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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>December 9,
1909</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>PRINCETON PROGRESS</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Hustling Little City is Being Rapidly Build Up--Work
on Shops</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> Roanoke Times: All returning visitors from
the hustling little city of Princeton, W. Va., report marked activity there in
all sections of the town. The sound of the saw and hammer is heard on
every hand, and many fine residences, as well as business houses, are being
erected. Sewers are being put in various points of the city, and water
mains are now being placed, to convey a supply of pure water from springs near
the town.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> Work on the Virginian shops is being pushed
rapidly. The largest part of the steel work on the several railroad
buildings is competed. The powerhouse and storage house are about
completed and the concrete foundations of the planing-mill is also nearly
finished. A number of carpenters are at work putting in the wood work on
the roundhouse and paint shop.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> A street car line built from the business
section to the Virginian depot, will go into operation this week.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The Christain denomination is now building a
handsome new church while a new Methodist church will shortly be erected.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> It is also announced that an up-to-date
hotel, containing eighty rooms, will be built in the near future at a cost of
about $30,000*.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>*Blurred on the microfilm, Best interpretation is
shown.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon Hamilton</FONT></DIV>
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