N&W in 1910--Various

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Don,

Thanks for your comment.  It made me reconsider my comment about the line's having never been built.

The mouth of Gilbert Creek mentioned in the newspaper article is at Gilbert, WV, but the only N&W line into Gilbert came from a junction on the main line at Wharncliffe up Ben Creek, through Staggerweed Tunnel, and down Gilbert Creek to Gilbert.

What I did not consider was N&W's Lenore Branch, which was not started until 1920, according to N&W Annual Reports, and was eventually built to Scarlet Glen, WV, in the direction of Gilbert, but never reaching Gilbert.  Maybe the Lenore Branch was built under the ten-year-old charter, but considering that the 1910 incorporators were in  Charleston, I doubt it, particularly because the 1920 N&W annual report on the beginning of the construction of the Lenore Branch makes no mention of assuming an earlier charter.

Gordon Hamilton
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  George maybe it was built under the guise of N&W or Virginian as both railroads did go into Gilbert.  Don Mills
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    Bluefield Daily Telegraph
    July 15, 1910

    IN CITY AND COALFIELD
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    Narrow Escape From Death
        S. C. Combs had a very narrow escape from death yesterday at Glen Alum when a flue burst in the engine on which he was fireman.  The escaping steam burned him very badly about the face and arms.  Engineer Marshall escaped unharmed.  The accident occurred about 6:30 and Combs was brought to this city on train No. 2 which arrived here about noon.  He was carried to the Bluefield Sanitarium where his burns were treated.
    [This is the second N&W boiler failure reported in as many days.  Glen Alum, WV is on the main line between Devon and Wharnclife.]
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    New Railroad Chartered
        A new Railroad has been chartered to run from Lenore on Pigeon Creek, Tug Fork of Big Sandy, to the Mouth of Gilbert's Creek on the Guyandotte river.  The capital stock is $50,000* and the incorporators are Simon P. Richmond, V. L. Black, L. G. Summerfield, Augus W. McDonald and George S. Couch, Jr., all of Charleston.  The road will tap a large lumber, coal and oil territory.
    [*This number was blurred on the microfilm; the best interpretation is shown.  I don't think this railroad was ever built.]
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    Money for Attachments
        Squire Godbey yesterday received $300 from the Norfolk and Western, which will be used to satisfy attachments which have been run on railroad employes during the past month.  This money will be ready for distribution at once.  Some of the money recovered represents debts many months old, to recover which suit has been entered in the magistrate's court.
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    Gordon Hamilton



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