The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-13
western Golconoa. ano are coming
monthly, weekly, almost daily.

Seventy-fve land and real estate in
vestment companies, with an aggregate
capital of SIS, SG4, 800.
Two cigarette machine companies,
aggregate capital of 100000.
Ono grocery and milling company,
capital $4,000.
One coupling company, capital $780,
600.
Ono sliccr manufacturing company,
$4,000.
One paper bag manufacturing COM
pany, 100000.
Five marble companies with an ag-
gregate capital of $500. OOO
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, S15, 1000.
One engine company, S150,000.
One cold storage company, $4,000.
Two banking companies, Sl5O,OOO.
-Four loan, trust and finance oompa-
MES, 5000, 900.
Academy of Music Company, $50, 900.
One steam generator company, $780,
One drug company, $4,000.
Three oil companies, 500, 900.
One brewing company, $4,000.
Five coal, coke and iron companies,
$4,000.
Ton building companies. with capital
aggrcgating $3.50, 900.
For the year 1890 tho charter books
show that forty-nine charters were
granted, with an aggregate minimum
capital of S1,72l,25O,
The increase in the number of char
tiers in 1890 over 1889 will be seen to he
eighty-three, and the increase in the
minimum capita l$S, 525, $50.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Tho real estate transactions last year
amounted TO Sl7,C67, 9eO from 5,1O3
transfers.
For 1889 the real estate transactions
amounted to about S7,OOO,0O0 from
about 1900 real estate transfers. so
that the increase in Roanolle's real es-
tate transfers during 1890 over 1850
was approximately $4,000, 900, and the
increase in tho number of deeds, 1000.
The building operations in Roanoke
in 1890 amounted to over So, OOO, 900.
The progress Of Roanoke in 1890 may be
summarized as follows:
In buildings. g 1000, 600
Real estate transactions. -. II, 900, 600
Companies organized ....... IL ,0OO, 900
Increase in realty values 40
cordlng to assessment on
taxation. 5000, 600
Total. .................. S35. 900, 600
The population increased 5000.
The improvements in sight for 1891
are summarized as follows:
Now buildings. ..............S 1900, 600
New industries secured...... 1000, 900
improvement of industries
established and construc-
ton of industries formerly
secured 100000
Slty improvements. 100000
Railroad improvements. 5000, OOO
Lana companies organized. 1900, 900
hOtol . . .
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 900
will be erected this year.
Congress has appropriated SIS, 600 for
+ the erection of 4 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 Baptists are erecting two inc
brick churches, one to cost Sls,0O0 and
the other S25.0t0. Tho Lutherans arc
erecting magnificent stone church
to cost not less than $4,000. The
Episcopalians are erecting $40, O00
stone church and rectory. The Southern
Methodists will erect this year $50, OOO
church, one TO cost St0 600 and one nco I
frame structure. The German Reform
ed Church will erect house of worship,
and the Prcsbyterians will erect a
$4,000 church.
Roanoke has a we'll organized fro de-
partment of $50 members. The CITY
has recently awarded tho contract for
the Gamewell fire alarm telegraph.
The department now has one fine build.
ing and another is soon to BIO erected.
All of the three companies are supplied
with modern equipments.