The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-02
western Golconaa, ano are coming
monthly, weekly, almost daily.

veStment companies, with an aggregate
capital of 1864, 200.
Two cigarette machine companies,
aggregate capital of 100000.
capital $4,000.
One coupling company, capital $780,
900.
Ono slicer manufacturing company,
100000.
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, S5O0,0OO.
Two power companies, aggregate
capital, s25, 900.
Two paving companies, 100000.
One street railway company, $4,000.
One engine company, Sl50,0O0.
One cold storage company, $4,000.
Two banking companies, S150,0OO.
Four loan, trust and finance compa-
MES, 100000.
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,
$4,000.
Ten building companies, with capital
aggregating 81, 100000.
For the year 1890 the charter books
show that forty-nine charters wore
granted, with an aggregate minimum
capital of 81, 721,250.
The increase in the number of char
tiers in 1890 over 1889 will be seen to DO
eighty-three, and the increase in the
minimum capital IS, 525,050
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
The real estate transactions last year
amounted to S17,t67,9e0 from SOB
transfers. 49,.
For 1889 the real estate transactions
amounted to about $1,000, 900 from
about 5000 real estate transfers, SO
that the increase in Roanoke's real es-
tate transfers during 1890 over 1889
was approximately $4,000, OOO, and the
increase in the number of deeds, 1000
The building operations in Roanoke
in 1890 amounted to over $1,000. 600
The progress of Roanoke in 1890 may be
summarized as follows:
In buildings. ...............S 1000, 900
Real estate transactions. -. 1900, 900
Companies organized ....... 1900, 900
Increase in realty values ac-
cording to assessment on
taxation. Observation-Disclosures. 5000, 900
Total. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S35. 900, 900
The population increased 1000.
The improvements in sight for 1891
are summarized as follows:
New buildings. ..............S 5000, 900
New industries secured. 1000, 900
Improvement of industries
established and construc-
ton of industries formerly
secured ............. 300, 900
City mprovements. ......... $780, 900
Railroad provements. $50. 1900, 900
Land companies organized. 1900, 900
1OLal $40, 600, 900
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. q - ssss5x,
Congress has appropriated S75, 900 for
the erection of a public postofIice build.
ing.
Roanoke will soon be city of
churches. Tho 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 SIS, 900 and
the other S25, OCO. The Lutherans are
erecting q magnificent stone church
to cost not less than $4,000. The
Episcopalians are erecting $40, 900
stone church and rectory. The South
ern Methodists will erect this year one
$50, 900 church, one to cost SO, 1000, and
one neat frame structure. The German
Reformed Church will erect house of
worship, and tho Presbyterians will
build 5000 church.
Roanoke has we'll organized fire de:
partment of $50 members. The CIV
has recently awarded the c.ntract for
the Gamewell fire alarm telegraph.
The department now has one fine
building and another is soon to be
erected. All of the three Companies
are supplied with modern equipments.
Special inducements are offered par
ties desiring to build residences on
Crystal Spring property. A 500 reduc-
costing not less than $500 is COM
pleted, or the company will lend $500 to
parties who will build at once.
mayS-1m
Employees ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -
Tho 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 moldcrs,
polishers; buffers, machinists and lock
filters. These applications should give
references and state previous expert
encc. In some branches of the industry