Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-06-13

the erection of the splendid new S75.-
600 institutional church by the Meth
odist church, South. the money for
which has been partly raised with the
balance almost in sight. This building
Will be positively the finest thing Of
its kind-and practically the only one
lin the southwest and one Of the
handsomest in the Rocky mountain
region.
The Texas Oil company has recent
ly completed a plant south of the city.
fully modern in every detail. as a dis,
tributing station for New Mexico and
Arizona, at q cost OF $25 900, while
the Continental OH company has ais,
completed a similar plant at slightly
smaller cost.
Joe Barnett in the past few DAYS
has announced plans for the building
Of a modern hotel building on the
present postoffice site. the improve
ments to the present building to cost
between SIS, 600 and $4,000.
The march of the commercial dis
trict out west on Central avenue is
signalized by the preparations OF
simon Stern, the well known clothier.
to build a 100000 business block at
the corner of Fourth street and Cen
trial avenue, where the old Star Hay
and Grain company store stood The
work of demolishing the old building
has been completed and the erection
Of the new viii start at once. The
building will be two stories high and
so by 142 feet in dimensions. 1t is
to be completed by October /.
The National Foundry company has
Just completed a new foundry build
ing in the southern part of the city
on the east side Of the Santa Fe
tracks. installing some very costly
machinery. The plant is now in fun
operation.
Congregation Albert Of his city is
now considering plans for the remod-
cling of the Jewish temple at Tho cor
ner of South Seventh street and Gold
avenue. the Improvements to cost
nearly s. 5000.
Work has begun on the new Crystal
theater next to the store Of Schwartz
and With on Central avenue The
building. which is to be one OF tha
most modern playhouses in the ter
ritory will cost $4,000 and viii be y
two-story cement block structure. X
is to he completed by July Is.
@ BAchechi's big Triangular forty
room building next to the Albuquer-
que Carriage company fronting on II
avenue and the railroad has been
completed as far as the second story |
and will be a big structure when fin
h. w. Fee. the feed man, has just +
finished a large $10,0 600 building on
West Gold avenue which he is now
occupying and which is the largest
and best equipped building of its kind
in the city with a roadway running
through from front to back,
rapacious storage facilities and hand
offices,
A notable improvement in the bust
ness district is the ~remodeling with
a pebble dash finish of the Walton
drug store building at the orner OF
Third street and Central avenue by
II. Kent, the real estate man. ~
considerable cost. The rcmodeling of
this building is a big improvement to
locality.
f. Maharam, the merchant, has an
nounced that he will build q new two
brick on West Central avenue.
Quite a number Of smaller business
buildings are being erected or planned
md the total cost of downtown inn
orovements now i'm sight is easily seen
% run into very large figures.
Among the residences under way a
notable one is the handsome new SIS
home TO be erected by K. r. Put
1ey in the triangular space at the IN
.ersection of Kent and Central avenues |
Eleventh street opposite Honey
row. The cellar ana founda-
ions for the new building have al
been completed.