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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, March 27, 2009 9:03
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> N&W in 1909--Norton
connection</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>June 19,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>WILL BUILD ELECTRIC RAILWAY TO
COALFIELDS</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Trolly </STRONG>[<EM>sic</EM>]<STRONG> Line Also to
Connect Farming Sections of Lee and Wise Counties</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> </DIV>
<DIV align=left> W. G. Coutts, a member of the new
industries committee of the board of trade of Big Stone Gap, has gone to
Goderich, Ontario, where he goes to investigate the workings of an immense
electric and water power scheme that is being put through there to glean
information to be used in developing the water power of this section.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> While in Canada Mr. Coutts will visit A.
McD. Allen [<EM>With initials like that this had to be a Scotsman named
Angus McDonald Allen</EM>]<EM>,</EM></DIV>
<DIV align=left> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><STRONG><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4>Is that an ethnic
stereotype, Gordon? - EdK</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left> a prominent electric line and industrial promoter, of
Toronto, who has been successful in building important lines in that country,
and will prevail on him to visit the Big Stone Gap section and give advice on
a proposed electric line connecting the farming sections of Lee county and the
Wise coalfields with a line between Jonesville and Big Stone Gap with
extensions to Stonga and Norton and branches to the most important operations
en route.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon Hamilton</FONT></DIV>
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