N&W in 1907 -- Improvementw

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
September 29, 1907

    The extensive improvements which the Norfolk and Western railroad is making on the Mercer street bridge are well under way.
    The Virginia Bridge and Iron Company has already commenced to erect the bridge and the ?? [ There was a hole in original paper.] structure 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 rail road 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 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 yards 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.

Gordon Hamilton
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