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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>August 25,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>NEW BRIDGES BETWEEN GRAHAM
AND NORTHFORK</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">Norfolk and Western Said
to Have Made Appropriation of $90,000 for Construction</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"> Roanoke
Times: It is stated that the Norfolk and Western has made an appropriation
of ninety thousand dollars for the purpose of putting in new bridges at several
points between Graham and Northfork. Several bridges in that district, it
is said, are in need of repair and several will be replaced with new and more
substantial bridges. Two new bridges will be built in the vicinity of Flat
Top Yards and there are three near Northfork that will be rebuilt.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"> The company has
also ordered many new improvements to be made at the yards at Wilcoe. The
yards will be enlarged and a new dwelling will be built for the
yardmaster. The company expects to spend between thirty and forty thousand
dollars in improving the Wilcoe yards. The lumber and other material for
the Wilcoe work is now arriving and the work will be commenced at
once.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"> The company has
not yet commenced the work of rebuilding the depot at Devon. It will be
remembered that the Devon depot was destroyed by fire a week ago last
Saturday. It is the intention of the company to procure a new location for
the depot and also to build a two story building in order that the depot agent
can reside over the depot.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">[<EM>A few thousand dollars would
go a long way then.</EM>]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>