1908 - Norfolk & Western May Now Use Belt Line

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Roanoke Times - March 1, 1908

LEGISLATURE IS RUSHING MATTERS

NORFOLK & WESTERN MAY NOW USE BELT LINE

Makes It Possible for Railroads to Build, Lease and Operate Cut-Offs

   Richmond, Va., Feb. 29 - Special - The bill allowing the Norfolk & 
Western Railway to make use of the belt line it has built around the 
city of Lynchburg was again called up in the senate. This is the bill 
that makes it possible for a railroad to build, lease and operate a 
cut off. It is general in its scope, but only affects at this time 
the Norfolk & Western. The bill was amended and adopted by a vote of 
twenty-two to eleven.

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[This is cut from an article about items the State senate was working 
on. Kind of vague what they are talking about here, but I assume this 
refers back to the 2/28/1908 "WOULD BENEFIT N. & W. RAILROAD" article]

- Ron Davis, Roger Link