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<DIV><FONT size=2 face="Trebuchet MS">Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>March 30,
1910</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>IN CITY AND COALFIELD</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Did Some Riding</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> J. B. Purcell, of Welch, was in the city
yesterday. Purcell was on his way home from over in the Chesapeake and
Ohio territory and says he had to ride seven trains on five railroads to get
home last night. In addition to this he had to walk two miles.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>[<EM>It's possible to come up with the last three railroads he
rode, but the other two railroads must have been in C&O territory, although
it is difficult to speculate without knowing exactly where he started. The
last three railroads were likely the C&O to Deepwater, the Virginian to
Matoaka, and the N&W to Bluestone Junction (and another N&W train to
Welch).</EM>]</DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Addition to Freight Depot</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> Carpenters were at work yesterday making an
addition to the local freight depot. The company has plans for a new
station which will considerably enlarge the present building.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>