The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-17
western Golconoa. ana arc coming
monthly, weekly, almost daily.

Two cigarette machine companies,
aggregate capital of 100000.
Ono grocery and milling company,
capital $4,000.
One coupling company, capital $780,
600.
One slicer manufacturing company,
$4,000.
One paper bag manufacturing COM
pany, 100000.
Five marble companies with an ag-
gregatc capital of S22O.00O.
One bridge and iron company, author
lied capital, 100000.
Two power companies, aggregate
capital, $4,000.
Two paving companies, 100000.
One street railway company, Sl5, 1000.
One engine company, S150,000.
One cold storage company, $4,000.
Two banking companies, Sl50,0O0
Four loan, trust and finance compa-
MES, 100000.
Academy of Music Company, $780,
One steam generator company, $780,
0OO
One drug company, $4,000.
Three oil companies, 500, 900.
One brewing company, 5000.
Five coal, coke and iron companies,
ST4O,OOO.
Ten building companies, with capital
aggregating S4,330,0OO.
For the year 1890 tho charter books
show that forty-nine charters were
granted, with an aggregate minimum
capital of S1,721.250,
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 capita lSS, 525,O5O
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The real nStn TO fra n ,iopc In unnr
amounted to Si7,tG7,9 $50 from 5,l03
transfers.
For 1889 the real estate transactions
amounted to about 1000, 900 from
about 5000 real estate transfers, so
that the increase in Roanoke's real cs-
tate transfers during 1890 over 1850
was approximately $4,000, 600, and the
increase in the number of deeds, 1000.
The building operations in Roanoke
III 1880 amounted to over 81, 900, 900.
The progress of Roanoke in 1890 NAV be
summarized as follows
In buildings. Observation-Disclosures 1000 600
Real estate transact ions. II. 600, 600
Companies organized ... IL ,OOO, 900
Increase in realty values ac-
cording to assessment on
taxation. Observation-Disclosures. 5000, 600
Total. ................. S35. 600, 900
The population increased 5000
The Improvements in sight for 1901
arc summarized as follows:
New buildings. ..............S 5000, 900
New industries secured. 800. 1000, 900
Improvement of industries
established and construc-
ton of industries formerly
secured Observation-Disclosures. 300, dAD
City improvements. 500, 700
Railroad provements. 800. 1900, OLO
Land companies organized.. 2,200, 900
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $40, 600, OOO
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 S75, 900
will be erected this year.
! Congress has appropriated So, 600 for
the erection of Il public postotlice 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
brick churches, one to cost SIS 900 and
! INC Otner S25.OCO. The LutheranS are
erecting magnificent stone church
| to cost not less than $4,000 The
Episcopalians arc erecting $40, 0OO
stone church and rcctory. The South
ern Methodists will erect this year one
500, 900 church, one to cost So 900, and
one neat frame structure. The German
Reformed Church will erect house of
worship, and the Presbvtcrians will
build StO,0 church.
Roanoke has we'll organized Fl re 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 it's plant in Roanoke. AS an
earnest of this THE TINES is authorized
to receive applications for employment
from brass moldcrs, bench molders,
polishcrs: buffers, machinists and lock
filters. These applications should give
references and state previous expert