Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1889-11-23
A PRIVATE CAR.
PHILADELPHIA AND WILL
MINGTON CAPITALISTS.
ROANOKE AND TIE SOUTHWESTERN
What They Think of this section
They Visit RadfOrd, Cripple
Creek. Pulaski, Elkhorn
and Other Points.

A special private car of the Norfolk
and Western railroad lay switched
off on the Shenandoah Valley road
last night, and party OF Philadel'
phia and Wilmington, Del, capital
lists spent the night there prior to
leaving this morning for the North
after prospecting tour of three OF
four days in Southwest Virginia.
The party was in charge OF Colonel
Charles n. Mellen, secretary to Presi-
dent Kimball, Of the Norfolk and
Western road, and consisted of William
NJ. Justice, of Justice, Bateman &
Co, large wool dealers of Philadel'
phia, Thomas II. Slavery, of the Pussy
Jones company, manufacturers OF
machinery OF Wilmington, Del;
Henry Whelan, jr., of Philadelphia;
William Fl. Swift,of the Swift, Courte.
ney s. Beecher Match company. OF
Wilmington, Del; w. S. kenderdine,
q large contractor and builder OF
Philadelphia, and Judge j. j. Doran,
of the same place
The tourists left Philadelphia last
Tuesday and made the trip south via
Washington. Their first stop was at
Radford. From there they went to
Cripple creek and thence to Pulaski.
stopping at Maple Shade inn. They
next proceeded to Bluefield and on to
Elkhorn and Pocahontas. visiting the
coal and iron deposits Of all these
sections.
Returning, they reached here yes
terday at little after noon, and
spent the time until night driving
around the city, viewing its residences
and inspecting its numerous indus
tries.
They were taken out through the
western part of Roanoke first, and
then to the spring at Mill mountain,
which furnishes the city's water sup
ply They also visited the machine
works, the rolling mills, the bridge
factory and furnace and other indus
tries
In the evening TIMES representa-
tive found Messrs. Whelan, of Phlla-
delphia, and Swift, Of Wilmington,
comfortably ensconced in the smok-
ing compartment of the car discuss
ing Roanoke. Il do not remember to
have ever seen anything just like
Roanoke said Mr.. Whelan. Unlike
most new towns it looks unusually
attractive, and then its growth has
been most remarkable-been even
greater than that of western towns
Little Rock, Arkansas, in it's location,
reminds one somewhat of Roanoke,
but then Little Rock is an old town,
although it has grown rapidly IN re-
cent wears. We have seen good deal
of the city this afternoon and are very
much pleased with it, as with the
whole Southwest section"
Mr.. Swift asked a number of ques-
lions about Roanoke, playing the part
of the interviewer rather than being
interviewed. He remarked that he
was just down on pleasure trip, but
said there were few if any cities in the
United States that could compare in
phenomenal growth with Roanoke.
Colonel Merrill said that the party
had made no investments up to the
present, and that the trip had been
made simply to show the guests of the
road the coal and iron regions Of
Southwest Virginia.
The car will leave today over the
Shenandoah Valley road for Phil
adelphia. crescent ulmeO,--
,,orcons live in this immense building
petJ 49, oay an annual rental OF over loo'-
600 Aoyins-St. Louis Republic.