1907 - Virginia Railway Will Be in Operation By Summer

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Roanoke Times - December 18, 1907

Virginia Railway Will Be in Operation By Summer

   Mr. John Kee, superintendent maintenance of way for the Virginian 
Railroad, with headquarters at Norfolk, was in the city yesterday for 
a few hours returning from the western part of the state and West 
Virginia, where he has been on a tour of inspection. While work in 
some branches has considerably diminished on portions of the 
Virginian railroad, the road will be completed at an early date and 
it is strongly probable that trains will be operated over the entire 
system by the middle of the summer.
   It is a great system, and when completed will be a strong 
competitor of the Norfolk & Western and Chesapeake & Ohio in carrying 
coal from the West Virginia coal fields.
   It is rumored that a proposition is already on foot for an 
arrangement by which the Virginian can use the Norfolk & Western 
passenger depot. This report cannot be definitely confirmed but it is 
generally admitted that such a proposition is on foot. This indicates 
that the Virginian road early contemplates running passenger trains 
and before they can complete such a passenger station as they wish to 
erect in Roanoke.

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