Durango semi-weekly herald., 1902-10-20
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first class apparatus, and can make
as good runs as city departments
show.
Passing north along First avenue
past Tenth street. we find the city
developing and extending in that di.
rection. The removal of the Famous
store from the Crystal block to their
new building between Tenth and
Eleventh streets is an immense i'm
petus in the progress of the town. The
block was completely renovated. sew
eral small stores being opened into
one large department, fine display
windows beau;ifying the establish.
ment. and the whole place forming a
nucleus around which the growing me-
tropolis will hot delay in building.
Just north of the new Famous store
Isaac Cherry is erecting one-story
brick for harness and saddlery store.
1t will be 25xS0 with large show win
dows and finished in good shape
throughout, thus adding another store
to the business section.
John Hecker saw the fine new Fa-
nous building and foresaw the newt
able extension of the city toward the
north in the near future, when. few
days ago he purchased the Windsor ho-
tel and lot. Outside capital is coming
in, and few months more will bring
vast improvements and new business
enterprises north of Tenth street.
Livery accommodations having
proved too limited for our city, Hahn
and Stilwell are making 32x1O0 ad-
dition to their barn in that same sec
tion of the city, the contract being let
and the work commenced yesterday
The building is to be OF brick and
with the old barn, will make a spen-
did livery establishment
The Rochester hotel on Second ave
nue. has lately changed hands, under
going extensive repairs within and
without
The brick plant on the old Animas
river road, became the property, a.
short time ago of the San Juan Coke
& Gas company. The place was thor
oughly renovated, new additions be-
ing made. and is now turning out
bricks every day. Work on the gas
plant is also going ahead The north
ern end of Third avenue has beeeu
finely graded at its connection with
the Animas road doing away with the
steep hill The old road is used for
railroad spur from the brick works
to the main track.
Several residences are now in pro
cess of construction That of George
b. Tiffany, Jr., on the corner of Third
avenue and Eighth street. two-story
frame building of seven rooms, is well
up and on the way to rapid compile
tion. 1t will make a very pretty cor
ner residence.---.-E%--s'is.
The residence recently completed by
b. W. Ritter Is one of the neatest in
the city presenting fine appearance
On the Boulevard, between Tenth
and Eleventh streets workmen are
now engaged in laying the founda-
tions for an eleven-room frame house
for Charles +. Herr. This will be a
handsome home building for the sec
tion of the town which is rapidly ex-
tending in its business center.
A new reservoir will probably result
from the recent sales of ranch land
up the valley
All over the city smaller repairs.
such as the building of sidewalks,
crossings and fences, is going on, and
general air of prosperity and ad-
vancement seems to prevail every
where.
The erection of more residences is
still matter of urgent necessity.
Plans are now being made for few
new homes, but few will not suffice
to fill the needs of Durango in her
steady increase of population. People
want to come here and they must have
places to live in. Once here. in our
prosperous metropolis, they will do
their part toward increasing and ex-
tending the business centers, but what
is incumbent upon Durango now is to
furnish plentiful supply of cottages
and tenements for the incoming popu-
lation.