Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-01
MEN OF MONEY
CAPITALISTS LOOK AT ROAM
0KE AND LIKE 1T.
$50 100000 OF MONEY IN TIE CITY
A Race With tho storm. seeing tho
City. A New England Day. What
They Think of Roanoke. The
Route.

Route.
The New England capitalists ar
rived in Roanoke yesterday morninl
and they brought New England
winters day along With them.
When the four magniflcently fur
nished Pullman palace cars rolled
into the stations over the Norfolk
and Western, the gentlemen were al
up and dressed They had had a race
with the snowstorm all the way from
Washington, it kept close at theil
heels, and at Lynchburg they were
neck and neck, but they beat 1t in the
end and were safely housed in the
Hotel Roanoke when it rushed over the
town. But they didn't have much
time to see Roanoke dirt, for the
white mantle quickly spread itself
everywhere.
The scene that met their eyes then,
after breakfast, was not an unfamiliar
one; it looked enough like New Eng
land TO please even the most pro-
nounced lover of home, and they
didn't hesitate to say so. After
breakfast the gentlemen composing
the party assem- bled In the lobby, and
instantly the murmur OF conversation
arose. They were handsome, well
fed, comfortable looking crowd. They
were substantial men OF affairs; they
meant business and little thing like
a million or two dollars didn't worry
them as whole.
How much were they worth? Well,
by Bradstreet just $50, 100000 These
figures are exact, for Mr.. Casino, the
manager of the party, in a spirit OF
fun and to oblige TIMES reporter as
we'll. went around and gathered the
statistics. Take Mr.. Samuel Fatman
for instance. When he was asked
how much he represented, he said
after moments thought.
"Oh, about S10,000,000."
Just grasp that. More money than
every man, woman and child in Roam
oke is worth. But his wealth sat
very lightly on his broad shoulders;
He laughed, talked and told as good
story us any one of the party.
The gentlemen looked rather rue
fully out of doors for a while. but the
snow kept falling fast. They were
not to be prevented from seeing the
city, however, for though some OF the
older gentlemen and all of the ladies
stayed indoors, the younger and more
adventurous spirits rebelled and spent
their few hours in the city by riding
or walking out to see the various
enterprises of interest.
one party went TO the twin fur
naces of the Grocer Company, another
TO the Rolling Mills and still others
went. under the escort OF some OF 10
anoke's enterprising real estate
agents to look at the residential
part of the city. And the
people of Roanoke did their best
to make the stay OF the visitors agree
able. Hon. Henry Trout was as busy
as the proverbial bee. Col. Phil. L.
Terry welcomed the gentlemen with
old time courtesy. James 8. Sim-
mons seemed to be everywhere at
the same time and s. w. Jamlson
We'd with them in making the time
pass pleasantly.
Ali the sightseeing parties had re-
turned, however, by the time the gong
for dinner sounded, and when its
echo died away the murmur OF con.
versation stopped and all OF
them looked hopefully towards the
door of the dining room.
II hope it will be good, said MIR.
Stettenheim, q good-looklng young
New Yorker, with large interests In
Admission. But there's one consoia-
ton, the cooking gets better as we get
further South. Had terrible din
ner in Baltimore, little better in
Washington, stuff along the road
wasn't fit to eat, and now we are
here" The party can't say anything
against the dinner they had at the
Roanoke, it was the best so far on the
trip, they agreed, and when they filed
out of the dining room it was ID the
good humor that only good dinner
and a good digestion can produce.
Mr.. Hinton Helper, at dinner, vel
coined the visitors in a short speech,
and Mir. Cessino replied to him.
All was in the hurry of preparation
low for the train left at 12:30, ana
they hurried down the snow-covered
walk to the waiting cars at the foot
of the hill. Before going, however,
Mr.. Stearnes proposed three cheers lor
the citizens of Roanoke, and they
were given with will. a tiger"
was added free gratis for nothing.
Mr.. Cessino, the Northern keoel as
his friends laughingly call MN on ac-
count of his love for the South was
assidious in his attentions ana was
the last man to board the train. AS
it pulled out of the station ne shouteo
back to the reporter:
II like Roanoke; it's daisy"
The following gentlemen made up
the party which was under the di-
rection of Mr.. s. F.. Casino, manager
of the Admission City Land Company,
with Mr.. Jas. H. Mccormack, travel
ine agent of the Norfolk and Western
and East Tennessee and Georgia Rail
roads as manager Of the special train;
G L Stearnes. F D Whiting, Phllip =
Gerard, ] D Little, j A Peasley, III a
Hannigan, D F Hession, 0 T CASA
want and D o Conner, of Fltchourg,
Mass: Charles Nichols, Westminster,
Mass; ) 81 Lord, Westmoreland, Mass;
J Fl Perley, Lebanon, N H: q II Sulls,
Gardner, Mass; 8 F Smith, Barre,
Mass; L III Breckford and wife. Hyde
Park, Mass; Chas 8 Burke, Fred u
Irish. David Greenwood, ] III Dear,
ing, II E Brown, T R Curtis, Fred d
Page and wife, F R Bennett and wife,
DR. J A Soule and wife, B u Pearie
and wife, a Brice and D F Hayes,
of Boston; J NJ Ettinger and wife, Mrs
8 Rich, P L Rosenheim, Samuel VI
mann and Leopold Neil, OF New
York; B n Wright, Worcester, Mass;