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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>July 17,
1910</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>RECEIVER RUMOR AGAIN</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>New York Central Likely to Become Ultimate Owner of
Virginia [<EM>sic</EM>]</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> There is a rumor in New York and eastern
cities that the Virginian Railway will pass into the hands of a receiver before
many months. This rumor is based on the fact that an attempt is being made
to take up the seven per cent. Rogers notes with Virginian Railway bonds and on
the report that the Virginian is in need of ready money for many purposes and
this money is not being advanced by the Rogers estate. The rumor is denied
by the railway officials who declare positively they never heard of such a thing
but the rumor continues to go the rounds. The Norfolk and Western and the
Chesapeake and Ohio cannot own it as they could not operate it under the
interstate laws. The Pennsylvania might take it but it is much more
reasonable to suppose, judging from other preparations which have been made,
that the New York Central will be the people who will eventually become the
owners of it.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left>Gordon Hamilton</DIV></BODY></HTML>