[PRCo] Re: Merry Christmas Westmoreland County

[John Swindler]

When was the Chrysler bankruptcy?? Could that have some bearing??
 
> From: fwschneider at comcast.net> Subject: [PRCo] Re: Merry Christmas Westmoreland County> Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:37:28 -0500> To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > I could reply directly to Ed but perhaps someone else can add to this > thread ... Chrysler built the plant in the first place but never > occupied it for whatever reason. It sat empty for a while until VW > moved in.> > Does some one know when an industrial development authority became > involved? Did they build it for Chyrsler or did they buy it and > lease it to VW? Maybe Dennis knows because he does not> live that far away....> > On Dec 10, 2008, at 8:38 PM, Edward H. Lybarger wrote:> > > I doubt if VW or Sony ever had any ownership in this facility. > > I'll bet it> > belongs to an industrial development authority. The story is going > > around> > that there are two tenants wanting to take space in the place...but > > they> > were going to sublet from Sony anyway, not replace Sony.> >> > Yes, I coined the name of the railroad.> >> > I'll bet gas is $1.39 or $1.49 in Carlisle, because it's $1.79 at > > the end of> > my street. There has typically been a 30-40-cent differential.> >> > -----Original Message-----> > From: pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org> > [mailto:pittsburgh-railways-bounce at lists.dementia.org] On Behalf Of> > Schneider Fred> > Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 4:43 PM> > To: pittsburgh-railways at dementia.org> > Subject: [PRCo] Merry Christmas Westmoreland County> >> > For those that did not see it....> >> > Back in the 1980s Volkswagen was touted as the economic savior of > > southern> > Westmoreland County when the opened a brand new factory to> > build the Golf automobile; the American version was called a Rabbit.> > I nicknamed mine Thumper. After a few years of the union beating> > them to death including pouring things like sugar into the gas > > tanks of> > brand new cars, VW of America threw in the towel and closed the> > plant. The United Auto Workers won. They didn't have to work any> > more.> >> > Eventually VW sold the plant to Sony. The announcement that made> > today's papers is that SONY is laying off 8,000 people worldwide.> > Closing the New Stanton plant in February is included. A total of> > 560 people in Westmoreland County will be idled. Note the word> > worldwide. Underscore it. Don't for one minute think we are in> > this by ourselves.> >> > Will we tear up the Milton Shapp Memorial Railroad or will someone> > else buy the empty factory? (I think it was Ed Lybarger who coined> > that name after Governor Shapp spent millions to build a branch > > north from> > Mount Pleasant to the factory for Volkswagen.)> >> > If you want to tie this to trolleys, the factory was probably half way> > between the Hunker and Hecla Junction mainline routes of West Penn > > Railways> > south of Greensburg.> >> > Back to worldwide. If you have not picked up on it, General Motors> > has factories in something like eight countries. If we bail them> > out, we are bailing out the economies of seven other countries. If> > we don't bail out GM, Ford and Chrysler, we also let the other> > suppliers collapse. They are also building parts for BMW, Honda,> > Nissan, Toyota, Mercedes Benz who also have factories in this > > country. If> > the guy making seat fabric and wiring harnesses and tires goes > > down, so do> > those other cars and their factories close and> > layoff people. Goes back to I see the problem but I don't see the> > answers.> >> > Lowest gas price I saw today was $1.69 9/10s at a Sheetz station.> >> >> >> >> >> > 
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