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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>April 8,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>NEW RAILROAD PROJECT</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Branch Line From Rich Creek, on Virginian, to
Peterstown</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> A railroad project is on foot that means a
branch line from Rich Creek [<EM>Giles County Virginia</EM>] on the
Virginian Railway, opposite Lurich, to Peterstown, a distance of four
miles. This line follows Rich Creek through a rich section, traversing the
Shumate and Charlie Dunn lands. It will open up a new territory for ties,
stave and tan bark timber along Peters valley. It is being promoted by W.
H. Ballard, a wealthy business man of Peterstown.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>[<EM>Another railroad scheme that never materialized, in-so-far
as I know.</EM>]</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>