The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-16
western Golconua, ana arc coming
monthly, weekly, almost daily.

aggregate capital OF 100000.
One grocery and milling company,
capital $4,000.
One coupling company, capital $780,
600.
Ono sliccr manufacturing company,
100000.
One paper bag manufacturing COM
pany, 800. 900.
Five marble companies with an ag-
gregate capital of 100000.
One bridge and iron company, author
lied capital, 100000.
Two power companies, aggregate
capital, S25, coo.
Two paving companies, $4,000.
One street railway company, SIS 900.
One engine company, S150,GO0
One cold storage company, $50, 600.
Two banking companies, Sl50,C00.
Four loan, trust and finance compa-
MES, 100000.
Academy of Music Company, S15O, 900.
One steam generator company. $780,
0OO
One drug company, $4,000.
Three oil companies, 500, 0O0
One brewing company, $4,000.
Five coal, coke and iron companies,
S7i0,OOO.
Ten building companies, with capital
aggregating S4,530,00O.
For the year 1890 the charter books
show that forty-nine charters were
granted, with an aggregate minimum
capital of S1,721,25o
The increase in the number of char
tiers in 1890 over 1889 will be seen to be
eightythrec, and the increase in the
minimum capita lSS, $3.50
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The real estate transactions last year
amounted to Sl7,t6T, $50 from SOB
transfers.
For 1889 the real estate transactions
amounted to about S7,OO0,OO0 from
about 5000 real estate transfers. SO
that the increase in Roanokc's real cs-
tate transfers during 1890 over 1850
was approximately SO, 600. 600, and the
increase in the number of deeds, 1000.
The building operations in Roanoke
in 1890 amounted to over 81 1000, 900.
The progress of Roanoke in 1890 NAV be
summarized as follows:
In buildings. ..S 1000. 600
Zeal estate transactions. -. II 600, 900
Companies organized ....... 1000, 900
Increase in realty values &C,
cording to assessment on
taxation. Observation-Disclosures. 5000, 900
Total. $4,000, 600
Inc population increased 5000.
The improvements in sight for 1891
are summarized as follows:
New buildings. .............S 1000, 900
New industries secured 500. 1000, 900
Improvement of industries
established and construc-
ton Of industries formerly
secured ................... 3O0,OOO
City improvements. ........ 100000
Railroad improvements. 800. 1000, 0O0
Land companies organized... 1900, GOO
Total $4,000, coo
There are four public schools in the
city three for whites, with eighteen
teachers, and one colorcd school. with
five teachers.
Public school buildings to cost S75, 900
will be erected this year
Congress has appropriated SD, 600 for
the erection of public postotiicc build
ing.
Roanoke will soon he city of
churches. The Southern Mcthodists.
PresbYtcrians and Catholics all have
handsome brick houses of worship. The
Methodist Episcopal and Christians
have neat churches.
The BaptiStS are erecting two fine
brick churches, one to cost SIS 900 and
Cuc obiicr @-o.u,O. i ne LutneranS are
erecting magnificent stone church
to cost not less than 500 The
Eplscopalians are erecting n $40. 900
stone church and rectory. The South
ern Methodists will erect this year one
100000 church, one to cost 81 900, and
one neat frame structure. The German
Reformed Church will erect a house of
worship, and the Presbyterians will
build $40, 900 church
Roanoke has we'll organized ire de-
partmcnt Of $50 members The city
has recently awarded the contract for
the Gamewell fire alarm telegraph.
The department now has one fine
building and another is soon to be
erected. All of the three Companies
are supplied with modern equipments
Employees for the Hardware Plant.
The Shelf Hardware COMPANY is
actively pushing toward an early cree
ton of its plant in Roanoke AS an
earnest of this TIE TINES is authorized
to receive applications for employment
from brass molders, bench moldcrs,
polishers: buffers, machinists and lock
filters. These applications should give
references and state previous expert
encc In some branches of the industry