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BUILDINGS IN RAIL
SPUR PATH WERE TORN DOWN
Two Structures In
Hamburg Leveled to Ground As Laying of Rail Line Is Pushed
“GHOST TOWN”
Only Two Families
Still Living In Town With Almost Two Score of Families Moved
With every
effort being made to begin work on the TNT plant construction by January 24,
old sights familiar to residents of the area are fast fading from view.
Last week a
building formerly used for a bank and a garage graced the main street of
Hamburg, but today they are leveled to the ground to make way for the railroad
spur into the area.
Hamburg is
practically a ghost town, only two of the three dozen families still living
there. The others have already moved to their new homes and within a short time
the last families will vacate the area.
The bank
building, recently used by a doctor for his office and the town’s garage, were
in the path selected for the railroad spur. The contractor sub-let the work of
tearing down the building and several score of men went to work in earnest,
completing the job Sunday.
The
railroad is being given preference over everything in its way. Several large
hills have been graded through to provide passage for the tracks of the “steam”
monsters. The line will be laid from Hamburg to near Howell where the plant
will be located.
Speed in
completing the line is essential as majority of the material to be used in
construction of the 300 buildings will be brought in by rail.
Work of
tearing down other buildings in Hamburg will begin soon and the once popular
county community will vanish into the past, leaving only a memory.
