VGN in 1911--Bluefield

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Bluefield Daily Telegraph
April 18, 1911

OFFER BONUS TO VIRGINIAN TO COME HERE
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Col. D. G. Lilly Willing to Head Subscription List With $10,000
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WATER WORKS COMPANY WILL GIVE HALF AS MUCH
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William Hicks and S. L. Matz Each Ready to Contribute $2,000 and Number of Others Express Willingness to Help Swell Fund
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WOULD BE EASY MATTER TO RAISE HUNDRED THOUSAND
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    Does the Virginian want to come to Bluefield?  Some of the people in this city believe so, while others take just the opposite view.  During the past few days there has been a crystallization of sentiment among a few of those who want it to come here and as a result they have reached the point that they believe that if a bonus should be offered to the railroad to come to this city there would be no trouble in getting an extension of the line here from either Matoaka or Princeton.  Some even believe that the road might be induced to enter this city from the east and pass on through to the coalfield, where it could eventually get considerable tonnage of coal as well as the freight which would come to this city and would be carried from here.
[The remainder of this article is about the proponents and is omitted here.]
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Gordon Hamilton
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