N&W in 1912--2 items: liveless; speculation

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Fri., March 29, 1912

IN CITY AND COALFIELD
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Can You Name Him?
    The badly mangled and lifeless body of an unknown man was picked up Wednesday morning near the Norfolk and Western tracks east of Kenova. The body gave every indication of having been run down by a train.* Not a scrap of paper was found in the wearing apparel of the man by which his identity could be established. The man apparently was thirty five years of age and wore a dark suit. -Portsmouth Times.
    *Probably won't need a cornor's inquist to determine this cause of death!
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WHO WILL IT BE?
Probably a Division Superintendent May be Promoted to Succeed George P. Johnson.
    Speculation is already rife as to who will succeed George P. Johnson as general superintendent of the Norfolk and Western Railway.
    Some officials believe that one of the present division superintendents will be promoted to the vacancy while others think that the office will be abolished and but one general superintendent retained for the entire system as in former years.
    Mr. Johnson's coming appointment as receiver of the Dayton, Toledo and Ironton Railway is regarded as indicative of the road some day passing into the hands of the Norfolk and Western. At any rate it will be used by the Norfolk and Western as an outlet to the lakes at Toledo and will also give a good Chicago connection via the Erie road from Lima. The Norfolk and Western for many years has sought such an outlet for its coal and coke trade.-Portsmouth Times.
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Gordon Hamilton


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