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e. he” and ,operated ours; making i” yism 3,. |fi~ » HIM-“fir, by W_M. J. WALSH'E, pigeon-rims LINEâ€" ALL CHANGE HERE.” e soon will echo for the 'last time for the London and Port Stanley Railway and its rotherhood employees with the old line to be taken over by the Canadian National Railways. will ‘get new jobsâ€"but doing what they do not know. Only a few are expected to be employed by the CNR. Did London Lose? After retaining the line for so long, paying annual deficits for years, did the City of London lose a bundle in the transaction? That is a question taxpayers are asking, because soon after the deal with the ~CN was announced, the Ford Motor Car Co., confirmed a rumour that it planned to build a hundred million dollar plant at Talbotville, a station about 12 miles ‘froijort Stanley. The L. and PS provides a line from Talbotville to the Port Stanley docks with an > easy 80-mile water<route to US. ports across Lake Erie. Specula- tion is that the Ford plant at Talâ€" botville will employ from 3,000 to ‘ 5,000 workersâ€"who would all be potential patrons of the L. and PS, and customers for property and hbmesin the vicinity. London Mayor George Stro- 555 ' of .its former greatness. 6ft Stin'iéy ‘\ aililmy; / , for the LI and PS ends 110 years of rail service and the “all change here" means the f railway senviee formosft of the workers. : dietpassin of the'L_. and PS â€"in a real estate swap for CNR property in‘Londoni is the obituary for anada’s‘ hort rail lines. By‘n'ext year the L. and _PS will be just another railway submerged in the many Ithrr'h'nes that now form the great Canadian National. ’ ‘rn ‘loyees the end of the line is a heart-breaker. Many devoted their lives to the operation of the 30â€" en the Forest City of; London and the Lake Erie community of Port Stanley. Although they are security provision negotiated for them by the Brotherhood, they will no longer be in railway ered the foliage on trees‘and in the fields. The territory is true Southwestern Ontario. Tidy counâ€" try tarms, bustling communities with spreading suburbsâ€"all giv- ing an indication of prosperityâ€" yet at the end of the line at Port Stanley â€"â€" it was almost desolation. The once thriving picnic and amusement area along the sandy shores of Lake Erie ’appeared like a ghost town of deserted buildings. The City of London retained the Port Stanley Lake Erie property and dock facilities in the deal with the CNR and they may be restored to their former popularity and prosperity. Lihe a Ghost Town The dance pavilion. often termed the largest in Canada, which attracted the top name bands, capable of accommodating crowds up to 7,000, stands as 'a memorial to a past era. While the hall is still used, it is only a shell The big bath .house along the shore has been deserted for years. Only skeletons remain of the buildings that‘housed the sidewalk stands, the. merry-go‘rountis and other amusements. The park’s incline railway. operated by the L. and r SJ‘is»still in service but only used ya fraction of the 1 5,248 pas- engerSéthat used it’in 1‘ 18.