The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-23
COMPANIES ORGANIZED IN 1890.

During 1890 132 companies were Or
ganlzed in Roanoke with an aggregate
minimum capital of $40, 246,3OO. These
companies are briefly summarized be-
low:
Seventy-five land and real estate in
vestment companies with an aggregate
capital of SIS, S64, 800.
Two cigarette machine companies,
aggregate capital of 100000.
One 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 aggre-
gate capital OF SEQ, 900,
One bridge and iron company, author
lied capital, 100000.
Two power companies, aggregate
capital, S25, 900.
Two paving companies, 100000.
One street railway company, SIS, 1000.
One engine company, Sl50,00O.
Ono cold storage company, $4,000.
Two banking companies, S150,OOO.
-Four loan, trust and finance COM
panies, S20O,O0O.
Academy of Music Company, $50, 900.
One steam generator company, $3.50, 900.
One drug company, $4,000.
Three oil companies, 500, 900.
one brewing company, $4,000.
Five coal, coke and iron companies,
$4,000
Ten building companies, with capital
aggregating, 81, 100000.
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 1880 will be seen to be
eighty-three, and the increase in the
minimum capital SS,525,05O.
The companies chartered during the
year 1889 are summarized as follows:
Fifteen land companies with capital
OF S405, $50; five Investment com panies
with capital stock Of SIC, 1000; two iron
companies with capital stock OF $780,
600; three brick companies with CAPT
tai stock of So 900; two street railway
companies with a capital of S12,5Oo;
three medicinal spring companies with
capital of sac, 600; three banks with a
capital of S11O,000; two machine com
panies with capital of Sl75, 900; one
monograph company with capital of
$500, 600; carriage factory with S25, 900
capital; one hydraulic engine company
with capital of 100000; ono electric
light company with S25, 900 capital; one
literary and benevolent association
with 81, 900 capital; one zinc company
with capital of 100000 building as
ISOLATION with capital of $50, 900; an
opera house company with u capital of
$50, 900; one lumber company with S2O,-
IN fol- Il
without $4,000; one gas and water COM
pany with 100000 capital; one baths
company with capital of $50, 900; one
chemical company with 5000 capitals
one wheat separator company with
capital Of $1,000
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The real estate transactions last wear
amounted to $17,067, 900 from SOB
transfers
For 1880 the real estate transactions
amounted to about $1,000, 600 from about
5000 real estate transfers, so that the
increase in Roanolle's real estate trans
fers during 1890 over 1889 was approx
matcly $lO,000,000, and the increase in
the number of deeds, 1000
Over s., 000,0 900 were spent on build
lngs in tho year 1890 In Roanoke. The
number of houses built WAS about l 900
or $50, and the number Of mon given
employment in the construction of those
buildings, from the mason who laid the
foundation stones to tho painter who
put on the last finishing touches, was
1,2OO.
In 1880, the previous year. 500 houses
were built at an average cost of s., 200
each. The year 1883 Witnessed the
erection of 500 buildings.
The improvements in 1891 will be
even greater than the past. $780, 600 j.
to be appropriated on the 18th of March
for street paving and providing an etIic-
lent sewer system.
The Duval Engine Works, of Zanes-
vile, Ohio, with capital of 500, 900 and
employing 200 mon, will be removed
here.
A large plant for tho manufacture of
shelf hardware with capital. of $500, 900,
employing $50 men, will be moved here
from New England.
The Norfolk and Western will build
handsome new 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.