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<DIV>Don,</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for your comment. It made me reconsider my comment about the
line's having never been built.</DIV>
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<DIV>The mouth of Gilbert Creek mentioned in the newspaper article is at
Gilbert, WV, but the only N&W line into Gilbert came from a junction on the
main line at Wharncliffe up Ben Creek, through Staggerweed Tunnel, and down
Gilbert Creek to Gilbert.</DIV>
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<DIV>What I did not consider was N&W's Lenore Branch, which was not started
until 1920, according to N&W Annual Reports, and was eventually built to
Scarlet Glen, WV, in the direction of Gilbert, but never reaching Gilbert.
Maybe the Lenore Branch was built under the ten-year-old charter, but
considering that the 1910 incorporators were in Charleston, I doubt it,
particularly because the 1920 N&W annual report on the beginning of the
construction of the Lenore Branch makes no mention of assuming an earlier
charter.</DIV>
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<DIV>Gordon Hamilton</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>George maybe it was built under the guise of N&W or
Virginian as both railroads did go into Gilbert. Don Mills</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>July 15, 1910</DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>IN CITY AND COALFIELD</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=center>------</DIV>
<DIV align=center><STRONG>Narrow Escape From Death</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> S. C. Combs had a very narrow escape from
death yesterday at Glen Alum when a flue burst in the engine on which he was
fireman. The escaping steam burned him very badly about the face and
arms. Engineer Marshall escaped unharmed. The accident occurred
about 6:30 and Combs was brought to this city on train No. 2 which arrived
here about noon. He was carried to the Bluefield Sanitarium where his
burns were treated.</DIV>
<DIV align=left>[<EM>This is the second N&W boiler failure reported in
as many days. Glen Alum, WV is on the main line between Devon and
Wharnclife.</EM>]</DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>New Railroad Chartered</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> A new Railroad has been chartered to run
from Lenore on Pigeon Creek, Tug Fork of Big Sandy, to the Mouth of
Gilbert's Creek on the Guyandotte river. The capital stock is $50,000*
and the incorporators are Simon P. Richmond, V. L. Black, L. G. Summerfield,
Augus W. McDonald and George S. Couch, Jr., all of Charleston. The
road will tap a large lumber, coal and oil territory.</DIV>
<DIV align=left>[<EM>*This number was blurred on the microfilm; the best
interpretation is shown. </EM><EM>I don't think this railroad was ever
built.</EM>]</DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Money for Attachments</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> Squire Godbey yesterday received $300
from the Norfolk and Western, which will be used to satisfy attachments
which have been run on railroad employes during the past month. This
money will be ready for distribution at once. Some of the money
recovered represents debts many months old, to recover which suit has been
entered in the magistrate's court.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon Hamilton</FONT></DIV>
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