castle was a
> > long way off and although it had people, not enough of them wanted to
> > go to Pittsburgh.  In between was a lot of nothing, plus Evans City
> > and Ellwood City.  Oh, yes, there was also a nice camping area along
> > the Connoquenessing that Mr. Boggs favored.  He also favored the most
> > expensive construction that could be had...only the best.
> >
> > Mr. Boggs built the line with the expectation that everyone adjacent
> > to it would come to his department store.  This just didn't happen.
> > David McCahill compounded the misery by acquiring the Short Line out
> > of receivership in about 1919...now he had two companies that couldn't
> > earn a living, and when the bonds came due, there was no money.  Some
> > of the bridges sat for years after abandonment because no one could
> > earn enough in scrap value to justify the labor cost of dismantling them.
> >
> > Just another company that never should have been built.
> >
>
> While today, a fast rail route to at least Cranberry would be fantastic.
>
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