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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><EM>Jim,</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><EM></EM></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><EM>You are right about those being N&W
branch lines off the Bluestone--Widemouth branch, but apparently the Virginian,
for whatever reason, let it be known that it would complete for the coal off
those branches.</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><EM></EM></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><EM>Here is the previous posting on this
proposal.</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><EM></EM></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"><EM>Gordon Hamilton</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>September 28,
1909</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>WILD BUILD INTO N. &
W. TERRITORY</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman">------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=5>Virginian Files In Clerk's
Office Maps and Profiles of Proposed New Route</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman">------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=4>FEEDERS WILL RUN UP
FLIPPING AND CRANE CREEKS</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman">------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman">Will Parallel Norfolk and
Western Branches and be Built To Points Near Goodwill and Mora in Mercer Coal
Territory</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman">------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman"><STRONG>CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN
SOON AND BE RUSHED</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"> The Virginian
Railway on yesterday filed in the county clerk's office at Princeton maps,
profiles and the resolution of the board of directors authorizing and directing
the construction of 5.85 miles of road up Flipping Creek to a point above
Goodwill, and 6.32 miles up Crane Creek to Mora and Sagamore.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"> It is understood
that contracts will be let as soon as practicable and that these new feeders
will be speedily built.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"> This extension
of the Virginian lines means opposition in the Mercer coal fields to the Norfolk
and Western, as the new mileage parallels Norfolk and Western
feeders.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center><FONT face="Times New Roman">------</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">[<EM>If these papers were filed
with the clerk's office as reported these intentions of the Virginian must have
been more than just the typical rumors that the newspaper often printed.
The N&W Flipping and Crane Creek spurs were off the Bluestone Branch near
its beginning. The nearest Virginian line would have been the main line
near Rock, WV.</EM>]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman"></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Script size=6>Gordon Hamilton</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 07, 2009 10:06
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Virginian in 1909--Branch
lines</DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'">Didn’t
see the May 28 article, but weren’t those N&W branches? I know the one up
Crane Creek to Sagamore was, and I’m pretty sure the Flipping Creek branch
was. Jim Nichols<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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[mailto:nw-mailing-list-bounces@nwhs.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>NW Mailing
List<BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 06, 2009 10:36 AM<BR><B>To:</B> 4VGN Ry
Yahoo Group; 3N&W Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> Virginian in
1909--Branch lines<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Trebuchet MS','sans-serif'">Bluefield Daily
Telegraph<BR>October 12, 1909</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt">MANY BRANCH LINES OF RAILROADS
PLANNED</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center>------<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><STRONG>Mileage in
West Virginia Has Been Greatly Increased--Proposed
Extensions</STRONG><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> The progress of the construction of
railways in this state is attracting great attention among all the railroad
officials, and the mileage has been greatly increased this year over that of
any previous two.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> At Clarksburg the Fairmont &
Clarksburg Traction Company will build an extension of the eight miles from
Clarksburg to Salem.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> At Gassaway the Elk & Little Kanawha
railroad company will build a narrow gauge line from Gassaway on the mouth of
the Otter to Rosedale, going down the Elk river.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>[<EM>The next paragraph referring to Morgantown is blurred
on the microfilm and is omitted here.</EM>]<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal> In addition to the above the Virginian
has filed maps and profiles for two branches, one six miles long up Flipping
creek and the other seven miles up Crane creek to Mora and
Sagamore.<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"
align=center>------<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal>[<EM>This is just a little follow-up article to the one
posted here May 28 about these VGN branches.</EM>]<o:p></o:p></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 24pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Gordon
Hamilton</SPAN><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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