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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>August 15,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>IN CITY AND COALFIELD</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Congestion on Scioto Division</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> Eight Bluefield and Vivian locomotive
engineers left last night to take positions on the Scioto division to relieve
the temporary freight congestion in that part of the Norfolk and Western
system. The increase in freight business within the past week or such a
matter has been something enormous, and the company has found it necessary to
supply additional men on the western division.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>