The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-24
agents. shops, and the schools have
done lot for Roanoke.
ANNIE NJ. WooDRooF
Second Grammar Grade, First Ward
School
Miss Hockaday, teacher.
XII.

| Roanoke was about ton years ago q
small town called Big lick 1t soon
! commenced to grow then and had :, boom
| that lasted for some timo and then died
! and nothing WAS done for some time
| Then another boom camc-railronda
were made through tho to"u, public
schools factories stores, hotels,
! churches and many largo and fancy
brick and frame houses were built
| Now there are seven chulcnes, two
white public schools, ono coloced and
| one Catholic; besides, there are u great
many pay schools. There are III. ma
chine shops and tho furnaces the two
principal places where the NEST wort. is
, carried on.
; The Norfoll; ana Western and the
Shenandoah Valley railroads pass
through here. There arc street cars
running throughout ali the city. Thcro
arc two danny lines ono goes to
| salem AID the other TO Ninton.
| There are five or moro hotcls In tho
| summer tho grounds OF tho Roanoke
| Hotel are laid out the prctticst, and
they lave the prctticst flowers OF any
place that know of in Roanoke.
! Tho Hotel Ponce dc Leon is Il very
large building not yet completed, they
| arc trying to make ii as nice as the one
! in Florida, but do not think they will
do it,
There is largo bricl, postoll,co hero
also, and so many large stores that
| could not name half of them if were to
I try.
On tho other side of the city lover
toward the river) there a,e ~ great
many larg, brick residences. l think
the prctticst part Of the city is over
ern people living here.
Some people say that If il were not for
the Northern people coming down here
| Roanoke never would have been any
thing.
| There are about 10000 inhabitants
hero now, think ALICE BROOKS,
First Grade, Third Ward School.
Mr.. Bcckham, principal.
XIII.
! Roanoke is situated in an excellent
and beautiful place. 1t is called the
Magic City" Roanoke is very in
dustria' town, and is getting along con-
siderably in its industrial pursuits.
There are great many heershops, be-
sides a great many pool and billiard
rooms. Tho progress of Roanoke il as
founding and | for ono am clad. The
population OF Roanoke at tho present
time is twenty thousand, and in
1880 tho population was only four
hundred. Now you know the pro-
gress of Roanoke in population is great
and wonderful. Roanoke has five hotels
OF tho following names: The Felix, the
Palace, the Continental and tho Ponce
dc Leon and Roanoke. There arc three
railroads, the Roanoke and Southern,
tho Norfolk and Western and the Shsn-
andoah Valley.
There arc great many retail gro
oeries and dry goods stores. Among the
grocery stores are Fishburne ~ Jones'
among tho dry goods stores are Snider
llassler K Macbane's. There arc two
depots, tho freight and tho passenger
depot. There arc eight churches, the
baptist, the Northern Methodist, the
Catholic, the Southern Methodist, the
Christian, the Lutheran and the Presby.
terrain. There are three furnaces and
two factories, the papor-bCX factory anG
the leo factory. There are twenty-five
doctors.
Roanoke has one postoffice and great
many livery stables. There arc -four
bakeries, which arc Of much impor rial nee
tho City bakery, Bowman's bakery
Catogni's and one on Well street
There are four papers, THH TINES
the Herald, the Evening world, and oul
school paper, tho Public Scholarship
Roanoke has one river. Wo have
two skating Kinks. The streets OF Roa
noko arc lighted up by gas and electric
lights. 1t has very fine water power
There are three or four railroad Offices
Roanoke has two public schools tn.
First ward and the Third ward. They
are going to have overhead bridges
They will DO of great benefit to tho
people of Roanoke
MYRTA SoUEs,
Room 10. =, A grade, Third ward school,.
Everybody reads THE TIMES. IVAN,
wan how hn,,