The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-30
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COMPANIES ORGANIZED IN 1890.
During $500 lac companies were or
ganized in Roanoke, with an aggregate
minimum capital of $40, 246, 800. These
companies are briefly summarized be-
low:
SeventyGve land aud real estate in
vestment companies, with an aggregate
capital of 1854, soc.
Two cigarette machine companies,
aggregate capital of 100000.
One grocery and milling company,
capital 5000.
One coupling company, capital $780,
600.
One slicer manufacturing company,
$50, 900.
One paper bag manufacturing COM
pany, 100000.
Five marble companies with an ag-
gregate capital of 100000.
One bridge and iron company, author
lied capital, 100000.
Two power companies, aggregate
capital, $4,000.
Two paving companies, S2O,O
One street railway company, SIS, 900.
One engine company, S150,000.
One cold storage company, $4,000.
Two banking companies, Sl5O.OOO.
-Four loan, trust and finance compa-
MES, 100000
Academy of Music Company, $780, 900.
One steam generator company, $780,,
600.
One drug company, $4,000.
Three oil companies, S92, 900.
One brewing company, $4,000.
Five coal, co.-e and iron companies,
S74O,OOO
Ten building companies, with capital
aggregating 81, 100000.
For the year 1890 tho 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
ters in 1890 over 1850 will BIO seen to be
eighty-three, and the increase in the
minimum capita 1873, 525, 05O.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The real estate transactions last year
amounted to s17,c67,960 from SOB
transfers.
For 1889 the real estate transactions
amounted to about S7,O0O,OOO from
about 5000 real estate transfers, SO
that the increase in Roanoke's real es-
tate transfers during 1890 over 1880
was approximately $4,000, 900, and the
increase in the number of deeds, 1000.
The building operations in Roanoke
in 1890 amounted to over Sc, 900, 600.
The progress of Roanoke in. 1890 may be
summarized as follows;
In buildings. ...............S 2,0oU,000
Real estate transactions. -. 1900, 900
Companies organized $500. IL, 1000, 600
Increase in realty values &C
cording to assessment on
taxation. .................. 5000, 600
Total. acknowledgements. S35 1000, 600
The population increased 5000.
The in provements in sight for 1891
are summarized as follows:
New buildings. ..............S 5000, 600
New industries secured. $50. 1000, 600
Improvement of industries
established and construc-
ton of industries formerly
secured Observation-Disclosures. 900, 1000
City improvements. ......... SOC, 900
Railroad improvements. 49,. 1900, 900
Land companies organized. 1900, 900
Total $40, 900, 900
There are four public schools in the
city-three for whites, with eighteen
teachers, anG one colored school, with
five teachers.
Public school buildings to cost SIS, GOO
will be erected this year.
Congress- has appropriated SIS. 900 for
the erection of a public postoflice build
ing.
Roanoke will soon be city of
| churches. Tho Southern Methodists,
PresbYterians and Catholics all have
handsome brick houses OF worship. Tho
Methodist Episcopal and Christians
have neat churches.
Tho Baptists are erecting two fine
brick churches, one to cost Sis, 900 and
the other $4,000. The Luthcrans are
erecting magnificent stone church
to cost not less than 600. The Epis-
copalians are erecting $4,000 stone
church and rectory. The Southern
Methodist will erect this year $50, 900
church, one to cost 100000. and ono
neat frame structure. The German Re-
formed Church will erect house of
worship, and the Presbyterians will
erect $4,000 church.
|. Roanoke has we'll organized fire de-
partment OF $50 members. The city
has recently awarded the contract for
the Gamewell FIRE alarm telegraph.
The department has one fine building
and another is soon to be erected. All
of the three companies are supplied
with modern equipments.
Happy Hoosiers.
VIM. Timmons, Postmaster of Ida
v: lc Ind, writes: Electric Bitters
has done moro for me than all other
medicines combined, for that bad feel
ing arising from Kidney and Liver