N&W in 1910--Contracts

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
February 5, 1910

CONTRACTS LET BY NORFOLK AND WESTERN
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Bids Accepted on Thirty Miles of Track and Several Tunnels
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MUCH OF WORK TO BE DONE IN THIS SECTION
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Three and Half Miles East of Devon, Three and Fifth West of Wharnecliffe and Three Miles East of Huger Including Tunnels
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    BRANCH LINES ON INDIAN CREEK NEAR CEDAR BLUFF

    Roanoke, Va., Feb. 4 (Special)--The Norfolk and Western Railway Company today awarded contracts for various construction work on the western division [Western General Division] as follows:
    Strum & Adams, Columbus, Ohio, six miles of track between Renick and Delano, Ohio.
    The E. G. Nare Bros. Co., Portsmouth, Ohio, seven miles of double track east of Piketon, Ohio.
    The Ryan Company, Lexington, N. C., eleven miles of double track in Ohio, west of Davies.
    Moorman Bros. Co., Lynchburg, three and one half miles of double track east of Devon, W. Va.
    Carpenter & Boxley, Roanoke, three and one-fifth miles of double track west of Wharncliffe, W. Va.
    Lock Construction Company, Roanoke, three miles of double track west of Wyoming, W. Va.
    J. H. Sherpell & Sons, Louisville, Ky., three miles of double track, including tunnels, east of Huger, W. Va.
    D. W. Flickwir, Roanoke, three miles of Branch line work on Indian Creek, above Cedar Bluff, including tunnel.
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[Some proper names were blurred on the microfilm.  The best interpretations are shown.]

Gordon Hamilton
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