The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-31
COMPANIES ORGANIZED IN 1890.


Two cigarette machine companies,
aggregate capital of 100000.
One grocery and milling company,
capital $4,000.
One coupling company, capital $780,
COO.
Ono sliccr manufacturing company,
$4,000
One paper bag manufacturing COM
pany, 100000.
Five marble companies with an aggre-
gate capital of SEQ, 1000,
One bridge and iron company, author
lied capital, 100000.
Two power companies, aggregate
capital, $4,000.
Two paving companies, 100000.
One street railway company, $4,000.
One engine company, S15O,OOO
One cold storage company, $4,000.
Two banking companies, S150,0OO.
-Four loan, trust and finance COM
panies, 100000.
Academy of Music Company, $50, 900.
One steam generator company, $3.50, 900.
One drug company, $4,000.
Three oil companies, 500 ZOO.
One brewing company, $500
Five coal, coke and iron companies,
S74O,O0O.
Ten building companies, with capital
aBgrcGat1nB, 81, $50, 600.
For the year 1890, the charter books
show that forty-nine charters were
granted with an aggregate minimum
capital of Sl,72l,25O.
Tho 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 So, 525. 1850.
The companies chartered during tho
year 1889 are summarized as follows:
Fifteen land companies with capital
OF S495, $50; five investment com panies
with capital stock of $40, 600; two iron
companies with capital stock OF $780,
600; three brick companies with a capt.
tai stock of 900; two street railway
companies with n capital of sig, 500;
three medicinal spring companies with
capital of S32, 900; three banks with a
capital of S110,000; two machine COM
panics with d capital of S175,O0O; one
photograph company with capital of
$500, 600; carriage factory with $4,000
capital; one hydraulic engine company
with capital of S3CO,O one electric
light company with Sos, 900 capital; one
literary and benevolent association
with $4,000 capital; ono zinc company
with capital Of $500, 900; building as
ISOLATION with capital of $4,000; an
opera house company with capital of
$780, 900; one lumber company with S2O,-
600 capital; one driving park association
without $4,000; one gas and water COM
pany with 100000 capital; ono baths
company with a capital of SEQ 900; one
chemical company with $1,000 capital;
one wheat separator company with
capital ofSl5,000.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
or To
amounted to 1907, 96Ossssfrom SOB
transfers.
For 1880 the real estate transactions
amounted to about $1,000, 900 from about
5000 real estate transfers, so that the
increase in Roanoke's real estate trans
fers during 1890 over 1889 was approx
mately S10,000,000, and the increase in
the number of deeds, 1000.
Over 50 900, 900 were spent on build
ings in the year 1890 IN Roanoke. The
number of houses built was about l, 600
or $50, and the number of men given
employment in the construction Of those
buildings, from the mason who laid the
foundation stones to the painter who
put on the last finishing touches, was
1900.
In 1899, the previous year, 900 houses
were built at an average cost of 81, 200
each. The year 1855 witnessed the
erection OF 500 buildings.
The improvements in 1891 will be
even greater than the past. $500, 900 is
to be appropriated on the 18th of March
for street paving and providing an effic-
lent sewer system.
The Duval Engine Works, of Zanes-
vile, Ohio, with capital of $50, 600 and
employing 200 men, will be removed
here.
A large plant for the manufacture of
shelf hardware with a capital of $500, 900,
employing $50 mon, will be moved hero
from New England.
The Norfolk and Western will build
a handsome new union depot, the finest
in the State.
a glass factory has been secured and
contracts for several hundred thousand
dollars worth of now buildings have
been made.