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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>January 21,
1910</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>SCARCITY OF GOOD MEN ON NORFOLK AND
WESTERN</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Openings for Brakemen and Trainmen and Railroad Has
Much to Offer Right Applicants</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> There is a scarcity of good men on the
Norfolk and Western. The railroad could use a number of men of the right
calibre in many positions. There are a number of openings for brakemen and
trainmen as well as in other departments. The Norfolk and Western has a
great deal to offer to men to locate here, as they are sure of employment under
the best of conditions and under an official force which is perhaps better liked
by the men personally than any other official force in the country.
Opportunities for promotion are many and as proof of the fact that the road
appreciates service it might be stated the general manager, eastern general
superintendent and no less than three of the division superintendents, as well
as many trainmasters, grew up on the Pocahontas division. The general
manager and vice president of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio, as well as the
superintendent and trainmaster and some assistants are graduates of the Norfolk
and Western Pocahontas division. Mr. Maher, the general manager and vice
president of the Norfolk and Western could have been president of a railroad a
short time ago if he had so wished and the Virginian Railway has also drawn on
this road for men who are now in official capacities. There is hardly any
road in the country where men are better paid and the conductors on the Norfolk
and Western are the best paid in the United States.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> There is one rule which is enforced on the
Norfolk and Western and that is with regard to drinking. Men are not
allowed to drink on duty and this has a great deal to do with the wonderful
record of the road which operates 2,000 miles of track and has killed only one
or two passengers in fifteen years. The relations between the men and
official force are splendid and as a result there has never been a strike of
importance on the road. The Pocahontas division has been free from trouble
except on one occasion years ago when a dispute arose about handling
express. It was settled within a very few days.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>[<EM>The BDT of that era was obviously an N&W
booster.</EM>]</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>