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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>March 17,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>News of the Clinch</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> The Interstate railroad, a branch of the
Southern system, still peeps over the hill at the west end of Norton with no
visible prospects of the Norfolk and Western letting it come any nearer its
depot if it can help it, and it looks like it is keeping it out pretty
effectually.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>[<EM>According to the Website, <A
href="http://www.interstaterailroad.net/id1.html">http://www.interstaterailroad.net/id1.html</A></EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left><EM>the Interstate was originally under the control of Virginia
Coal and Iron Company and did not become part of the Southern until Oct.
1960. Also, by a 1915 Official Guide, and almost certainly earlier, the
Norton passenger depot was being used by N&W, L&N, Interstate, and
Virginia and Kentucky, the latter running between Norton and Wise,
VA.</EM>]</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon Hamilton</FONT></DIV>
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