Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-03
City.
POPULATION.
$4,000.
Population IN 1881,
4 90.

Roanoke City IA located In tho mountains ~
Virginia 1000 feet above sea leysl-betreen ths
Hue Ridge range on The east and AiieshaHy
range on the vest
II has an elegant Courthouse, Market House,
Opera House, public-schooi HoI.es, Firemens
Hall, and May other public buildings
Has gas company with a capital OF tiDOn
Has an slsctric-light system, 10th orc and IN
candesceut
Has = system OF water-wcrks. tia finest In the
State, worth t2sO.00
Has twelve churches, representing nearly
every denomination.
HAS four banks. operating on sn aggregated
Ia the hsaiqusrters Of tho Norfolk and West.
ern Railroad Company. which employs ~
clerks.
railroad, which employs l0O clerks.
Is the headquarters OF tho fof;Ahontrs Coal
Company. Inc largest coal operators an mo
world.
la thu headquarters 81 the Virginia steel Com
pany. which is backed by 500, o00 IN cash.
ls the heaiquarter. OF the virginia Company
operating on large capital
10 tho headquarters OF Tho Washington AMI
Western Railroad Company.
Is tue headquarters Of the Virginia Mineral
Railroad Company
Southern Railroad Company NOV under con-
structionl.
bracing sixteen ot the most productive counties
tends into West Virginia. 1snnos soe, aud North
Carolina.
Has tho mOst delightful sni healihiess climate
In the world.
most famous watering places In Americs
Iizs the GROCER Steel and Iron Company. ope-
rating Oh q capital Of 10000, employing SO
men, aud turning Gus 10 tons of pig Iron per
day.
lisa the Roanoke Machine orks. with capt
tai Of 81. 10000, aud employing 400 men.
Has ihs koanoEs Rolling Mil, with capital Oh
fi5O.eOO
Hsr a roller fiouring-miI valued al fs80o0.
Has the Diamond Ice and Refrigerator Com
psDy--capitAi SEOUL -
-Four planning mills with q capital Of 5000.
the railroads aud various manufacturing sn-
terpri,es on Roanoke have monthly pay-rols
aggrexsting $4,000. All OF which ID paid " Glib
zens OF Roanoke.
Has four hotels capable Of accommodating 500
GU ests: Hotel Roanoke cost SsD,Oyl
Thrss hundred aud seysniy-rss houses we're
erected In Roanoke City during 1876. aud al
least 500 will 10 erected during 1888.
The bonded dobl 81 Roanoke CIR Il smaller
than that Of any city in the south OF equal sixo.
being less than $4,000. The city tar rate 10
81. 10 on the hundred doilars-lghter than thatof
any city Ia the south
Koanoss Cisy has spent during 1888 $4,000 Tor
public school buiidiExs; $4,000 Tor sewerage
SIS 900 for streets snc about 1900 for miscsIiA-
neous public improvements.
AnOpcra- House Company has been chartered,
and efecf q tJU.puD tncafe Duiiutuk
The Kosncke streekRsilssy and Trsnrportn-
ton Company has been chartered and viii con-
struct three miles OF street railway
The Roanoke Land and Convoysnrc Company
has bees chartered aud are how building and
preparing plsns for 100 residences
Trade OF Roanoke has Increased DO per cent
during she past three yoarA
one thousand milss Of railroad now In opsrs-
ton focns at Roanoke.
Roansxe is g5s miles west OF Norfolk. and Isl
miles east OF Bristol, on the Tennessee line
The only city Of any consequences within I'D
miles Of hsaSoks u the city OF Lynehoars ~
the James.
Roanoke is the supply depot for territory
embracing sixteen counties In virginia ana
May OF ne border counties OF Wess Virginia
Tennessee, and NORTH Carolina
Roanoke 10 the headquarters OF nearly ell me
mining companies now operating In The south
has tas largest fruit and vegetable cseninz-
factory In the south. with espscity ot ie.vV
cans per day.
Has he Roanoke Land and Improvement Com
papy, operating on $4,000 capital
Has four building and Loan Associaaons-
capital $4,000
dsrs, furnishing unsurpassed water-powsr for
Has sore undsvsloysd mineral wealth within
ossy reach than any city IN the south
Roanoke IL building Masonic Temple 70 CO.'S
$4,000 ssd Young ksn's Christian Association
building 10 cost $4,000
Real estate is from 100 10 800 per cent cheaper
In koanose than In any city OF promise IN NE
south.
Roanoke will have . population Of 5000 souls
when the census d 1870 is taken
We Waat men Of money and men OF moscia
The following are relis BILE real estate agents OF
Ross0ke who siii cneeffuliy furnish any iafor.
nation desired 10 regard 70 the Magic CITY:
AsBEKdY GRINDER 4 CO.
GEORGE l. BENNETT a Co
r. IA. GRAY h co.
in. H0CkADAY AGO.
HASCkKL, kgkP a co.
NCCLkLLAND, RICE &C0.
hAsSIg a PERRY.
NAL BROTHERS.
l. l. POWELL & co.
is SIMMONS 4 co.
TAvESNkk, AiRHEART D CO
wkST End COMPANY.
J. h. wlSGfIELn
YAGEk q CAMPBELL
no S-Su3m