125 Years Ago

Herald of Jan. 19, 1900

A report circulated in Altoona that the Pennsylvania Railroad had purchased the Pressed Steel Car Company works at McKees Rocks, Allegheny County, and was preparing to move some of the Altoona shops to that location. The Herald commented that rumors like this had circulated before and that there was probably no truth to the report.

Carrie Meyler Davison, who formerly served as a telegraph operator for the P.R.R. at Martinsburg, and later worked at the same capacity for the railroad in Wilkinsburg, died at her home there. She had many friends in the Cove.

Squire D.F. Bas...