The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-03-27
hundreds Of employees and capital
reckoned by the hundred thousand, are
negotiating for q foothold in this South
western Golconda, and are coming
monthly, weekly, almost daily.
COMPANIES ORGANIZED IN 1890.

capital OF Us, 1864, 300.
Two cigarette machine companies.
aggregate capital of 100000.
One grocery and milling company,
capital $4,000
One coupling company, capital $780,
One slicer manufacturing company,
$4,000.
Ono paper bag manufacturing COM
pany, 100000.
Five marble companies with an aggre-
gate capital OF s22O, 1000,
One bridge and iron company, author
lied capital, 100000.
Two power companies, aggregate
capital, $4,000.
Two paving companies, $4,000.
Ono street railway company, BIS, 900.
One engine company, S150,00O.
One cold storage company, $4,000
Two banking companies, S15O,OOO.
-Four loan, trust and finance COM
panies, 100000.
Academy of Music Company, $3.50, 900.
one steam generator company, $3.50, 900.
One drug company, 49,
Three oil companies, 500, 900.
One brewing company, $4,000.
Five coal, coke and iron companies,
$40, 200.
Ten building companies, with capital
aggregating, 81, $50, 900.
For the year 1890, the charter books
show that forty-nine charters were
granted with an aggregate minimum
capital OF e1,72l, $50.
The increase in the number of char
tiers in 1890 over 1889 will be sccn to be
eighty-three, and the increase in the
minimum capital ss,525.O5O.
The companies chartered during the
-.
Fifteen land companies with q capital
OF S495,250 five Investment companies
with capital stock of $40, 900; two iron
companies with a capital stock of $780,
600; three brick companies with capt.
tai stock of 53l 900; two street railway
companies with capital of $l2,5Oo;
three medicinal spring companies with
capital Of S32 900; threo banks with q
capital of $4,000; tive machine COM
panies with capital of Sl75, 900; one
photograph company with a capital Of
100000; carriage factory with S25, 900
capital; one hydraulic engine company
with capital OF S5CO,OOO; one electric
light company with &25 200 capital; one
literary and benevolent association
with $4,000 capital; one zine company
with capital of $500, 1000; building as
ISOLATION with capital Of $4,000; an
1000; one lumber company with S2O,-
600 capital; one driving park association
without $4,000; one gas and water COM
pany with 100000 capital; one baths
company with a capital OF geo, 900; one
chemical company with SIS, 900 capital;
one wheat separator company with a
capital of Sl5 ,OO0
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The real estate transactions last wear
amounted to Sl7,067, 900 from SOB
transfers.
For 1889 the real estate transactions
amounted to about 81 900, 600 from about
5000 real estate transfers, so that the
increase In Roanokes real estate trans
fers during 1890 over 1889 was approx
mately $40, 900, and the increase in
the number of deeds, 1000.
Over So, 100000 were spent on build
ings in the year 1890 IN Roanoke. The
number OF houses built was about 900
or 1,250, 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
1000.
In $780, the previous year, 500 houses
were built at an average cost of 81 200
each. The year 1883 witnessed the
erection Of 500 buildings.
The Improvements in 1891 will be
even greater than the past. $780, 900 is
to be appropriated on the nth OF March
for street paving and providing an effic-
lent sewer system.
The Duval Engine Works, of Zanes-
vile, Ohio, with a capital Of 800, 900 and
employing 200 men, will be removed
here.
A large plant for the manufacture of
shelf hardware with capital of $500, 600,
employing $50 men, will be moved here
from New England
The Norfolk and Western will build
handsome now union depot, the finest
in the State
a glass factory has been secured and
contracts for several hundred thousand
dollars worth of new buildings have
been made.
Buying extensively direct from the
manufacturers only for three largo
houses enables tho Hobbie Music Com.
pany to sell the very best pianos and
organs at lower prices and easier pay
ments than you can buy elsewhere,
quality and make of instruments con-
sidered. Call at their Roanoke ware
rooms, los Salem avenue. C. T. Jen-
nings, manager, and examine their ole
CANT stock.
G. X. Gilbert handles Smiths steel
roofing, the cheapest roof in town.
DO you know who handles Smiths
Steel RoofngP 1t will pay you to md