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<DIV>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>January 19, 1910</DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>POCAHONTAS DAY BY DAY</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Hope for Road's Extension</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> Colonel W. F. Kirby of Cedar Bluff was in the
city yesterday. Colonel Kirby was for several years chief engineer of the
Pocahontas and Western Railway between this city and Boissevain, and it is hoped
he will be sent back at an early date to complete the road to Frazier and
Thorne, which is now under advisement.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>[<EM>The June 1908 N&W annual report contains the
following: </EM><B><FONT size=1 face=NewtonA-Bold><FONT size=1
face=NewtonA-Bold>
<P align=left><EM>"POCAHONTAS AND WESTERN
RAILROAD.</EM></P></B></FONT></FONT><FONT size=2 face=NewtonA><FONT size=2
face=NewtonA>
<P align=left><EM>"At date of June 30th, 1908, the operated length of the
Pocahontas</EM></P>
<P align=left><EM>and Western Railroad was 3.29 miles of main line and
1.13</EM></P>
<P align=left><EM>miles of sidings. Work upon the extension to the
Thorne</EM></P>
<P align=left><EM>Operation of the Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company,
Inc.,</EM></P>
<P align=left><EM>a distance of 3.81 miles above Boissevain, was temporarily
stopped</EM></P>
<P align=left><EM>in November, 1907, upon which date the roadbed was about 70
per</EM></P>
<P><EM>cent. completed". </EM><FONT size=3><EM>Maybe this explains Thorne,
but where was Frazier?</EM>]</FONT></P></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>In Search of Health</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> J. F. Ward, agent for the Norfolk and Western
at this place, left last night for a western trip. While away he will
visit West Baden Hot Springs, Seattle and San Francisco in search of
health. Mr. Ward expects to be away until he first of March.</DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>City-Like Appearance</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> Charles W. Akers, the newly appointed
trainmaster of the Pocahontas division, was in the city this week, which is the
first visit Mr. Akers has made to Pocahontas for a few years, and was much
gratified at the city-like appearance of the place, with paved streets.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon Hamilton</FONT><FONT size=2
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