Contractors Mass Equipment For Work On N. W. Elkhorn Project
Contractors Mass Equipment For Work On N West Elkhorn Project tractors are now assembling equipment and material in creation of starting actual work on the 12 000 000 improvement on the main line of the Norfolk and Western Coopers and Lick Branch. This project includes relocation and building of 5.17 miles of new line construction of a double track tunnel 7 050 feet long and the erection of a steel bridge and rebuilding of another bridge. Strum and Dillard Construction company of Columbus Ohio are expected to start boring the double track tunnel first. The west portal will be about 2 000 feet south of the present tracks and the east portal about 700 feet south. The new improvement will reduce the present 2 percent grade to 1.4 percent and will feature modern automatic signals and centrally controlled switches for bidirectional operation on both tracks. The project will eliminate the historic Elkhorn Tunnel and increase operating efficiency.
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Norfolk and Western Coopers and Lick
Ae Peet Aed
Astown
Elkhorn Tunnel
Railroad safety and efficiency upgrade plan announced
A railroad expansion aims to boost safety and traffic capacity. Officials say the project will take about three years to complete and will enable the railway to handle considerably more traffic.
Longworth and Smith Join U S Navy News
Lt. Robert Longworth Jr USN husband of Doris Cop Pinger and son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Longworth of Bluefield Virginia serves aboard USS Midway on Caribbean fleet maneuvers. Jack Curtis Smith of Grundy graduates from the U S Naval Academy and becomes a supply corps ensign with a Bachelor of Science degree. Argentina bans orange imports from July 1 to October 31 each year.
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Jack Curtis Smith
Grundy
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Supply Corps
U.S. Navy
Ens. Smith
Ballots Mailed for Greater Bluefield Chamber Board Election
The Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce mailed ballots for the general election of seven new board members. Ballots are due back by July 2 at the chamber office. Fourteen nominees include C. Borden Lon M Bish A Mahood H Edward Steele C E Lilley L C Fowlkes J E Wagner K C A Joyce O M Dawson Isadore Cohen Albert B Kemper Carl Creasy and John G O Keeffe from Bluefield West Virginia and Bluefield Virginia.
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Greater Bluefield
A Mahood
H. Edward Steele
C. E. Lilley
L. C. Fowlkes
J. E. Wagner
K. C. A. Joyce
O. M. Dawson
Isadore Cohen
Albert 8. Kemper
Bluefield
W. Va
Carl Creasy
John G. O'Keeffe
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Strum and Dillard Construction Company
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Bluefield Produce & Provision Co
R. L. Longworth, Jr
Argentina
News OF the Colored People
James Holt
Dorcas
Scott Street Baptist Church Missionary Society
Mary Wright
Baldwin Avenue
John Stewart Church
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Farmer - Robinson Post
Jones Street Hall
Lucky Strike
M. Ball
Winston- Salem
N.C
Pocahontas Fuel Stores
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Franks
Veal
Lemons
California Sunkist
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Stokely’s Carrots
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