El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-12-03
TAKES SECOND
FLOOR IN
PLAZA
Will Occupy 1000 Square
Feet in the Herald Build
ing, in Heart of City.
FACE PLAZA AND
SAN FRANCISCO ST.
Close Lease and Work Will
Start at Once on Remodel
ing the Place.

Although but a month old, the Eli
Paso dam of Beavers-No. 7sAhas al
ready made arrangements for a per-
after its formation. the dam will be
in it's own club rooms This is a rec
ord breaker for such an organization.
many lodges of a similar character
having existed for years without a
home or even a meeting place TO call
their own.
The entire second floor OF The Her
aid building on the corner of Pioneer
plaza and San Francisco street has
been leased for the new home, and
plaSterers, carpenters and other work
men Will begin Monday morning pre-
pairing II for their occupancy
The action was taken at a meeting
OF the dam Friday evening, when Har-
ry Swain, chairman of the home COM
mittee, presented the unanimous re-
port Of the committee The dam act
ed upon ii unanimously and a lease
was ordered drawn for three and a
half years from January 1 The floor
space to be occupied by the quarters
Is 1000 square feet and the arrange
ment of the club will include a lodge
room, parlor, a reading room, two or
three billiard rooms, a buffet and ante
rooms, etc
completely around them outside, both
on the San Francisco street and the
plaza side, and all rooms are outside
rooms, with big French windows
reaching to the floor. There Is ele-
vator service and steam heat in the
building, and it is in the very heart OF
the city. more 50 than any other club
quarters in the town, except those OF
the Progress club. As a restaurant IS
soon to be established in the base
ment of The Herald building, the club
Will be in position TO have its menu
bers given cafe service. probably
with dunbwaiter from the base
ment.
The quarters include those occupied
for several months by the Y w c. A.
and all others on the same floor OF
The Herald building. Considerable OF
the interior OF the building, only put
IN recently, is to be torn out so that
the rooms may be remodeled and ar
ranged for the purposes to which they
viii be put This work will begin
Monday morning, and il may be posi-
bic that the members will, take their
Christmas eggnog in their own home;
II not, they are confident that they
can hold their New Year reception in
the place.
Forty khree new members were
elected into the order at the meeting
Friday evening, bringing the member
ship up to almost 800
The dam will continue to meet in
the Fraternal Brotherhood hall each
Friday evening until the quarters in
The Herald building are completed.
and on next Friday evening so candi-
dates will be obligated, including a
few charter members who have not
Yet taken the obligation
The first donation for the new home
ca me from r. H. Thorne past presd-
dent, who presented the dam with a
silk American flag and received a vots
OF thanks for his generosity Many OF
the members expressed a desire to be
allowed to donate furnishings for the
new club home.
Inc dam was so we'll pleased with
the work of the home committee that
1t rendered a vote of thanks TO the
members on their selection of the
place.