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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>March 13,
1910</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>ANOTHER TRAIN TO IAEGER</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Traveling Men Think Run of No. 9 Should be
Extended</STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV align=left> Some talk has arisen among traveling men who
have occasion to visit the populous territory below Welch, and they seem to
think it would be an excellent plan for the Norfolk and Western to run train No.
9, which now runs between this city and Gary, to Iaeger. In this way it
would connect with the Tug Fork branch and would also give another connection
with the Iaeger-Southern branch [<EM>Later the Dry Fork branch.</EM>] The
towns between Welch and Iaeger, as well as the mines, furnish a great many
travelers, and the Dry Fork branch is now becoming one of the heavy lines on the
Norfolk and Western. If No. 9 ran between these two points, on its return
it could carry a great deal of the business which train No. 16 has to pick
up. It would also give the Welch people, who have daily visits to make to
the Dry Fork, a chance to get home earlier. It would not affect the Tug
Fork branch but would help the railroad to take passengers off two branches
instead of one and in this way increase its traffic on the short trains.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>