The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-12-24

ness, somebody will have TO pay for it
some day. Now, if tho public officers Of
this city should alter this as soon "a
possible, it probably would not DO SO
expensive as 1t will be two or three years
hence.
Roanoke is not yet an old city, and
there are good many years yet for i'm
provcments, but the sooner they are
made the less expensive they will be-
II Roanoke increases in population as
fast rs she has for the past eight years
1T vii soon b" large city, and every
citizen will be proud to have Roanoke
attached to his address. Though it is
rather soon, wish the citizens OF Roam
oko u merry Christmas and happy
New Year.
JosEpH D. FAcXmarIIAr.
Room No. ?, Grade 4, Third Ward
school.
In the year oI 1880 there were only
four hundccd people in Roanoke. anu
nov, i'll 1890, there arc twenty Thousand
people. RoaEollc is surrounded by
mountains and is = very pretty place
They have eight churches and some
large works. They have two furnaces
The iron furnace and steel furnace IL
has some large hotels. tho Felix Hotel
and the Ponce dc Leon. About seven
years ago thc:c Was only one railroad
running through il. There arc twenty
five doctors in Roanoke. Mr.rrout has :,
very large farm and he owns lot OF
property here in Roanoke. Ii has two
graveyards.
Roanoke Ii; s large reservoir. Roam
okc has the Norfolk and Western rail
road and the Shenandoah Valley rail
road. Roanoke has three fire con- pan
les the Friendship Company, and Nigi-
liant, and the Junior Hose Com pany.
There Is Salem, that is very near Roam
oke, which is Il pretty town. They
have dummy line runnin. from Roam
oke to Salem, which is very useful
thing. Mill Mountain was on fro last
week and it looked very pretty at night.
The dummy line will start to run by
electricity and that will be nice. Roam
Oko has two market houses
LIZZIE FISHER
Room ., u Grzd,, Third Ward School.
Honorable Mention.
VIII.
Somebody has said, "There is no
place like home" With tho same truth
somebody will say, "There is no plaoo
like Roanoke"
Roanoke is called 1.-The Magic CITY"
but how it is magical ! fail to see, az
its seemingly magic growth is nothing
but the natural sequence OF it's truly
marvellous advantages.
Roanoke is situated in charming
valley, whose drainage is almost per
feet and but little remained for man to
do Tho M nt.li1 viz h.t l,.,
obtained from Roanoke are grand and
picturesque. Without the perfect CHM
ate Of Roanoke many would depart daily
from her borders, but once here they
cannot resist the temptation TO remain.
The mineral advantages are great.
1t is surrounded by mountains in whose
| dark cavcrns many minerals arc stored
| in such vast quantities that they Can
| never be exhausted.
| Roanoke possesses two large furnaces
largo machine shop, tho rolling mills
the carriage works, tho paper bag fac
tory and many other industries, toe
numerous to mention. Tho skilled
machinist, the laborer and the profes
sional man will all find employment
| here.
Roanoke has two large cemeteries in
which but little space is occupied, thus
! attesting to the hcalthfulness of Roa
noko.
The dummy lines connect Salem and
Vinton to Roanoke. 1t is proposed tc
start an electric street railway and with
the characteristic energy of Roanokers
/ 1T Will, no doubt, soon be completed.
! The schools of Roanoke arc amonG
! the finest in the State. Among them
may be mentioned Mrs. Gilmer's school
| Miss Featherstone's school, the Lublic
| schools and Allegheny Institute. We
| have two public schools for white
scholars and one for colored scholars
Superintendent Derr hopes to have two
more. white schools by tho first oil
| December, as the present ones arc very
much crowded.
The real estate agents are the live
| Hest. busiest and most polite set Of gen
tlemen to be found. The stranger who
comes here expecting to find set Of
rough, idle men will be agreeably dis
! appointed to say tho least. They arc
| always ready to show a stranger or re-
sident over the city.
Roanoke is well lighted by gas and
| electricity.
The daily papers of Roanoke arc not
to be surpassed by any in tho State
THE TINES is especially bright, newsy
| and interesting.
Last, but not least, is the water; ii
would bring throb OF Joy TO the heart
| of any drinkcr OF James tor any other,
river water. SADIE FERGUSON
! Principals Grade, First Ward School.
Prof Mauzy, Teacher.