The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1908-01-02
1907 WAS
:. A BIG YEAR
ESQ Feet Of Brick Buildings
Added In Business Section
This Year

WITH inc coming OF the new year,
Amarillo can show evidences of ma
terlal progress accomplished during
the year which closes today such
as has never before been seen in the
Panhandle during any other year.
other years have prepared for 1907
perhaps and some OF the improve
ments made this year belong partly
to years before. But new buildings,
new enterprises, and new resources
have become facts in 1907 as never
! before.
Modern Brick Business Buildings.
Within tho present year In the
business section of Amarillo there
have been begun and completed or
carried nearly 20 completion, twelve
modern brick buildings, The Chans-
lor building 30x14O and two full
stories, with basement for heating,
was the first OF these to be COM
pleted. II furnishes some OF the
handsomest offices in the city ana
every office is occupied.
The Ktibourn-Thompson building,
3Ox100, and two stories in height
has been in use for many months.
Next to IL is the Mel Thompson
frame building which Is being par
tally replaced with plate and en-
amelled brick front OF the same
handsome construction as the re-
mainder OF the block. Joining this
is the two story 60x14O Thompson
Webster building and in few weeks
much OF this handsome block will be
ready for the tenants who await it.
The completion OF this building
leaves but one frame building on the
east side of Polk street This Is the
building occupied by the Patton So
loon and the Smith restaurant, and
It is said that the owner OF this, Mr..
Griffith, OF Paris, has concluded 10
replace 1t with a modern building in
harmony with the rest OF the block.
20 Cars Brick in One Plant.
On the other side Of the street
and reaching clear through to Tyler
street is the new plant of the Nor
row-Thomas company, the biggest
building proposition ever undertaken
in Texas west OF Fort, Worth. The
warehouses which were completed
first, cover 45x12S with deep base
ment under the entire building and
two stories, each with wide decks
above the basement. This building
gives a floor space greater than that
of four story building of the same
dimensions without the decks and its
scale of construction is such that it
carries perfectly the enormous bulk
and weight of the stock with which
the houses are already OVERLOOKING,
To the north of the main warehouse
and looking very small beside its big
neighbor is the sheet metal shop of
the firm in brick building of ample
size for the purpose. The retail
building, which will also house the
offices of the company, faces ON
Polk street, is 30x14O, two stories,
and is of the scale of construction
that makes the other building espe-
cially notable. 1t is almost complete
and will be ready for occupancy In
few weeks.
The buildings include the most
modern ideas IN lighting, heating,
ventilation. freight handling and
communication between departments.
The merchants switch extends up the
alley between the wholesale and re-
tail buildings so that all material
for the buildings has been unloaded
from the cars and all shipments can
be unloaded from or loaded into cars
direct from the doors OF the plant
or brick alone nearly million or
about seventy car loads, were used
in the construction OF the plant anc
other items appear in the bill in cor,
respondingly high figuhes.
improvements Change Taylor Street.
over on Taylor street the Improve
ments have made themselves even
more manifest BECAUSE until recently
this was not business street. The
big Deandi theater building between
Fourth and Fifth streets, covering
all of a 6Ox14O lot was the first OF
the improvements This year. The
Deandi with a., seating capseity of
1900, with the II most coPpletely
equipped GakeagAst of lFortgWortd,
furnishes splendid convention hall,
besides serving its intended purpose
as a theater and amusemenb1 place.
1t also accommodates in. ,jof IT'S
TAYLOR street office rooms thAshead-