[PRCo] Re: Merry Christmas Westmoreland County

[Schneider Fred]

Long before.

On Dec 10, 2008, at 9:41 PM, John Swindler wrote:

>
> 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 th!
>  e 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.> >> >  
> Eventua
> lly 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 economie!
>  s 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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