The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-29
IF NJ S1' COM &.
THE ROANOKE AND SOUTHERN
TO THIS CITY.
TIL REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.
s. Proposition i" Form II St"ck Conn
rnny of$50.0H0 ana Huy up II Route
for the Construction Company al
Reasonable Figures.

Abnnt half OF the seventeen firms
naking up the real estate exchange
met Yesterday afternoon ut Gray and
BpswrIrs Office for the purpose of dis
cn..iny the Roanoke and Southern
terminus question.
Mr.. ] T.. WinglieId was called to
the chair, and Mr. A. d. Rice acted as
secretary.
viii some of the members please
state the object for which this meet
Ing was called" said the chairman as
he took his seat
MIR. Is a. RivcS, Of Scott and Rives
said that lie would DO 50. lie pre-
faced his remarks 10y saying that the
question Of getting the Roanoke and
Southern 10 this city WAS All all i'm
portani oi!e But. in the light of
what had occurred recently, 10 one
knew whether it would come or not.
The company were having the great
est difficulty in getting into the city,
amt unless they could get in III II rc;t
soaahle expenditure they would not
come ut all. He said plan had been
suggested. The road had set aside
between $50 200 and $1,000 to get
in.o Roanoke with They had met
with no encouragement with that
amount only behind them. But they
could not ;.tford 10 spend more, ana
were looking about oranothcr termi-
nus he had reliable information
thai Sllen had ut this time Il deIesa-
ton ii Winston trying to arrange Tor
the road to come TO that town.
Mr. Rivc> then outlined clearly the
suggested plan The idea was to
form :, sto.k company OF $51,0t0, buy
IN, land on which options were now
hril. and let the railroad pass over
tie railroad free of cost. He calcu-
Lated that the land needed by the
company would not eos; the citizens
over $1,000. and this, together with
what the company were wiling TO
pend! would he enough 10 assure
the coming OF the road here.
Mr. A. 5. Asbcrsy asked the ques-
zion. Are we supposed 10 be dealing
with the railroad or with the con
struc,ion company
..With the railroad" was the an
swer from some one
Then move we adj0:ru. was the
reply.
u second the motion. said Mr..
lorkaly. The motion WAS lost
Mr. & G.. Taiiafrrro made the mo
ton that some member Of the Con-
,trurfion Company be sent for. so rs
10 explain fully the condition of af
fair. Biz no one in the room knew
wh.,.. one could be found. Mr.
iinckadv said in secondlng the
rnofi"n Of Mr. Talil(erro. that II the
Construction Company had ever
wanted TO meet the change to discus,
the question. they had never signilied
it. lie thought this should be done
hc.ore any action was taken
Mr.. \. il. Rice said in reply 10 this
that he lllcw thai if the road could
,,.r INTO The city for 500. 900 it would
colue here. Ofcoursc this included
The $50 to be made UP.
MI Asberry wanted to know what
yar; of the city Mr.. Rice meant when
p said "tla civ He said there
we're two uarts of the city, the lower
and the upper. He suggested that
Mr. J \. Gaubii be sent for,
HI. understood that that gentle
man had Il letter on HE subject that
ne WAS SIRE would Interest the mem
beers. Mr.. Boswell went oui to tind
Mr.. ia,nbill. hut didn't succeed. Mr..
Asberrv continuing his remarks said
that for his part he would not sub
scribe IL dollar TO the new scheme,
and lie hoped that no member Of the
exchange would. He wanted also to
knox who had called this meeting os
the Exchange
Mr.. Rivcs arose and said that he
had been requested to call the meet
ing He and all pubiic-spirlted citl-
zellS OF Roanoke wanted the road to
come here, and intended to do all IN
his power 10 get it here. He repre-
sented 10 particular section OF the
city. That was secondary matter:
he didn't care where it came IN, all
he wanted was to see 1t come. 9
Just at this point Mr.. James ,.
Simmons entered the room, and by
general request he was asked to tell
what he knew about the proposed
move. Mr.. Simmons said he wanted
10 lie perfectly plain and lucid III
What he had to say. He
,;;is willing to subscribe as much for
its enilee by one route as by another.
He wanted to be thoroughly under
stood in the position he took. The
Roanoke and Southern wanted to
COME in around the town and have "a
terminus near that OF the other roads.
They did nor want to run through
any of the principal streets and lay
themselves Liable at any, time. de
fully approved OF the plan as out
! lined by Mr.. Rives and thought tiat
it was the only feasible one. In this
he agreed with the engineers Of the