The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-07-20
ABOUT THE HOTELS.

Just at this season of the year. and
in fact every, season, the hotels of
Roanoke are crowded with guests.
Many of them stop over here few
days en- route to the various noun
tain resorts of the Southwest. They
have heard of Roanoke, and all of
them have u curiosity to see THIS
wonderful city which has sprung up
here so suddenly at the gateway of
the great mineral country of tie
| South.
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Miss Bertha Won Hillern and Miss
Emma Howard Wright are both not
unknown to the world of literature.
They have contributed to almost
every field of literature, and their
sketches have charmed an army of
magazine readers. For the past few
weeks they have beer living at beau
tiful Luray, and doing their WORK
surrounded by the grand scenery of
the historic Shenandoah Valley, ana
doubtless their writings for long
time will be tinged with the romance
that seems to hover about the
crooked, silvery river and the cloud
crowned mountains. The two ladies
are inseparable com. lnions, and wi
make tour of the Sc ithwest countr.r
together, Then the will so to tho
Seashore.
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Elr. John Snyder, + Baltimore, i,
stopping at Marsha is Cafe. Mr..
Snyder is a Shiny bn It young fellow,
without mustache, md he is one OF
the fastest short-disi lnce runners o:
his size in the country He is also g.
Judge of blooded horses, and has rode
in many race when the flyers came
up the stretch neck aud neck.
Colonel Abe Fulkerson is known
throughout the Southwest as one o.
the shrewdest politicians and besi
stump speakers to be found here
abouts. He is stepping at the Hotel
Roanoke, and comes from Bristol To
attend to some important railroad
business Colonel Fuikerson is a tall,
soldierly gentleman with II Close
cropped white beard He has Il large
number of friends liere, and they
are always glad to feei the warm cor
dial grasp of his hapG.
Lieutenant Governor j. Hogc
Tyler's familiar figure was seen abou:
the corridors OF the Hotel Roanoke
last night He is frequent visitor
to this city, where lie has interests
No man is doing more in his way
towards the upbuildinS of Southwest
Virginia today than is Governor
Tyler, and he is the masterspirit OF
large number of enterprises in this
section. The office of Lieutenant
Governor doesn't take up great
deal of ones time. bur then the salary
is not large There is more honor
than money in the position.
Mr.. Fred E. Foste.', of Roanoke
Va, is at the Metropolitan. says the
Hotel Gossiper of tie Washington
Post. He is a tall, we'll built, blonde,
and athletic. a light inuStache
adorns his florid ana striking f;i"e.
He is a former Washington boy, who
is now manager of one of the most eX-
tensive hotel systems in Amerca
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company, fully alive to the growth
and demands Of theva'ley OF Virginia,
has erected a string of commodious
hotels up and down TIE country now
being rapidly developed bya inpour-
ing of capital without precedent in
America. These hotels are all OF the
Queen Anne style Of architecture.
and under Mr. Fosters management
have arrived at an excellence OF
cuisine and management equal TO the
best metropolitan establishments.
The principal one is he Hotel Roa-
noke at Roanoke. To-. his is added the
Radford Inn at RaGf.rd, the Maple
Shade at Pulaski ana the Bluetield
House at Bluefeld Besides these.
Mr.. Foster runs Il hntel up i'll New
Jersey. The famous Mr. Riley, who
kept a hotel, is uttell. thrown in the
shade by his achievements.