Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-26
THE MAGNATES.
THE IRON HORSE BUSHES
THEM in THE CITY.
THEY VISIT The MACHINE Works
And View tho Landscape DER and
Resume Their Journey. Prominent
Capitalists of the North With the
Purity. Pleased With the city.

A special train consisting of bag
gage and three Pullman cars rolled
into the Union depot yesterday morn
ing at 1920 o'clock over the Norfolk
and Western railroad. The train wa!
that of President Ex. Norton, o
the Louisville and Nashville railroad
company, and lie was accompanied by
the following well-known gentlemen
from the North: Messrs. M II Smith
vice president of the Louisville ano
Nashville railroad company; + W
Hindekoper, president of the South
Atlantic and Ohio railroad company
Earnest Cassell, of London, England
Jacob Shift, of the banking firm Of
khun, Loeb & Company, New York
j Frank Emmons and kittying /
Emmons, his son, of New York; Ed
ward Atkinson, of Boston, Il distin
guished writer on political economy
h S Higginson, of Lee, HigSlnson 4
Company, bankers, New York; } /
Warner, Il prominent lawyer of New
York; George Blagdon, of the firm OF
Clarke, Doods & Company, New
York; John Greenaugh, of the firm Of
Poore, Greenaugh \ Company, New
York, and General James H Wilson, q
Federal figure in the late war. Mr. }
w Thomas, President and general
manager of the Nashville and Chat.
tanooga railroad company, will JOIN
the party at Chattanooga.
AS soon as the train arrived the
entire party went down to the Ma
chine Works and went over the plant
under the guidance of Vice President
Eddy, and Mr. S. b. Haupt, superin-
tendent of the works. After taking il
all the sights at the shops the party
went up to Hotel Roanoke, where a
good view of the city can be obtained
and after viewing the landscape
DER" left at ll:l5 o'clock for the
South, accompanied by MIR. Eddy, of
the Norfolk and Western. under
whose charge the party is while they
are on this road.
From this city they went to
Radford, and from there over the
New River Road to the mines at
and near Pocahontas, and leaving
there they go to Bristol, where the
East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia
road is taken for Chattanooga, which
place will be reached today. From
Chattanooga they take in South
Pittsburg, Victoria and Inman. Ten
nessee, and arrive at Nashville on
Sunday. On Monday and Tuesday.
Birmingham. Admission and Shelby
will be inspected, and from there
they 90 direct to Louisville. where
the rest of the trip will be determined
upon.
This party is composed of a large
number of prominent men, capitalists
of the North, and the amount of
money represented is enormous. y
TINES reporter had Il very pleasant
interview with President EX. Norton.
Said he: Our excursion is proving a
big success and is resulting very salts
factoriIy to all parties. The object is
not only to showu up the improvements
along my line of road, but we desire
to show the people the rapid rise of
some of the South,s young cities,
which are fast falling into the full rush
and razzle dazzle of metropolitan life.
The South's progress beats all the
wonders of the Arabian Nights with a
tin shop OF Alladin's lamps thrown in.
You have very progressive city here
The situation is good and | see many
marks of Importance since l was last
here Roanoke will be big city,
and =" here the conductor pulled
the bell cord and the train moved off
without giving the president an OPP
portunity Of finishing his tribute to
our city. Mr.. Norton babe the repor-
ter hasty adieu and the train was
lost to view in the distance.