Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-24
Roanoke City.
POPULATION.
$1,000.
P0bulatlon III 1881,
4 90.

Roanoke Ci.y is located in tho mountains 81
VIRGINIA 800 ieet Above .ea leyel--De.ween tho
Blue l,iGge range ca the cas-. aud AAeghsny
range on The vest.
II has an elegant Courthouse. Marke; House,
Opera-llohse, fubli,-scE0ol H0u'es. hlremen
Hall. anu many other public bundloeA
lss "a gas company with capital o. Sl2OUh
Hss an eie~trlc-iigt- system, boih arc anu III
canfescent
Hasa system OF Water-WOrhs, IA nncst ID inc
State. worth i3j0,0O
Has twelve clurchoA representing nearly
every denomination.
Has four banks. operating on an aggregated
IS tae hes iqg.rters Of tho Norfolk and West
err Railroad Company which employs 80
clerks.
Isthe Headquarters OF tho Shenandoah valley
rairOed, which employs 100 clerks.
Is the headquarters OF the Pocahontas Coal
Company. tie largest coal operators IN the
world
Ia the headquarters Of the Virginia Steel Com
pauy, which - backed by f5,00O,JOO Ia cash
Is the headquarters OF tho Virgins company
operating on a largo capital
Ia the headquarters Of ihe Washington and
Western kglrosd Company.
Is the headquarters OF the virginia MlnerAl
Railroad Company
is tho headquarters OF the Roanoke and
Southern Railroad Company nov upder con-
structlOnl.
bracing six toen OF the most productive counties
in tho UId Dominion aud is wholesale trade ex-
tends into West Virginia, Tennessee, aud North
Carolina
has the most delightful AMI heal;hisst climate
Has within nifty miles Of I, dozen Of the
most famous watering places IN America
Has the Grocer steel and Iron company Ope-
rating on capital Of 10000, employing
men, and turning out 10 tons of pig iroa %
day
Has the Roanoke Machine-;works. with CAPT
tai OF 3l0o0.O00, aud employing 400 men.
las The Roanoke Rolling Mill, with a capital Of
$4,000 1900 oo,
Has the diamond Ice and kslrigeraior COM
pRny-captal $4,000. 49,.
The railroads aud various snlfactdfing en-
terprises Of kOInose have monthly pay-rOhs
aggregallng f2500O0 ell OF which Is paid " Glib
zen5 Of Roanoke. -
guests: Hotel Roanoke cost fSJ,OO1
1hroe hundred and seysniy-nyo houses we're
erected To Roan1ke City during 1854, anu AZ
least ~ will BE- erected during 1888.
The bOudod debt II Roanoke Ciy Is smaller
THAI trat Of any ciiy in the south Of equal ssz9'
being less than $4,000. The city tax rate Is
sll0 on the hundred dollars-Iighser than tha.of
fosnose Civ has spent during 1883 $4,000 for
public school Duildings: f25.0)U for sewerage;
SIS 90 Tor streets alc sDout $1,000 for nisceila-
neOus public improvements.
and viii erect @ 1000 theatre building
Tbs ROaucke stroet-keiiNay and Transporta-
ton COmDsnv has been chartered anu VIII con-
struct three miles OF street railway.
The iioa1Oke Land and Conveyance company
has been chartered aud Ere nov building ana
preparing plans FOR 100 residences
Trade OF Roanoke has Increased 800 per cent
during the past three years.
ono thousand miles o. lallrOai now ID Opefa-
ti0u focus al ROANOKE.
RoauoKe H. rs miles west Of Norfolk. and Isl
rniles east Of BRISTOL on the Tennessee me -.
The Ony city Of any consequence @inln SlD
miles Of hoauoke Is the city of LynchourS ~
Roanoke Is the supply depot for a territory
embracing sixteen counties IA virginia an1
macy Of the border counties Vi West virginia.
Tennessee. ami NOrth Carolina.
Roanoke Is the headquarters Of nearly Gil me
mining companies now operating IN tho SoaIh-
wcst.
factory in tie south. Win capAcly " ISsVy'
Ees the Roanoke Land aud improvement, Com
pGDy. operating on g. 0,G00 capital.
Has four building and Loan Association
Has me Koauoke river passing along its oor-
dors. furnishing unsurpassed weior-power Tor
manufacturing pnrpo es- ,..,-
Has moro undsyel5p & mineral wealth within
easy reach than any cily ia the south.
Koauoke is building a Masonic lemplc 70 coss
$500 aud ) ouug Mems Christian Association
building 20 cost sIO.UOO.
Real estate Is from 100 20 30 per cent cheaper
In ko-nOle han IN any city Of promise IN tho
South. -
roanoke will have population OF 300 souls
when the census OF 1880 Is taken.
We want men OF money and men OF muscle.
The following are reliable real estate agentsof
Roanoke who viii cneeffuly furnIeh any inior-
nation desired In regard TO the Mngic CITY:
AsBEkaY GkEiDER & co.
6EURJE l. BENNETT & co.
Il II. GRAY 4 co.
J. X. HOCkADAY q co.
hANCAEL., KEMP q co.
AcCLELLAND. RICE q co.
MAsSlk & PERRY.
NEAL BR0THEkS.
l. l. POWELL & co.
J.s sIMAONs < co.
TAvENNEk. AfRHEART a co.
WEST END COMPANY.
!. y. WiNGfIELD.
XAGEh s. CAMPBELL
no S-Su3m