The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-17
ABOUT THE HOTELS.

! MessrS J. ". Putney, NJ. FellOwalte,
Edward Thompkins and G.. Word
| Harrison, four prominent Boston ca
pitaIists who have been making to ur
of the Southwest, passed through the
city today en- route home. They have
already considerable money invested
at Pulaski AMI it is their intention to
place considerable capital in the
| Southwest.
",Yhat are your impressions Of this
section asked u TINES reporter of
Mr.. Harrison.
"Very favorable" was the reply.
We haze enjoyed our trip through
the Southwest exceedingly and have
never seen more substantial looking
towns, better railroad facilities or
more hospitable people. The people
of Massachusetts are becoming inter
asted in this section through the re-
ports of the Massachusetts editors who
recently made you visit. They
themselves are enthusiastic in their
praise of everything they saw
The gentlemen will make another
visit to the Southwest at an early
day.
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The familiar figure OF Judge
Griffin, of Bedford Guy, was seen on
the streets of the city yesterday. He
mas almost as many friends ID Roa-
noke as be has at home and that is
saving "a good denl a. the years go
by the Judge seens TO be getting
better looking. His moustache and
goatee get little Srayer, but that
does not make any difference. He
continues to take an intense interest
in political affairs and though he has
taken no active interest in them since
his defeat by Hopkins, the labor can
didate from Lynchbnrg, that is not
SAYING that in time he will not. n
better man couid not represent this
district in Congress or one who is
more conversant with public affairs.
Colonel Frank II. Fries. the presi-
dent of the Virginia aid North Caro-
lima Construction Company, is at the
Hotel Roanoke. He is tall, slight
gentleman with blue eyes and
has blonde whisllers The ques-
ton as to where the Roanoke
and Southern will enter the city has
not vet been determined upon. Col.
Fries said to a reporter that he
is afraid that the right of way will
cost great deal of money. Property
owners are asking very high prices
for real estate, and he thinks that it
is possible that it may cost as much
to get into the town as it has sub
scribed. President Fries registered
from Salem. y. c., but his business
keeps him almost constantly on the
road.
Mr. Robert Brown. of Knoxville.
spent Il couple Of DAYS in the city dur
ing the week. Mr.. Brown is an all
round sporting man, and he loves
race horse better than he does a good
dinner. though he will go n long dis
lance for the latter. The average
Tennesseean loves bloodcd horse
next TO his wife and children, or his
sweetheart aud one can hardly tell
him from his Kentucky mother.
An elderly gentleman. wearing
broad brimmed sioucn hat and q
white mustachc and chin whiskers,
sat in one OF the big arm chairs on
the Hotel Roanoke porch yesterday
afternoon and chatted with a party
Of friends. His name was DR.: Koot.
p. Lake. and he lives in Madison
county. He is one of the compare
lively few Virginia gentlemen who
continue 10 live in the country as in
DAYS gone by. His plantation and
mansion are almost Il pattern OF
what hundreds of Others were III The
DAYS before and "endurin' of de wah.
DR.. Lake is interested in number OF
enterprises in Roanoke and is Il fire.
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