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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>August 11,
1910</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>RETRENCHMENT POLICY ON THE CLINCH
VALLEY</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Norfolk and Western Reducing Expenses by Cutting Down
Force at Number of Telegraph Offices</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> Following the retrenchment inaugurated some
time ago the Norfolk and Western has issued notices stating that the following
telegraph offices will be closed during the following hours:</DIV>
<DIV align=left> Tazewell, closed between 5:30 and 10 p. m.,
and between 7 and 8:30 a.m.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> Richlands, closed between 6 and 11 p.m., and
8 and 9 a.m.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> Finney, closed between 6 and 8 p.m., and 5
and 8 a.m.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> Coeburn, closed between 5 and 11 p. m.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> All these offices are located on the Clinch
Valley division and the order takes effect on the 10th of the month.
Commencing the first of last month hours were shortened at Thacker, Lindsey and
other points.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The bringing to the division of Mallet
engines with their ability to carry larger loads has also reduced to a large
extent operating expenses, and other expenses will feel a relief as the large
engines do not use as much coal proportionately to the load they carry as did
the smaller ones. Double track in many places has reduced the expenses,
and the long waits in the Bluefield yard, at Bluestone and Flat Top, as well as
many waits on the Elkhorn, have been done away with altogether.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> It used to be that train crews could make a
day while standing at a siding waiting for orders, but now it is a rare thing,
except in a case of a wreck, where crews are allowed to make a wait of even an
hour without someone getting a jacking up from the head offices.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> These savings will be further increased when
the double track on the lower end of the road is completed and the additional
saving which is being made on other divisions as well as the Pocahontas will
help to increase the net earnings of the road by decreasing expenses.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>