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<DIV>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>January 16, 1910</DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>SEES NOTHING HERE THE VIRGINIAN
WANTS</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>General Manager of Rogers' Road Thus Answers Question
of Whether it will Come to Bluefield</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> "I see nothing at Bluefield, that the
Virginian wants; do you?" This is the answer given by Raymond Dupuy,
general manager of the Virginian Railway, to a question about the Virginian
entering Bluefield. Whether or not the Virginian will enter the city seems
to be unanswered as yet. Bluefield wants the Virginian and the question
now is does the Virginian want to come to Bluefield? The Virginian
official, it will be noticed, does not give a direct answer to the question but
evades it in a manner which leaves a very reasonable doubt in the minds of those
who have watched the methods of the company in the building of the
Virginian. For years it will be remembered it was not even known who
was building the road which went through two states and was practically finished
before it was officially known that H. H. Rogers was the man behind the
gun.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>