The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-22

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| Changes neutrality-suspicious. Char
tered With an Aggregate Capital Of
| $4,000, OOO-Comparative Statements
Showing That 1900 Doubled Evory-
thing Over 1880.
! Clork of the court, s. S. Brooke has
busy crowd of employees in his office
in tho courthouse. In 1889 he only had
two clerks, bat the immense growth of
Roanoke, causing great increase in the
real estate transfers, number of charters
| to be recorded, tho natural increase OF
all branches of the work, made an in
| crease Of six in the force necessary, tho
total number employees in tho Office at
the present time being eight. With
this number tho work of the Office is
| still behind.
CORPORATIONS CHARTERED.
Tho charter hooks in Clerk Brooko's
Office show that during 1890, 132 COM
panies were organized in Roanoke with
an aggregate minimum capital Of SlO,-
246,3 These companies are briefly
summarized below:
Seventy-fvo land and real estate in
vestment companies with an aggregate
capital of 1864, 800.
Two cigarette machine companies,
aggregate capital four hundred thousand
dollars.
Ono grocery and milling company,
capital seventy-tve thousand dollars.
One coupling company, capital ono
hundred thousand dollars.
One slicer manufacturing company,
thrifty thousand dollars.
One paper bag manufacturing COM
pany, one hundred thousand dollars.
Five marble companies with an aggre-
gate capital of two hundred and twenty
thousand dollars.
One bridge and iron company, author
lied capital, 100000.
Two power companies, aggregate
capital, $4,000.
Two paving companies, $4,000.
One street railway company, $4,000.
One engine company, Sl50,00O
One cold storage company, $4,000.
Two banking companies, S15O,000.
Four loan, trust and finance COM
panios, 100000.
Academy of Music Company, S15O, 900.
One steam generator company, S35, 900.
One drug company, $4,000.
Three oil companies, S92, 900.
One brewing company, $4,000.
Five coal, coke and iron companies,
S74O, 900.
Ten building companies, with capital
aggregating S4,330,0O0.
For the year 1889, the charter books
show that 40 charters were granted,
with an aggregate minimum capital of
81, 721,250.
The increase in the number of char
tiers in 1890 over 1889 will be seen to be
SO, and tho increase in the minimum
capital, IS, ,O5O.
The companies chartered during the
year 1880 are summarized as follows:
Fifteen land companies with a capital
of S405,2 $50; five investment companies
with n capital stock of $4,000; two
iron companies with capital stock of
$3.50 900; three brick companies with a
capital stock of sal 900; two street rail
way companies with capital of Sl2, 500;
three medicinal springs compa nies with
capital of So, 200; three banks with a
capital of -110,000; two machine COM
panies with capital of SITS, 900; one
photograph company with n capital of
$300,0 carriage factory with S25, 900
capital; one hydraulic engine company
with capital of three hundred thou
sand dollars; one electric light company
with twenty-five thousand dollars capi-
tai; one literary and benevolent associa-
ton with five thousand dollars cap
ital; one zinc company with a
capital of five hundred thousand dollars;
building association with capital of
$4,000; an opera house company with
a capital of $50, OOO one lumber COM
pany with 100000 capital; one driving
park association with $4,000 capital;
one gas and water company with $500, 900
capital; one baths company with q capi-
tai of S20,0 00 one chemical company
with $1,000 capital; one wheat separator
company with a capital of SIS, O00.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS..
AS will be seen in the real estate
article in this edition of THE TIMES, the
real estate transactions last year
amounted to SIT, 0G7, 969 from 5,1O3
transfers.
For 1880 tho real estate transactions
amounted to about 81, 900, 900 from about
5000 real estate transfers, so that tho
increase in Roanol1e's real estate trans.
fers during 1890 over 1889 was approx
mately $4,000, 900, and the increase in
tho number of doeds, 1000.
COMMISSIONER TURNER'S OFFICE.
Commissioner of Revenue C. NJ. Tur-
ner has had his hands full during tho
past year.
Since the first of last May, tho begin
ming of tho present license year, the
commissioner of revenue has issued
1.025 license to people to engage in
the various branches of business pro-
fcssions and occupations in Roanoke,
The revenue derived by the city from
the issue of licenses amounts to
S24,661.32.