[VirginianRailwayEnthusiasts] Virginian in 1908 --Rumor?

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On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:02 PM, Gordon Hamilton
<gordonshamilton at cox.net> wrote:

> Bluefield Daily Telegraph

> October 29, 1908

>

> NEW ROAD FOR ROGERS

> ------

> Feeder Line for theVirginian Is Now Being Surveyed

>

>     Roanoke, Va., Oct. 28--The new railroad line now being surveyed from

> Roanoke to Floyd, a distance of 25 [Second numeral blurred.  Best

> intrepretation shown.] miles, will be built by Oil Magnate H. H. Rogers,

> builder and owner of the Virginian Railway, which runs from the West

> Virginia coal fields to Norfolk.

> ------

> [Was there any factual basis for this report, which was based on un-named

> sources?]


I don't know about this specific line, but the Radford Branch was supposed
to extend to Floyd. I'd have to do some digging in my notes for details, but
Radford Southern rings a bell as to the name of the company with these
plans.

Bruce in Blacksburg