The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-05-23
western Golconda, and are coming
monthly, weekly, almost daily.
ORG AIMED IN 1890.

aggregate capital of $780, 900.
One grocery and milling company,
capital $4,000.
One coupling company, capital $780,
600.
One slicer manufacturing company,
sac. 900.
One paper bag manufacturing COM
pany, 100000.
Five marble companies with an ag-
gregate capital of S22O.OOO
One bridge and iron company, author
lied capital, 100000.
Two power companies, aggregate
capital, SOS, 900.
Two paving companies, 100000.
One street railway company, $4,000.
One engine company, S15O,00O.
One cold storage company, $4,000.
Two banking companies, S15O,OOO.
Four loan, trust and finance cOmpa-
MES, 100000.
Academy of Music Company, Sl5O,0OO
One steam generator company, $780,
900.
One drug company, $4,000.
Three oil companies, $4,000.
One brewing company, $4,000.
Five coal, coke and iron companies,
$4,000.
Ten building companies, with capital
aggregating $4,000
For the year 1890 the charter books
show that forty-nine charters were
granted, with an aggregate minimum
capital of Sl,721,25O
The increase in the number of char
tiers in 1890 over 1889 will be seen to be
eighty-three, and the increase in the
minimum capital SS,525,050.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The real estate transactions last year
amounted to S17.C67,9 G0 from SOB
transfers.
For 1889 the real estate transactions
amounted to about $1,000, 900 from
about 1900 real estate transfers, so
that the increase in Roanol1c's real es-
tate transfers during 1890 over 1889
was approximately $4,000, 600, and the
increase in the number OF deeds, 1000.
The building operations in Roanoke
in 1890 amounted to over 81 1000, 600.
The progress Of Roanoke in 1890 may he
summarized as follows:
In buildings. .......S ., 200. 900
Real estate transact tons. E. 1000, 900
Companies organized .... 1000, 900
Increase in realty values ac-
cording to assessment on
taxation. Observation-Disclosures. 5000, 900
Total. Observation-Disclosures. S35 900, 600
The population increased 5000.
The improvements in sight for 1891
are summarized as follows:
New buildings. ..............S 5000, 600
New industries secured. $50. 1000, 600
Improvement of Industries
established and construc-
ton of industries formerly
secured ................... 800, oOO
City imprOvamontS EOO OoO
Railroad improvements. ..... 1900, 900
Land companies organized. 100000
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There are four public schools in the
city-three for whites, with eighteen
teachers, and one colored school, with
five teachers.
Public school buildings to cost SIS, 600
will be erected this year
Congress has appropriated S75, 900 for
the erection of a public postotfice build.
ing.
Roanoke will soon be city of
churches. The Southern Methodists,
Presbyterians and Catholics all have
handsome brick houses of worship. The
Methodist Episcopal and Christians
have neat churches.
The l}aptists are erecting two fine
orlcK churcneS, one TO cost $4,000 and
the other S25,0C0. The Lutherans are
erecting magnificent stone church
to cost not less than $4,000. The
Episcopalians are erecting 5000
stone church and rectory. The South
ern Methodists will erect this year one
$4,000 church, one to cost $40, 900, and
one neat frame structure. The German
Reformed Church will erect a house of
worship, and tho PresbyterianS will
build a $4,000 church.
Roanoke has we'll organized fire 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.