1908 - Soon To Begin The New Road

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Roger,

I had also never heard of the Cairo & Norfolk Railroad, but it seems 
it lasted at least 3 years.
See the attached November 27, 1911 NY Times article.

Ron Davis

At 10:52 PM 4/20/2008, you wrote:

>Roanoke Times - April 21, 1908

>

>SOON TO BEGIN THE NEW ROAD

>

>Contracts For Supplies For Laborers Being Let in Roanoke Now

>

>CAIRO AND NORFOLK IS NOW A CERTAINTY

>

>Work of Building Big System Will Begin This Summer At Norfolk, Cairo 

>and From Roanoke, Going Both Ways - President Will Be in Roanoke 

>Within the Two Weeks.

>

>   Work upon the Cairo & Norfolk Railroad, a new project, at the 

> start to operate between Cairo, Ill., and Norfolk, Va., will begin 

> this summer, and work in the immediate vicinity of Roanoke will be 

> taken up at that time. The president of the new system will be in 

> the city within the next two weeks.

>

>   It is declared, and the information comes from an authoritative 

> source, that efforts are being made here to secure contracts for 

> supplies for track hands, who will begin work here during the coming summer.

>   According to the statement, the work from Roanoke will be carried 

> on both toward Norfolk and Cairo, and both Norfolk and Cairo work 

> will be commenced to meet the tracks being laid from here.

>   The only gap in the mountains which can be had by the road is 

> that made where the Roanoke river passes through, and it is through 

> this that the new road will come.

>   The passage of the road through this city will make Roanoke one 

> of the most important railroad centers in the state, and it is 

> declared that it means an increase in population of from 50,000 to 

> 100,000 people within the next ten years.

>   Is is probable that the shops and general offices will be located 

> in this city, but it is understood that although Roanoke is looked 

> upon favorably by the management of the new road for this site, yet 

> the matter has not been entirely settled.

>

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>

>I have never heard of the railroad, but a quick google search did 

>turn up sites selling 1908 stock paper for it. Didn't find much 

>else. Did it get beyond the selling stock stage??

>

>    http://www.scripophily.net/caandnoraco1.html

>

>- RAL

>

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>- Ron Davis, Roger Link

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