Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1905-08-30
BUILDING
ACTIVITY IN
LAS VEGAS
Forty Residences Now Und Z
Construction or Definitely
Decided Upon.
All Architerts and Contractors eusy.
Buildings Such ~ to Add TO the
Appearance Of the CITY. Prospects
OF Continued Growth.

the probability Is that the majority
OF the people OF Las Vegas do not re.
alize the amount Of building that Is
going on in the city. Following is a
list OF the houses under construction
or which have been definitely decided
upon
Y. M. c. A. building, Rapp & Rapp.
Six houses for the Mutual Improve
ment company on Sixth and Seventh
streets, on all of which work has been
commenced. Rapp & Rapp.
Four new houses for the Las Vegas
Improvement company. Holt & Holt.
Residence on Seventh street for A.
N. Adler. Holt & Holt.
Residence for A. c. Erb. Holt &
Holt.
Residence for A. O. Wheeler, Holt
& Holt
Five room colonial cottage on
Fourth street for Chas. Stevenson
Contractor Martin.
Residence on Jackson and Ninth for
William Parnell. Contractor Martin
Residence for Gus Lehman. Holt
& Holt.
Business block for Aqua Pura Co.,
Douglas avenue.
Residence on Dougles for James
O'Bvrne.
Residence on Fifth street for H. D.
Grant, Holt 4 Holt.
Residence for J. Y. Lujan.
Residence for ]. p. Geyer.
Residence for DR.. w. P. Mills on
Sixth street.
Residence on Grand and Tflden for
McCulley, Contractor Martin.
Residence on Eighth street for W.
E. Robertson, now almost completed,
Holt & Holt
Residence on Sixth street for Chas.
Tamme. Rapp & Rapp.
A residence for DR.. B. d. Black and
the business block OF Hedgcock &
Koogler have very recently been
turned over. Building on the new
Santa Fe office building WIN COM
mence within few days.
Holt & Holt are working on the
plans of five houses for citizens who
are not ready to make definite an
nuuncement This firm has also drawn
plans for extensive repairs and addi-
tion to the home of Fred Westerman,
to the home OF M. Romero, for the
Southern Investment company. to the
public school buildings No. and No. 4
and Is ready to begin construction Of
the extensive water works system t.
the asylum.
Rapp & Rapp are making additions
to the residence Of Henry Coke on
National avenue. They are drawing
plans for several more cottages for
Las vegans and have prepared plans
for couple Of cottages they may de.
eide to build here themselves.
Also the Las Vegas Tent Cottage
company has ordered twelve commo-
dious tents which win be furnished as
comfortably as modern house.
The population OF the Callinas can
yon has doubled within the last few
months. Tents are everywhere to be
seen and a number of cottages have
been built and more are in the course
Of construction. Assuredly Las Vegas
is adding rapidly to her population as
ho"ses to rent are stil1 st a nrepium.
This list Is. without doubt, incom.
rlete. hnt from the report furnished
by architects 1t is certain that not
1ess than forty residences are either
now in course of construction or GER
rain to be built this summer
All the architects and contractors of
the citv and all the available carpen-
to~s and masons are as busy as DOS
rst1e For the most part the kind Of
hcnSes going nm are Of the surt that
pnnarce tho anpearance of the citv.
Las vegas Is keeping un its reputation
AS citv of homes With the finest
climate in the west. IDEAL summers
and sunny winters the coming of the
Tratcrna1 CITY. and the practical as
srrarce Of the now railroad and the
reservoir. the building is certain to
keen increasing