Imperial Valley press., 1908-02-29
BLOCKS OF BRICK AND STONE
 TO LINE FL CENTR0 STREETS
Contracts for Six More Buildings on Main Street Made This Week. Handsome Brick Depot to be Completed by June 1, Amazing Growth of CaI- fornia'S Busiest and Best City,

Wonderful as has been El Centro's growth this winter, greater and more wonderful yet will be it's strides to- ward metropolitan importance and grandeur in the next few months. Con- tracts were let this week for six more brick buildings on the north side of Main street; plans have been accepted for two-story cement building on east Main street, with fifty-foot build ing adjoining for store rooms; the deti- nite announcement is made that a handsome brick passenger and freight depot will be completed by June +; work on the second story of the Court House is well along; three business buildings completed and ready for oc- cupancy; new grocery store, hard ware store, confectionery and ice cream emporium, up-to-date shoe store e and other enterprises definitely de termined upon and located; an in crease in population of 100 or more; the beginning of work on several fine dwelling houses. That is the story of a weeks developments in the coun- ty seat of California's newest and richest county, the town where things happen, the town which is growing more rapidly than any other town in California and is attracting to itself men of energy, ability and means.
 New Stores.
 The Holton Power Company build ing just east of the postoffice was completed this week and the offices of the Holton Power Company moved from the bank building The Valley Hardware and Implement Company, which is to occupy the large store in the building, is practically ready for business and expects to get settled in the new quarters within a week or two.
 Across Sixth street the Rumsey building needs only about. one week more to complete. MT. Rnmsey will move into it before the middle of March with an enormous stock of gen eral merchandise. He has also con tracted for the 25-foot building which will be erected next to it, and before hot weather will undoubtedly have the largest and best equipped department store in the valley.
 hn dot nn e for which were laid this week, will be occupied by the Ell Centro furniture store with a fine line of furniture. This company is already doing busi- ness in temporary quarters in the Blackinton building and has leased the brick building on the Peterson lot as a warehouse. The next building will be occupied by J. G. Scott with an exclusive grocery store
 The next store was leased Wednes- day by l. F. Davis of Los Angeles, who will put in a big confectionery and ice cream establishment. The structure is to be made extra strong SO IIdL d HUI 6blOOlA NuAA bN e"A S"AAo N with a winding stairway leading up to it. The next store has been taken by one of the leading shoe dealers of Los Angeles, who will put in big stock of high grade goods. w. H.. Goodrich will occupy the big double building next east with a big house furnishing store.
 On Sixth street two small brick buildings are being erected by w. F.. Holt, one for the Wells-Fargo Express Company and the other for the West ern Union Telegraph Company.
 Six More Buildings.
 These buildings completed the build ing program which MT. Holt had de- cided upon for this season, but the demand for store rooms Is so insistent that this week he contracted to Ill in solid the 15O feet intervening be- tween the new Goodrich building and the store now occupied by R. l.. Rum sey. This latter store will be occu-