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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1909
Page
5
Norton, June 23 Special The city council may accept a 3000 dollar bid for Norton’s electric franchise as part of a busy period including lectures, a carniva and Fourth of July events. Mayor Cameron takes office succeeding Whitaker while coal field activity and new road work promise jobs. The Haag show impressed locals with disciplined conduct and strong receipts during a busy week.
The Daily Telegraph prints Henry Clews & Co. figures for U S railroads for year ending June 30 1908. Norfolk and Western reports 1 881.89 miles owned 37.70 trackage rights total 1 919.59 miles. Capital stock 66 000 000, preferred 23 000 000, funded debt 105 305 800. Gross earnings 28 962 217.15, operating expenses 18 559 487.42, net earnings 11 109 750.20, fixed charges 5 581 642.91, profit 5 528 116.29, balance 2 851 186.29, dividends 2 820 770, surplus 360.30. Baltimore and Ohio deficit 2 874 099.79 with 4 447.95 miles. Chesapeake and Ohio deficit 187 061.88 with 1 841.8 miles. Norfolk and Western holds over on other roads in surplus.
The Virginian Railway led by H. H. Rogers hauled from Roanoke to Norfolk a 7,000 ton train. The consist included a single mikado locomotive and 90 steel coal cars each carrying 50 tons for a total of 4,500 tons of fuel. The 243 mile run demonstrated a major freight achievement.
A gang of sixty men is camped in box cars on the west side of the county infirmary farm while building a two mile connection for the Norfolk and Western Railway.
The Columbus Press-Post reports a two mile rail link being built south of Livingston avenue to the T O C tracks. The alignment shifts sides along the route reducing grading work and easing construction as far as two miles south of Livingston.
Edwin Mann and William Hicks returned from Charleston where the board of regents of the Bluefield Colored Institute met. The old board turned over books and records to the state normal schools and wound up its affairs creditably with reports of the secretary and treasurer approved. Members present were T. T. oe eed Ceredo Edwin Mann B S Morgan J R Jefferson and William Hicks all from Bluefield or Charleston or Parkersburg.
Contractors delaying a major upgrade blew a main line into the river near Hull, sixty miles from Blauefield. A stretch of track was buried in debris, forcing the creation of a new detour and delaying traffic for hours.
Practical home remedies for hand care and cleanliness. Advice includes using rubber gloves, glycerine rose water mixture, and carbolic acid for protection and soft skin. Also describes grease treatments, night gloves with a myrrh honey wax paste, and a humorous court anecdote about a man seeking a warrant to kill a dog. Mentions back to the land trend and a Daily Telegraph want ad.
Assistant chief surgeon Willis P. King of the Pacific Railway in Missouri endorses the Keeley Treatment as the best cure for certain maladies. He says it benefits humanity, aims to do more, and that it is his duty to commend and encourage its use.
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