The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-04-08
COMPANIES ORGANIZED IN 1890.

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Two cigarette machine companies,
aggregate capital of 100000.
Ono grocery and milling company,
capital $4,000.
One coupling company, capital $780,
600.
One slicer manufacturing company,
$4,000.
Ono paper bag manufacturing COM
pany, 100000.
Five marble companies with an aggre-
gate capital Of S22O, 900,
Ono bridge and iron company, author
lied capital, 100000.
Two power companies, aggregate
capital, $4,000.
Two paving companies, $4,000.
OF street railway company, 81, 900.
Ono engine company, $15O,O0O.
One cold storage company, $4,000.
Two banking companies, S15O,000.
-Four loan, trust and finance COM
panies, 5000, 200.
Academy of Music Company, $3.50, 900.
One steam generator company, $3.50, 900.
One drug company, $4,000.
Three oil companies, Sy2, 900.
One brewing company, S75, 900.
Five coal, coke and iron companies,
$4,000.
Ten building companies, with capital
20 p b NfSooO,OOO.
For the year 1890, the charter books
show that forty-nine charters were
granted with an aggregate minimum
capital of S1,72l, $50.
Tho increase in the number of char
tors in 1890 over 1852 will be seen to DO
hty-three, and the increase in the
minimum capital SIS, 1925. $50.
The companies chartered during the
year 1889 arc summarized as follows:
Fifteen land companies with a capital
OF S405,25O five investment com panies
with capital stock of $4,000; two iron
companies with capital stock of $780,
600; three brick companies with CAPT
tai stock of S31 900; two street raj way
companies with a capital Of s12,5O0;
three medicinal spring companies with
n capital OF $685. 900; three banks with q
capital Of S110,000; two machine COM
panies with capital of $l75, 900; one
photograph company with capital OF
5000, 900; carriage factory with 1926, 600
capital; one hydraulic engine Company
with capital of $4,000 ono electric
light company with So5, 900 capital; one
literary and benevolent association
with $4,000 capital; one zinc company
with capital of $500, 900; a building as
ISOLATION with capital of $50, 600; an
opera house company with q capital OF
W.
600 capital; one driving park association
without 1000; one gas and water COM
pany with 100000 capital; one baths
company with capital of $4,000; one
chemical company with $1,000 capital;
one wheat separator company with a
capital of $4,000.
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.
, The real estate transactions last wear
amounted to Sl7,067,J6 from SOB
transfers.
For 1889 the real estate transactions
amounted to about 81, 600, 900 from about
5000 real estate transfers, so that the
increase in Roanoke's real estate trans
fcrs during 1890 over 1889 was approx
mately 100000 600, and the increase in
the number of deeds, 1000.
Over So, 600, 900 were spent on build
ings in the year 1890 In Roanoke. Tho
number of houses built was about | 900
or 1880, and the number Of mon given
employment in the construction of those
buildings, from the mason who laid the
foundation stones to tho painter who
put on the last finishing touches, was
1900.
In 1880. the previous year, 800 houses
were built at an average cost of 81, 200
each. The year 1888 witnessed tho
erection of 500 buildings.
Inc improvements IN 1891 Will be
even greater than the past. 5000, 900 is
to be appropriated on the 18th Of March
for street paving and providing an eflic-
lent sewer system.
The Duval Engine Works, of Zanes-
vile, Ohio, with capital Of $50. 600 and
employing 200 men, will be removed
hero.
A large plant for tho manufacture OF
shelf hardware with a capital of $500, 900,
employing $50 men, will be moved here
from New England.
The Norfolk and Western will build
q handsome new union depot, the finest
in the State.
glass factory has been secured and
contracts for several hundred Thousand
dollars worth Of new buildings have
been made.
La GripDe Asafn.