The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-09-20
western Golconoa, ana are coming
monthly, weekly, almost daily.

capital of So, SG4, 300.
Tive cigarette machine companies,
aggregate capital of S4O0,o 900.
One grocery and milling company,
capital S75, 200.
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-
gregato capital of $500 600.
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, 900.
One engine company, S150,O00.
One cold storage company, $50, 900.
Two banking companies, Sl5O,OOO.
mics, 100000
Academy of Music Company, $50, OOO
One steam generator company. $780,
600.
One drug company, $4,000.
Three oil companies, 500, 900.
One brewing company, $4,000.
Five coal, coke and iron companies,
S74O,OOO.
Ten building companies, with capital
aggregating S4,33O,O0O.
For the year 1890 the charter books
show that forty-nine charters were
granted, with an aggregate minimum
capital of s1,721,25O,
Inc increase in the number of char
tiers in 1890 over 1889 will be seen to be
eighty-three, and tho increase in the
minimum capita lSs, 525, 050.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
Tho real estate transactions last year
amounted to S17,C6T, 500 from SOB
transfers.
For 1889 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 100000 900, and the
increase in the number of deeds, 1000.
The building operations in Roanoke
in 1890 amounted to over $4,000, 900.
The progress of Roanoke III 1890 may be
summarized as follows:
In buildings. ...............S 1000, 600
Real estate transactions. 1000, 600
Companies organized ....... LOCO, 900
Increase in realty values &C
cording to assessment on
taxation. ........... 5000, 900
Total. Observation-Disclosures. sac, 1000, 900
The population increased G,O00.
The improvements in sight for 1901
are summarized as follows:
Now buildings. ......S 5000, 600
New industries secured. 49,. 1000, 600
Improvement of industries
established and construc-
ton of industries formerly
secured Observation-Disclosures. 900, 900
CITY mprovemcnts. ......... 100000
Railroad improvements. 49,. 5000 0O0
Land companies organized 2,2OO, 600
Total. ........... $40, 600, 600
There are four public schools in the
city-three for whites, with eightec
teachers, and one colored school, with
five teachers
Public school buildings to cost S75, COO
will be erected this year
Congress has appropriated SIS, 900 for
the erection of Il public postofiice build
ing.
Roanoke will soon be a CITY of
churches. The Southern Mcthodists.
PresbYtcrians 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, 600 and
the other $4,000. The Lutherans are
erecting magnificent stone church
to cost not less than $4,000. The Epis-
copalians arc erecting 4 $4,000 stone
church ami rcctory. The Southern
Methodist will erect this year $50, 900
church, one to cost 10000 and ono
neat frame structure. The German Re-
formed Church will erect house of
worship, and the Presbytcrians will
erect $4,000 church.
Roanoke has we'll organized fire de-
partmcnt OF 1870 members. The city
has recently awarded the contract for
the Gamcwcll 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.
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