El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-27
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READY FOR
TENANTS
Many of the Business Build
ings Being Remodeled for
Increasing Fall Trade
ORNAMENTAL FRONTS
ARE NOW IN VOGUE

The boxing and steel reinforcing for
the Arson Mills building, to be u
stories high and to cost $500, 0OO has
been completed and the concrete will
be run next week.
The American National bank is now
being veneered with pressed brick and
terra Gotta, with a chocolate granite
polished base. The seventh floor is be-
ing built in SHELTON FORM and will be
poured within a week The roof will
then be added and the finish of the big
bank building will begin.
The concrete cornice of the Roberts
Banner building is now being poured.
The ornaments on the two fronts of the
building have been cast, and the in
terror mahogany finish and marble
work are being placed. The glazing
has been completed, and the interior
Of the store and office rooms is being
finished
The new six story Caples building
has been completed on the exterior and
the inside finish is now being in
stalled. The art glass windows are be-
ing set, and the white marble for the
fronts on Mesa avenue and San Antonio
street is being put in place.
FIatir0n Building Occupied.
The Reckhart flatiron building is be-
ing finished on the interior OF the sec
ond floor, and the first floor business
rooms, on San Francisco street, are be-
ing occupied.
The Look building on West San An
tonic and Ell Paso streets is now being
completed. The basement is being fit
ted for the Cactus club, the first floor
for business rooms, and the second and
third floors for hotel.
The arched entrance of the Joseph
kopf building on the east side of FL
Paso street is being completed and the
marble finish on the interior s is being
placed.
The Schultz building on San Francisco
street is all but completed. The gallery
has been built, the plate glass set in
the Ell Paso and San Francisco street
fronts, and the exterior of the two
story, reinforced concrete building, is
! being completed.
Hardware Store Moves.
The Krakauer, Fork & Moye ware
house and retail store, is now being
occupied. The large stock of the hard
ware company is being moved from
the Overland street stores without any
interruption of business.
The Y. W. c. A. boarding home is
now being finished. The exterior of
the building has been completed and
the interior finish and plumbing are
being installed.
The contractors started work Satur-
day morning on the remodeling of the
Sheldon hotel building. The work will
cost 100000. and will be completed by
December l.
Clyde Holiness new cleaning and
pressing works, of reinforced concrete,
has been completed and occupied. II
is on the corner of Texas and Ochoa
streets.
The Fewel building has been COM
pleted and is now occupied by the
American National bank and a barber
shop and bar.
Toltecs' New Quarters Open.
The Toltec club building on Toltec
triangle at the intersection Of San An
tonic street and Magoffin avenue, has
been completed, decorated. and is now
being occupied by the club.
The Alexandra apartment house. on
the corner of Oregon and Arizona
streets. has been completed and is now
being decorated.
The Morehouse building is being fit
ted for the Snyder Jewelry company,
which will occupy both floors of the
new San Antonio street building.
Silberberg Bros. new jewelry store
will be ready for the opening by Sept
l. The entire room on the corner of
Texas street and Mesaa venue, has been
rebuilt. and new fixtures Installed.
The WEIGH furniture store is being
remodeled for the Calisher company's
temporary headquarters.
Popular Being Enlarged.
The elevator has been installed, and
the hardwood finish of the second floor
Of the Popular stores readytowear de-
partment on the second floor of the
Masonic temple building, has been COM
pleted. 4 basement extension is also
being constructed under the sidewalk.
at the Mesa avenue front of the build
ing, which is being made solid plate
glass show window front
The detention station at the Santa
Fe street immigration station has been
completed and will be occupied at once
by the department on the Mexican bor-
der.
The extension of the Providence hos
pital IS being completely rebuilt, and
will be occupied by the hospital as
wards and an office. The annex will
be connected with the main hospital
by means of a passageway and the an
mex is being completely rebuilt on the
inside.
Work viii begin on the FL Paso Bank
6, Trust company's new quarters in the
Sheldon building on Sept. l. A new
front will be built on the northeast
corner of the plaza building, and the
front will be covered with marble.
The interior will be mahogany. marble
and plate glass.
New Apartment Houses.
The Linden hotel has been completed
and is now occupied by Theo. Eggers.
The w. W. Follett apartments on
Missouri street have been completed.
The third floor of the LeSinsky COM
pany's building on Santa Fe street is
now occupied with the wholesale stock
of the grocery company.
The TTi-State Telephone company's
extension to its plant on Texas street
has been completed, and the first floor
is being occupied