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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>June 18,
1910</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>C.C.&O. OFFICIALS HERE IN SPECIAL
TRAIN</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Leave for Visit to Dumps Creek Section But Say Trip
Has No Special Significance</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> Mark W. Potter, chairman of the board of
directors of the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio and the Clinchfield Coal
Corporation, accompanied by Mr. Lore [<EM>sic., should be Loree</EM>], president
of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, arrived in the city last night on No. 3 and
were joined here by M. J. Caples, vice president and general manager of the
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The party left here in a special train for
Dumps Creek and other points on their properties. The special train was
made up of a Clinchfield engine and Clinchfield cars Nos. 1, 2 and 111.
The crew was made up of B. H. Spencer, conductor; S. F. Allen, engineer; Mr.
Eaton, fireman; W. W. Webb, brakeman; Mr. Stone, and G. F. Meredith road foreman
of engines. All of the crew with the exception of Mr. Eaton, who came from
the Southern Railway, were Norfolk and Western men and all but one went to the
Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio from this division. Mr. Caples, the general
manager of the road, was formerly superintendent of this division so it can
readily be seen that the train was no stranger to this road.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> Mr. Potter was asked by a Telegraph man if
his road was building the line which is being surveyed in Buchanan county, as
has been reported in the Daily Telegraph. He said he did not know anything
of the road and scouted the idea that a railroad was to be built, although he
said he hoped such was the case, so that his road could make some good freight
arrangements with the line. Mr. Caples and Mr. Potter had both seen the
report and Mr. Caples seemed to think the proposed road is a lumber road but
when asked if he though it was being built by the C. L. Ritter Lumber Company he
said he did not know.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> Mr. Potter in speaking about the future of
the south said that some of these days Charleston, S. C., and Spartanburg
would be big cities. "Charleston, you know," he said, "will have the same
rate on coal that Norfolk enjoys on Pocahontas coal and that should give us a
market in the south. With iron and other industries in the neighborhood of
Charleston that city will take its place in the rank of the big cities."
Mr. Potter when asked about the purchase of additional coal lands by his company
said his company now has enough coal to mine ten millions of tons per year for
the next hundred years and it would not look as though they were in the market
for more.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> He was enthusiastic about the road with which
he is connected and bespeaks great success for it. Mr. Potter said the
trip has no especial significance but was made so that the properties might be
looked over.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>[<EM>I find it interesting that a CC&O engine would be used
on the N&W. Also, this is the second case where a new railroad was
significantly staffed by ex-N&W people. Earlier articles cited some
Virginian employees that came from the N&W.</EM>]</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>