1907 - Railroad Company Making Extensive Improvements

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Roanoke Times - October 1, 1907

RAILROAD COMPANY MAKING EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS

  Bluefield, W. Va., Sept. 30 - The extensive improvements which the 
Norfolk & Western railroad is making on the Mercer street bridge are 
will under way.
   The Virginia Bridge and Iron Company has already commenced to 
erect the bridge and the actual construction will be pushed this 
week. The company will support the present bridge with false work 
between the tracks and will construct a through clear span of 192 
feet, making the total length of the bridge nearly 200 feet.
   Six or seven additional tracks will be placed under the bridge so 
as to facilitate the handling of traffic, especially the passenger service.
   The railroad company has 180 men putting down new tracks in the 
Bluefield yards, in addition to the six tracks between the Mercer 
street bridge and the west end tower.
  This work of laying new tracks between the tower and Mercer street 
bridge and the additional room at the west end tower.
  This work of laying new tracks between the tower and Mercer street 
bridge and the additional room at the station will be of great 
benefit to the traveling public.
   Heretofore eastbound passenger trains have frequently been forced 
to lay for several minutes in the west end yard while freight trains 
were being shifted off the main tracks. This delay has been very 
annoying and the traveling public will be pleased to learn that those 
days are rapidly passing away with the memory of the Bluefield that was.

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"This work of laying new tracks between the tower" duplicate is the 
way the article was printed.....

- Ron Davis, Roger Link