The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-01
western Golconoa, ana are coming
monthly, weekly, almost daily.

gained in Roanoke, with an aggregate
minimum capital of SlO,246, 300. These
companies are briefly summarized be-
low:
Seventy-fve land and real estate in
vestment companies, with an aggregate
capital of S5,S64, 3Oc.
Two cigarette machine companies,
aggregate capital of $500, 600.
One grocery and milling company,
capital $4,000.
One coupling company, capital $780,
600.
Ono slicer manufacture company,
5000
One paper bag manufacturing com
pany, 100000
Five marble companies with an ag-
gregate capital Of S22O.OOO.
One bridge and iron company, author
lied capital, 100000.
Two power companies, aggregate
capital, S25, 900.
Two paving companies, $4,000.
One street railway company, SIS, 5000.
One engine company, S15O,0O0.
one cold storage company, $4,000.
Two banking companies, Sl5O.OOO.
-Four loan, trust and finance compa-
MES, 100000.
Academy OF Music Company, $50, 900.
one steam generator company, $3.50, /.
600.
One drug company, $4,000.
Three Oil companies, S92,O00
One brewing company, $4,000.
rive coal, coke and iron companies,
S740,OOO.
Ten building companies, with capital
aggregating 1880, 600.
For the year 1890 the charter books
show that forty-nine charters wero
granted, with an aggregate minimum
capital of S1,72l.25O.
Inc increase in the number of char
tiers in 1890 over 1880 will be seen to be
elghty-three, and the increase in the
minimum capita 1873, $685. $50.
REAL ESTATE TRANeTERS
The real estate tran5ac lions last year
amounted to S17,CG7, 06O from 5,lO3
transfers.
For 1852 the real estate transactions
amounted to about S7,OOO,OOO from
about 5000 real estate transfers, so
that the increase in Roanoke's real es-
tate transfers during 1890 over 1889
was approximately $1,000 900, and the
increase in tho number of deeds, 1000.
The building operations in Roanoke
in 1890 amounted to over So, 900, 600.
The progress of Roanoke in 1890 NAV be
summarized as follows:
In buildings. Q. oOu. 600
Keal estate transactions. -. II, 600, 600
Companies organized ,...... 1000, 900
Increase in realty values &C
cording to assessment on
taxation. ............. 5000, 900
Total. ................... S35. 600, 600
The population increased 5000.
The Improvements in sight for 1891
are summarized as follows:
New buildings. ..............S 1900, 900
New industries secured. $50. 1000, 900
Improvement of industries
established and construc-
tion Of industries formerly
secured .................. 100000
City improvements. ....... 100000
Railroad Improvements. $50. 1000, 900
Land companies organized. 100000
There are four public schools in the
city-three for whites, with eighteen
teachers, ant one colored school, with
five teachers.
Public school buildings to cost SIS, COO
will be erected this year.
Congress has appropriated S75, 900 for
the erection OF 4 public postofice build
ing.
Roanoke will soon be city of
churches. The Southern Methodists,
Presbyterians and Catholics all have
handsome brick houses of worship. Tho
Methodist Episcopal and Christians
have neat churches.
The Baptists are erecting two fine
brick churches, one to cost $lS,O0O and
the other S25.0tO. The Lutherans are
erecting q magnificent stone church
to cost not less than $50 600. The Epis-
copalians are erecting $4,000 stone
church and rectOry. The Southern
Methodist will erect this year SEQ, 900
church, one to cost S1)0.OC0, and ono
neat frame structure. The German Re-
formed ChulcA will erect house of
worship, and the Presbyterians will
erect $40, 900 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 tho three companies arc supplied
with modern equipments.
Happy Hoosiers.
VIM. TimmOns, Postmaster Of Ida
villc, Ind, writes: Electric Bittcrs
has donc~morc for me- than all other
medicines combined, for that bad feel
ing arising from Kidney and Liver
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