Virginian in 1908 -- Branch line

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BRANCH LINE TO HINTON
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Citizen of That Town Tells of Plans of Virginia [sic] Railway.
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    A citizen of Hinton who has been closely identified with the plans of the Virginian Railway, formerly styled, the Deepwater-Tidewater, to reach the rich coal fields, declared in positive terms that the Virginian railroad would be built through West Hinton just as soon as financial conditions improved sufficiently to provide funds.  This extension will be from the mouth of East river on the main line from Deepwater to Norfolk, to the Piney coal fields via West Hinton and Prince.
    The citizen himself sold the charter and rights of way over this route, secured by him for a railroad line, to the Virginian people, and is entirely familiar with their plans for developing this important territory.
    The Pennsylvania Lumber Company has built a lumber road down Bluestone river to its mouth, five miles above Hinton on New river, and this road has been tendered the Virginian railroad to operate, which they will shortly accept, building their line on through from the mouth of Bluestone to the Raleigh coal fields at once, and later complete the link between the mouths of Bluestone and East river.
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[Was this citizen of Hinton a rumormonger or con man, or did he really know of some actual Virginian plans that never materialized.   Also, anybody know anything about the lumber road to the mouth of the Bluestone?]

Gordon Hamilton
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