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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>February 2,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>PASSENGER TRAINS ON VIRGINIAN IN
FORTNIGHT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Regular Service Between Norfolk and Roanoke Will be
Inaugurated on the 11th Instant</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> Roanoke World: Chief Engineer
Fernstrom, Superintendent George Reith and Road Master T. A. Jones and M.
Anderson of the Virginian arrived here on a special train yesterday morning and
returned to the city by the sea last night.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> "We are just looking over the road," said Mr.
Reith, "preparatory to arranging our passenger service. We will begin on
February 15, to run regular passenger trains between Norfolk and Roanoke.
The trains will be fully equipped. They will leave Norfolk at 10 a. m. and
arrive in Roanoke at 8:45* p. m.; leave Roanoke at 7 a.m. and arrive in Norfolk
at 6:30 p. m."</DIV>
<DIV align=left> Superintendent Reith and the road masters
stated that the eastern part of the road from Norfolk to Roanoke was in fine
shape.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The first coal train will arrive here on
Wednesday and freight is now being carried daily by accommodation trains.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> It will probably be two weeks longer before
regular passenger service is established west of here on account of the lack of
equipment.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The train that came up yesterday was made up
of a Deepwater engine, a Deepwater freight car and the Virginian special.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The regular annual meetings of the
stockholders of the Virginian Railway Company, James Clarke, secretary; owners
of the Virginian Railway, and of the Virginia Terminal Railway Company, George
M. Payne, secretary; owners of the terminal properties of the aforementioned
railway, were held in Norfolk Saturday.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The directors of the Virginian who were
re-elected are Messrs. Henry H. Rogers, Henry H. Rogers, Jr., Urban H.
Broughten, F. Q. Brown, O. M. Myans*, F. C. Uhlman and Raymond DuPuy. Mr.
DuPuy is vice president and general manager of the road.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon Hamilton</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial>[<EM>*two items were blurred on
microfilm. Best interpretation shown.</EM>]</FONT></DIV>
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