The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-02
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.

So PAeoA VI Cd, OOf,oOO
aggregate capital of 100000.
Ono grocery and milling company,
capital $4,000.
One coupling company, capital $780,
600.
Ono slicer manufacturing company,
$500
Ono paper bag manufacturing COM
pany, 100000.
Five marble companies with an aggre-
gate capital of S22o, 900,
one bridge and iron company, author
lied capital, 100000.
Two power companies, aggregate
capital, S25, 600.
Two paving companies, $4,000.
One street railway company, ST., 1000.
One engine company, S15O,OOO
One cold storage company, $4,000.
Two banking companies, S150,OO0.
-Four loan, trust and finance COM
panies, $500, 900.
Academy OF Music Company, $3.50, 900.
One steam generator company, S25O, 900.
One drug company, $4,000.
Three oil companies, 500, 600.
One brewing company $4,000.
Five coal, coke and iron companies,
S74O,OOO
Ten building companies, with capital
aggregating, 81, 100000.
bor tho year 1890, the charter books
show that forty-nine charters were
granted with an aggregate minimum
capital of Sl,72l, $50.
Tho increase in the number OF char
tors in 1890 over 1880 will be seen to be
eighty-three, and the increase in the
minimum capital S,525,O5O
The companies chartered during the
year 1889 are summarized as follows:
In ~
OF S495, ESQ; five Investment com panies
with capital stock of S7O,OOO; two iron
companies with a capital stock Of $780,
600; three brick companies with CAPT
tai stock OF sal 900; two street railway
companies with capital of SI2,5O6;
threo medicinal spring companies with
capital Of sac, 900; three banks with a
capital of S1l0,000; two machine COM
panies with y capital of SITS 900; one
monograph company with capital of
10000; carriage factory with S25, 600
capital; one hydraulic engine company
with capital OF S3CO,OOO; one electric
light company with S25, 900 capital; one
literary and benevolent association
with $4,000 capital; one zinc company
with capital OF $500, 900; building as
ISOLATION with capital of $4,000; an
opera house company with capital of
$4,000; one lumber company with $780,
600 capital; one driving park association
without $4,000; one gas and water com
pany with 100000 capital; one baths
company with capital of S2O,OOO ono
chemical company with $4,000 capital;
one wheat separator company with a
capital ofSl5,O 900.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The real estate transactions last year
amounted to S17,O67, Y6Ossss 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 Roanoke's real estate trans
fers during 1890 over 1889 was approx
mately $4,000, 600, and tho increase in
the number Of deeds, 1000.
Over So, 600, 900 were spent on build
1ngs in the year 1890 In Roanoke. Tho
number of houses built was about !, 900
or $50, 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
1900.
In 1889. the previous year, 800 houses
were built at an average cost Of $1,000
each. The year 1888 witnessed the
erection OF 500 buildings.
Tho improvements in 1891 will be
even greater than the past. 5000, 900 is
to be appropriated on tho 18th of March
for street paving and providing an ef1ic-
lent sewer system.
The Duval Engine Works, of Zanes-
vile, Ohio, with capital OF $50, 900 and
employing 200 men, will be removed
here.
A large plant for tho manufacture of
shelf hardware with a capital of $500, 900,
employing $50 men, will be moved hero
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 madc.
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