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<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>September 2,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>CONTRACT AWARDED FOR
TWELVE MILES OF ROAD</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">Walton & company Will
Begin at Once Construction of Line From Honaker into Buchanan
County</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"> Walton &
Company, according to news just received from Honaker, Va,. have been awarded
the contract for grading twelve miles of railroad for the Honaker Lumber Company
from Honaker to Buchanan county. Work will be started at
once.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"> The road is to
be used as a lumber road, and the entire length when completed will be about
thirty miles. It will tap the timber areas owned by the company in
Russell, Buchanan and Dickinson counties.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"> The company is
employing a big force of men on its plant at Honaker and rushing construction to
completion as rapidly as possible.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">[<EM>Anyone have any info on this
lumber railroad? 1916 topo maps show a lumber railroad north out of
Putnam, just east of Honaker, winding around as it followed several water
courses in Russell, Buchanan and Dickinson counties</EM>. <EM> A Shay
Website lists 6 Shays at Honaker, and a Climax Website lists a 36" gauge Climax
at Honaker.</EM>]</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>