Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-12-23
Roanoke CittV.
POPULATION.
$1,000.
Population IN 1884,
4 90.

Roanoke City is located in tho mountains 81
Virginia 900 iect above sea icyol-ho.we~ Rae
Blue h.Gge range ca Tho east aud Alccnary
range on The west
IL has m elegant Court house, Market House,
OPERA House, Public school Houses. 1lremon 8
Han. aud many other public buiitnss
Has gas company win capital OF slONh
Has an ole~uic-light system, both me- aud in-
cand'-cent
uas system II watsr-works. tn finest IN tho
Sta.c, worth g. ilN
has twe.yo churches, representing nosrly
every denomination.
nas four banks operating ON an aggregated
T. t6e h.a iqasrter,o OF rho Norfolk and West.
ern Railroad company. waich employs 80
clerks.
Ia the headquarters OF th' Shenandoah Valley
railroad, which employs Iul rierk-.
T. tho headquarters Of fhc fO'ahontas Conf
Company. the largest coat operators in To
word.
IL the heciGuartors mo lrcinia Stool Com
pauy. which is tackled hy niluUO ga cash
IA fnc hcalIuH It.re oi tho virginia company,
operating on o. large capital
l. tls rcailunrfc,4 Of tho Washington and
Western b. lrcal company.
Il tpe lesd quarters of mo Virginia Mineral
Railroad Company
is the headquarters " me Roanoke snl
Southern Railroad company NOW 1o4er con-
sirlcton.
Hasa Largo wholesale md rotau t-odo. ON
hracing sixteen OF the most productive counties
30 the ola Dominion Prd ii- VIII lcsaie TRADE exc
tends into est Virginia, tennessee, al Mort
Ceronu1.
liza. the most delightful AMI heal .hitst climax
I'm no WOIli
Has within nsty r.ics 4 &c dozen * tho
most famous wIforng places in Amer
Has fhe Grocer steel AMI iron Company cpe-
rating on capita. of ,JJ0p. emp 1yng fn
men, aud turnn out 10 .ons 0f p.e iron Re
day.
Has the Roaroko Machine-W ork-. WIKI n oap'-
tai ot flOouglO, and employing l,to ueu.
Has tho Boauoso Rolling hit With capital oil
tl-J.Oo.
Hasa rouernouring-miI valued AZ $4,000.
Has tho Diamond l,o aud Refrigerator Com
paIy-capiiai $1,000
Four p.aung-nnll. win capital o. sg5.00.
Tho railroads and various mancia cturi en-
lerp.i-es col E1tJ0ho nave monthly pcY-rol 9
agrrcgaiing i-aj,lJJ ali OF which - iai ~ citl-
zens of Roanoke.
Has four ho. ls capable OF accommodating 500
guests. Hotel Roanoke cost iFiNN.
three hundrei aud seyen'y-uFs houses wore
erected ln Roanoke CRY Aurirr l-,1. a3l 40
least no viii bee ere ted during 1881
The bonded deb of h0anuAe city Is smaller
than that OF any city 10 zoe south OF equal 90
being l,s' than S.0,ON The 'l'y iaA ate ?.
81. 10 ON the hundred dollar,-hsatcri hau thatoi
any city DO no south.
public school buudings. s25,O'u Tor beverage
s2jOOl for Streets an about $4,000 Tor misceila-
neOus public Improvements
An Opera-ilouso Cor p8ny he's been chartered,
aud will erect a 5000 ihrnir3 lI'ldine
Tho Roar exc Sfreet-Bailway en- Iransporta-
tou Company has bc'n chartered a1i wul con-
5tri.t three miirs of street roilwat-
Ia. Roanoke Land am 10nyef aufe company
has boon chartered aul orc nov building AM
preparing DlaD9 for 300 residences
Trade ot Roanoke na- Increased 30 per cent
during She past turto years.
one thousauI miles Ot railroad nov 10 opera
tiOa f0"u- nt Roanoke
ROlnO6o is q. miles west 0f Norfolk. anl lJl
miles ca 30 az Bristol ou the Tennessee Iue
TIE only cl,y Of any consequence within HO
miles q Roanoke Is toe city q Lyuchourg BY
the james.
Roanoke il the supply depot for territory
embracing sixteen counties ia virginia ali
macy OF tho border counties OK WU5l Virginia,
Tennessee. AMI North Carolina.
Roanoke Is The headquarters Of nearly all tle
mining companies now operating Ia mo solIh-
west.
Has the largest fruit and vegetable canning
factory M tue South With a capacity OK I3uO|
cans per day.
Has the Roanoke rand and Improvement Com
pany. operating on 81 u,0n capitaL
lias fOgr Bu.lliEg AMI Loan Association
capital 5000
cas- tine roauoke river passing aioug its Dor
der. furnishing unsurpassed waler.power Tor
manufacturing purnO os.
iias moro undeYelep.d mineral wealth with n
easy roach than any ci.y in the south.
Roanoke Is building Mhs D." temple 70 COS.
$4,000 and 0ung MEMS NEusiian Association
building % cost $4,000.
Real estate $ iroa 100 10 30D per cent. cheaper
In h0snO o than a. any city Of promise Ia the
south.
Roanoke will have a p0pula ion VI 1900 souls
when he censu5 IL lB % is taken.
We want men VI moaos aud men Of muscle.
The following IRE irritable real estate ageDts Of
Roanoke who w,ll cneeriuly fGraist auy iniOr-
nation les red IN regard 90 the Magic Cry;
A~BFRfY GREiDEk s co.
GEiRjE T.. Bennett & co.
4. IL. GRAY e. co.
j. u. uOCKADAf & CO.
HASCKEL. KEMP g co.
MCCLELLANn. RICE & co
MASH e PERRY.
NEAL BkJrHEks.
T. l.. POWELL & co.
is >IMNON. & co.
1AyENNEk, AIkBEART co.
WEST End COMPANY.
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