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I}124illE=3reENS/heatleirROAD FOR BIG SANDY.Will Be Nine Miles Long and Will Run Along Knox Creek—Cap.tal SoO.OOO.Frankfort.—Another short railroad is to be built in the Big Sandy valle to make accessible the mineral wealth of the Kentucky mountains.Articles of incorporation for th* Knox Creek. Railroad Co. have been filed with the state railroad commission and the secretary of state. It is to be nine miles long, extending from the Kentucky and West Virginia state line near the mouth of Knox creek, u| the Knox Creek valley to a point where the lt;*reek intersects the Ken tucky and Virginia state line.The incorporators are W. M.-Ritter, James L. Hamill, C. B. Weakley, J. J Divine, ii. P. Moore, O. Burlingame and J. W. Mayhew, all of Columbus, O The company is incorporated foi $50,000, limited to a half million in debtedness above its bonded debt, and has the right to extend laterals and branches. Headquarters will be in Pikeville.
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Thousandsticks
Middlesboro, Kentucky, US
Thu, Jul 11, 1912
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