El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-01-25
New Buildings for 1896.
From Sundays Times.

| From Sunday Times.
Very few people in FL Paso realize
the fact that in the neigh bOrhOod of
| 800, 600 was invested in buildings in
! this city during the past twelve months.
Yesterday Times reporter called on
| all of the contractors he could hear
about to try and secure full and cor
rect list of buildings erected in the city
in 1896 and DOW in course of cOnstruc-
ton. But as very few OF the local
contractors advertise it is q difficult
matter to attempt to find their places
of business. The reporter, however,
secured partial list of buildings con-
structed last yea and now in course Of
construction, and IN his rounds saw new
buildings going up on every street.
From the different contractors the
reporter obtained the following data
relative to work done by them durin Q
the past twelve months:
BUCHANAN & POWERS.
We built during 1896, residence for
L. B. Budd, cost 81, 800.
Residence for w. r. Brown, $1,000.
Residence for Fred Wright, 81, 500.
Business block for w. a. MOrehOuse,
$4,000.
Addition to Hotel Dieu, SIS, O00
Total S26, GOO: and negotiating for
the construction of several new build
ings.
j. L. w HIIMORE-
Residence on Mesa avenue for J. w.
Fewel, 81, 725
Cottage for DR.. Turner on San An
tonic street, 81 POO.
Residence on Texas street for Soren-
son & Morgan, 81, 400
Residence for Lee Shulleuberg on
Stanton street, for 81, 800.
Residence for A Pogue on Texas
street. 81, 050.
Addition to residence for NJ. Patter-
son, 500.
Residence for y. Black on Magoffin
avenue, 81 900.
Total for Mr.. WhitmOre, S11, 625.
GEO W. NORTH.
Residence for DR.. Yandeli on Kansas
street, 81, 400.
Residence for H. Claudman on Camp
bel street, ST, 100.
Residence for VIM. Fenchler on
Stanton street, 81, $50.
Residence for Mrs. Gist on North Ell
PasO street, 81, 400.
Residence for Miss Mamie Bean on
MagOffin Avenue, s. 800.
Residence for Geo. w. North on
North Oregon street, So, 800.
Addition to w. w. Turney's resi-
depce, $500.
Total for Mr.. North sl3, go; and
plans accepted for several other resi-
RATTENBURY * DAVIS.
Residence for DR.. Wright on Stanton |
street, 81, 500.
Two cottages for F. Moore on Frank |
lin street, $1,000
Addition to Mr. Small's residence on |
Mesa avenue, $500.
Repairs on Ell Paso Foundry, $500
improvements on old Transfer build
ing, $500.
Total for Ratten bury q Davis. $1,000,
together with contract for a 5000 bust
ness building on San Antonio street for
NJ. Patterson, and plans for five new
residences submitted.
HOLLAND 4 RHEINHEIMER.
Mr.. Rheinheimer said: oar time
asst year was taken mostly with a $1,000
contract at Zacatecas, Mex, but we
quilt one residence in this city for y.
Ieisel at a cost of $1,000 and our job
work. in the city and at Fort Bliss dur
ng the year amounted to $4,000. y Total
ity work for Holland & Rheinheimer,
1900. ,
y number Of other contractors called '
n by the reporter promised to furnish l
list of buildings put up by them dur I
ng the past year, but they failed to do
o. But the figures at hand show that
uring 1896 500, 800 were expended on =
in e. PasO, and TO this may :
e added $4,000 for the Consumers =
plant. and $1,000 worth of +
put up by Crawford & Stew
rt, making grand total of SOL, $50. C
all the contractors had furnished +
st of their work contracted in 1895
lie total would reach $3.50, 900
And the outlook for 1897 indicates a
ill bigger boom in building. Rogers b
nd ChenOweth have now under con- Il
act, buildings as follows: C
ID
Orth Campbell street, 81 500. a
Residence for II. F. Bloom, on Tags 81
rect, 81 OO0 q
Residence for Thos. Thornton, on ST. Il
pthony street, $1,000. d