Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-02-17
Roanoke City.
POPULATION.
$1,000.
Population IN 1887,
4 90.

Roanoke city IA located In the mountains OF
| Virginia 1900 oct above sea leYel-betwe"n the
/ Bluc Ridge range On tho cast snd Allegheny
/ range on he west.
/ Ii has au elegant Conrt-hou'e. Msrket House,
/ Opera House, Pubiic-Schooi Houses. t.rcmens
/ Hell. aud many other public buildings.
! lbs q cRscompsny with capital 81 slWWp
Has an electric-light system, both arc aud IN
! cAniescent
Has q system Of water works. IN, finest 10 the
| Sac. worth $4,000
! Has Twelve churches, representing nearly
| every denomination
Las 'our banks. operating on an aggregated
| capital OF $500 49,
ern RalirUad COMPANY which employs ~
| clerks
l. tho headluartcrs of tho Shenandoah valley
| railroad, which employs 100 clerks
! l. tho headquarters OF tho POrah0nss Cohi
| Company. ,he largest coal operators In tho
| world.
Ia tho heaiauarters OF tho Virginia Steel Com
! pany, Whi'h ~ backed by s5,OolOol IN cash.
j. the headquarters of the virginia NompenJ
/ operating 0n "a large capital
Ia The headquarters OF ne Washington ehi
/ Western hailroGd Company.
! Ia tho headquarters OK he virginia mineral
| Railroad Company
IA Inc hesiluariors Of the Roanoke and
southern Railroad Company lnow uuder con
! ttrurt.0nl
Unse large wholesale anj retail trade. en-
bracing .ixfaen OF the most Productive counties
In tho OH Dominion. aud ii9 wholesale trade eA~
tends into West Virginia, Tennessee aud North
! Caroline.
las no mostdelghif,I and hoal,hiest climate
iu tho world
HAs wttlin nfty miles q IL dozen Of tho
most famous Watering places 10 Amor's
Has DE Grocer steel and IRON COMPANY, ope-
iarug ON 8 canitA oi f10lOM. emplcy ing an
mon, and turning our 10 tons ~ pig iron per
day
lie. tho Roanoke Mschine-W Works. with capl-
tai OF sl001O0O and employing l,ioO men.
Has ihe Roanoke Rolling Min, With capital o.
$4,000
has roller Touring mill valued A. $4,000.
/ las the DiamoUd lie and Re- iccrator TOM
Four risning-mi,is with capt. al OF se5,Ooo.
Tho railroad. and various nanula' inring on
ierprise, Cd. Holnoko have monthly pHf-tois
hyrrrgaiiug i.jO0Ol, al 0s which is pai4 " eii-
/ Zen- oI Roanoke.
iIas four hotels capable Of accommodating 900
guests. hOloi Roanoke cost tS.OM
/ Three hundred and scYeuiy-nfe houses were
erected in Roanoke CITY durng 1851, and at
least go will be- erected during loa3
The bonded leDl u hOHnuso CIV IS smaller
than tnat OF any city in the South ~ e4uei SIZE.
/ being less than fiD,O0 lhe city thA fh'n -
$40 Ou tho huulred dullsrs-lighter Than tAhto'
auy city b. tie South. .
| noanos@ CiIy has spent during 1853 $4,000 Tor
! publc school buildings; s~5.Vlu Tor Se"'faBe'
81 O1 for streets, ano about iJDJO Tor miscoliA-
| neOus public Improve memo.
An Opera-Houso Company hes been chartereu'
ami viii erect s 5000 ihcatre building.
| Tho NosuCke Strest-ksilway ana Iranspor'A-
ton Compauy ma lson chGr,orai ani Will con-
| strurt three miles Of street railway.
| Tho Roanoke Land aud Convoy ance company
has boon chartered and nre now building and
preparing plans Tor 100 residences
1rgte Oi R0an0se hts Increased 800 per cent
during tho past throe years.
| one thousand miles " railroad now IN opera
koarore IA 2-S miles west Of Norfolk. and ISL
miles east Of Bristol On he Tennessee line
The oufy city OF any consequences within ~
! mil of laa al h tIfV Of lyunnDuFE by
| tho James.
Eoano'o Is tho supply depot Tor territory
embracing rIXtcen counties IN Virginia nni
| many Of the border counties OF West virginia,
Ioupessoe. Gni Aorth Carolina.
Roanoke is no headquarters ~ nearly al the
minilG companies Lew operating IN ino eou'h-
Has the largest fruit ami vegetable Gaming
fee .ory 10 Ito south. Win u capacity OF laW
cans p p lty.
pany. operating on g. 600 capital.
Has four BGliI.ng ami Loan Assoclatons-
capital $1,000
las lie Roanoke r!ger passing along It's boz
der. furnishing unsurpassed Sster-poNer Tor
niauLta.tI.. pulpo.es.
Has more undrve0p,1 N neral wealth within
easy reach Ilsn any city IN she south -.
KoG- l1s i bGaiinga Masonic lemple 70 COSY
f.t.l0J snt oupe Mems Christian As'oclaion
building 20 c0si $4,000.
Heal es.als is .roni 10 10 900 per cent cheaper
in noaaJ1e than ~ any city q promise Ia The
South.
Roanoke wi.. have p0pE'G'lOn OF 1,JOc Souls
wbea soc census ~ 1870 IS ;ak"n.
/ Wewaut mon = monoY and nen o. muscle
The so.0ning nre rt.iaDic rea. estate sgents OF
| Roaaoke VINO ~. cDeefflly furnish any tnfor-
ma.on DESIRED ~ regard % the Aias.r C.J;
ANBENnY GkEiDEn & co.
HEDRgE l. BLANEEH j. co
H. ~. GRAY n 60.
j. H. HOCHkDAY 4 co.
HANCKEL. KEMP j. 20.
MCCLELLAND. RICE 4 co.
NASH Il PERKY
NEAL BROTHERS.
l. l. POWELL 8 60.
is SIMMONS < co.
TATESSEH, AlRHEART 4 co.
WEST END COMPANY.
=. r.. X!NGFlEi.D.
lAGEK CAMPBELL
no s5-susm