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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Tunga>Bluefield Daily Telegraph<BR>August 16,
1910</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><FONT size=4>ADDITION TO ROUNDHOUSE TO COST
$36,000</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=center><STRONG>Norfolk and Western Also Plans Increase in Size of
Local Division Offices</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV align=left> The Norfolk and Western has started grading
for the addition which is to be made to the roundhouse at a cost of about
$36,000. The addition will consist of twenty-nine feet all the way around
the building, which will give the engines ninety-three feet under roof.
This will enable the road to stable the Mallet engines as well as largely
increasing the holding capacity of the present stalls, which will be able to
hold more engines. Work on the addition will start at once.</DIV>
<DIV align=left> The railroad company also plans to start work
the latter part of this month on an addition to the division office which will
cost in the neighborhood of $9,000. This addition is intended to
accommodate the Pocahontas Coal and Coke Company offices which will be moved to
this city between the time the building is finished and the first of
January. The present plans call for the removal of the offices as soon as
the building is finished, but unexpected delays may put off the coming of the
company to this city. Work on this addition to the division offices would
be commenced at once but for a lack of material which will arrive shortly.
It is possible that arrangements may be made with the city by which additional
land may be secured from the city for the proposed addition to the roundhouse,
and inasmuch as the city is largely dependent on the Norfolk and Western at
times for favors, which are given at cost and many times without cost, it is
very likely that a satisfactory agreement can be reached by which the railroad
can get about ten feet of land in the neighborhood of Hardy street which will be
used for the enlarged roundhouse.</DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=6 face=Script>Gordon
Hamilton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>