The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-07
western Golconaa. ana are coming
monthly, weekly, almost daily.

| aggregate capital OF 100000.
One grocery and milling company,
! capital $4,000.
One coupling company, capital $780,
600.
| Ono slicer manufacturing company,
| $4,000.
One paper bag manufacturing COM
| pany, 100000.
Five marble companies with an ag
grcgato capital of 100000.
One bridge and iron company, author
lied capital, 100000.
Two power companies, aggregate
capital, S25, 900.
Two paving companies, 100000.
One street railway company, $4,000.
One engine company, $4,000.
One cold storage company, $500
Two banking companies, Sl5O.0O0.
-Four loan, trust and finance compa-
MES, 100000.
Academy of Music Company, $50, 200.
One steam generator company, $780,
600.
One drug company, $500.
Three oil companies, S92,0 900.
One brewing company, $4,000.
Five coal, coke and iron companies,
S740,0 900.
Ten building ompanies, with capital
aggregating S4,33O,o00.
For the year 1890 the charter books
show that forty-nine charters were
granted, with an aggregate minimum
capital of S1,721,25O.
The increase in the number of char
tiers in 1890 over 1889 will be seen to be
eighty-thr, @, and the increase in the
minimum capita lSS, 525, O50.
REAL. ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The real estate transactions last year
amounted to S17,C67, 900 from 5lO3
transfers.
For 1889 the real estate transactions
amounted to about S7,0OO,0OO from
about 5000 real estate transfers, SO
that the increase in Roanol1es real es-
tate transfers during 1890 over 1880
was approximately SlO,00O,000, and the
increase in the number of deeds, 1000.
Tho building operations in Roanoke
in 1890 amounted to over $4,000, 600.
The progress of Roanoke in 1890 may be
summarized as follows:
In buildings. ............S :, 200. 600
Real estate transactions. -. Il, ZOO, 600
Companies organized ....... II, ZOO, 900
Increase in realty values &C
cording to assessment on
taxation. ................. 5000, 600
Total. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S35. 900, 900
The population increased 6,OOO
The improvements in sight for 1891
are summarized as follows
New buildings. ............S 5000 600
New industries secured. 49,. 100000
Improvement of industries
esta blished and construc-
ton CT industries formerly
secured ................... 100000
City improvements. 100000
railroad improvements. ..... 100000
Land companies organized 1000, 600
1OLal .SlO GOO, 600
There are four public schools in the
city-three for whites, with eighteen
teachers, and one colored school, with
five teachers.
Public school buildings to cost SIS, 900
will be erected this year. D - T.x"ssa
Congress has appropriated S75, 900 for
the erection of public postotlice build.
ing.
Roanoke will soon be CITY of
churches. The Southern Methodists,
Presbyterians and Catholics all have
handsome brick houses of worship The
Methodist Episcopal and Christians
have neat churches.
The Baptists are erecting two fine
brick churches, one to cost $4,000 and
the other $4,000. The Lutherans are
CicSuih5 SIOHC CHuTCn
to cost not less than $4,000. The
Episcopalians are erecting a $4,000
stone church and rectory. The South
ern Methodists will erect this year one
100000 church, one to cost $4,000, and
one neat frame structure. The German
Reformed Church will erect house of
worship, and the PresbvtcrianS will
build $4,000 church.
Roanoke has we'll organized fire de-
partmcnt of $50 members. The city
has recently awarded the contract for
tho Gamewell fire alarm telegraph.
The department now has one fine
building and another is soon to be
erected. All of the three Companies
arc supplied with modern equipments.
Special inducements are offered par
ties desiring to build residences on
Crystal Spring property. A 500 rcduc-
costing not loss than $500 is COM
parties who will build at once.
mayS-1m
Employees for the Hardware Plant. -"
The Shelf Hardware Company is
actively pushing toward an early cree
ton of its plant in Roanoke. AS an
earnest of this TIE TIMES is authorized
to receive applications for employment
from brass molders, bench molders,
polishers; buffers, machinists and lock
filters. These applications should give
references and state previous expert
ence. In some branches of the industry
raw employees may become experts in
few weeks or months, and earn large