The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-02-28


not an clearinghouse.
O. But what would it he worth in
the market, if offered for sale. without
being an eating-housc?. A. Nothing but
dead loss, | should think.
Mr.. V. s. Lusk testified on this sub
iect as follows (pages "A and 40.
@. Please state whether you have ever
seen or heard of Mr.. s. Otho Wilson
buying any hotel supplies Mt the Idar-
kets at Asheville for the Round Knob
Hotel. and whether there was any indi-
cation aS to whom he was buying Them
for! A. Last summer a year ago ! was
hurrying through Central market. in
this city, and was surprised to come III
contact with Mr.. S. Ohio Wilson. Pre-
Stunning on my familiarity with Mr.. VIII
son. ] asked HIM what he was doing
there. and he told me he was buying
supplies for Roundabout Hotel. / pre-.
sumed little further on my friendship
with Mr.. Wilson. | had already I'M
derstood from Mr.. Wilson that he had
leased the Round Knob Hotel for n
number of years, and so went ON further
to talk with him. saying that | under
stood that the hotel over there was a
lllallCldI SGdkc9 dih, anu tdullDll0u
him as to the financial experience of the
matter; and he said he was not afraid
of that that the railroad was going
TO furnish him two trains day, |
think. That is about all | know about
it.
o. About what time was that: \. |
have an impression it was III the early
part of the Summer; | know il was the
first intimation that | had rhat Tie
hotel had been leased.
Q. He said tha%- he had no fear of
losing because he had two trains I; day
stopping there?A. Yes, sir.
@. You say you told him that you had
heard that this hotel had not been Il
very profitable venture heretofore? A.
Yes. sir; and as an act of friendship l
suggested the same difficulty % Mr..
Wilson.
@. You live here in Asheville? A. Yes,
sir.
@. How far from that hotel? A. About
81 or % miles by the railroad: by he
dirt road about - or % miles, / rc' kon.
@. Have You an idea as to what that
hotel was worth without or With an as
surance of being railroad eating house?
80 ANttiiHS, Is UlH blIiIiOH otfdSltIi'iIlN
during the summer it might he used by
a few visitors, and with that hope only
| would not have it: and Int for the
railroad patronage it would not be worth
having, because it is isolated.
q. Do you think There are ony ether
chances to make ii Il financial Success,
beyond any patronage from the railroad?
\. | would think they would be slim:
at least that is the impression | had, and
that is the caution | gave NJ. Wilson.
The testimony of E. Frisar1 tpages
46 and Al is as follows;
q. Did you ever have any con"crsa-
ton with anybody aboat the tease on
this hotel at Round Knob? A. Yes, sir.
Q. With whom? A. Mr.. Mus5e.
.. He was the lessee before the Viii
sons went there? A. Yes, sir
Q. You were interested in it with him?
A. | went into the lease for an accom-
mediation to him, but / got out of it.
q. About what time did Musee go
there and get that lease. a. | think it
was in 1898.
Q. And he went there in 1893? A.
Yes, sir.
Q. How long did he continue to run
that house? A. For a couple of years, !
think.
Q. For how long term did he lease
the hotel? 4. For five years.
=. What were the terms of the lease
what for each year! A. For the first
two years the rent was to go into the
improvements of the house.
Q. And for the next three years? A.
For the third year it was to be 5000,
for the fourth year $500, and for the
fifth year $500.
Q. And he kept it open in fact but
two years? A. Yes, sir.
Q. How much did he have TO expend
and how much did he eXpend in improve
ments? A. About $50 per year, may
be a little more.
Q. Did he have the farm with hotel?
A. Yes. sir.
@. And he got the farm and the hotel
and all for the improvements for his
two years? a. Yes, sir.
@. Do you know anything about a
thousand dollar orchard on that farm
y. All know is that there was a good
orchard on the place: never was there
myself, except q few times.
Q. Did you remain connected with
SIusee during the two years he was
there? a. 1t was only one year. |
think.
g. Did he get any partner associated
with him then? A. Yes, sir; Il man
by the name of Muller.
q. What then? \. / know nothing
about it after that.
Q. Was it an eating house while they
were there? A. Yes, sir.
Q. DO you know whether it was an
eating house for the railroad the whole
time? A. No, sir: not when he first
took it, but only SOME time after he
took it.
q. The first year were you an en-
dorser or a partner with him? A. |
was just an endorser for the rent; / was
not his partner.
Q. Did you have any money to pay
on account of that endorsement for him ?
4. No, sir.
q. You think. then, that he went
there in 1898, and left in 90? A. Yes,
sir; about that--in September of that
year l think.
Mr. O. Ii. Blocker testified in part as
follows: (Sec pageAG2)
Q. Where do You live? A. AT Old
Fort.
@. When did you move there? y.
In October, 1891.