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After Running Over Three Months the Athens -- Luhrig Train Was Taken Off Satur day--It Did Not Pay. The Luhrig labor train from Ath ens is now history. The train was taken off Saturday and will not go again in the near fu ture, at least. When Conductor Braley returned from his trip Satur day evening, the improvised labor car was ran into cold storage and there it will no doubt stay. The labor train from Athens to Luhrig was operated just three and a half months, the first run having been made October 1. There is but one ex plantion of the discontinuance and that is the train did not pay. At one time the number of passengers reached about fifty, but that was for a few days only when the number gradually decreased until January 7, when in the collision at Lubbrig there were thirty-two passengers in the labor car. The number of passengers required to make the train self-supporting was at least one hundred, and at no time was there any indication of that num ber being reached. The men who wanted to live in Athens and work at Luhrig could not be furnished house accommodations and as a re sult the train, upon which the busi ness men of Athens built such strong hopes as a permanent enterprise, had to be abandoned. It may be stated that not half a dozen houses have been provided since the labor train was put in operation. As Athens could not accommodate the families who from other causes wanted to make this their home, it was entirely out of the ques tion to provide houses for those who had employment at Luhrig mines. According to the agreement, each party to the contract for the labor train was obliged to give thirty days notice before the train could be discon tinued. The members of the board of trade were called up by phone con cerning the discontinuance of the train, and it was stated by the com pany that it was the intention to aban don the train at once if agreeable to all parties concerned. The company stated that they would carry out their part of the argeement and give the required thirty days notice if neces sary, but that the train would posi tively be taken off at the end of the thirty days. The members of the board of trade replied that if it was the intention to discontinue at the end of thirty days, anyway, the trian might as well be abandoned * once.
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Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Thu, Jan 21, 1904
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