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<DIV>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>July 30, 1909<BR></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>CUT OUT AS TERMINAL FOR THROUGH
FREIGHT<BR></FONT>------<BR></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG>Over Hundred Men Now Running Out of Vivian to be Added
to Railroad Population of Bluefield<BR></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> A change in the train crew arrangement of the
Norfolk and Western is to go into effect August 5, which will make quite an
important addition to the railroad population of Bluefield. Beginning on
this date sixteen crews, including about 125 men, will go [on] the run between
Bluefield and Williamson. Vivian will be cut out as a terminal for through
trains, which arrangement now obtains. Only yard and hill crews will run
out of Vivian. The latter are employed for picking up cars for
distribution in the coalfields.<BR> The reason assigned for
making the change is a reduction in operating expense, which change it is argued
will not work a detriment to the hauling efficiency of the road. In fact,
practically the same arrangement was in effect a few years ago, and when Vivian
was made a terminal point for through freight, a number of trainmen and their
families had to move from Bluefield there.<BR> The changing
back to the old practice will mean that the through crews now established at
Vivian will either have to move to Williamson or Bluefield. The choice
between the two places is optional among the men, but in view of the fact that
Bluefield is regarded as a much more desirable place of residence, it is
understood that practically all of them will come here.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>