El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-06-25
IN
EL PASO ARE
GROWING
Paying Out Many Thousand
Dollars for Employment.
Thousands Upon Thous-
ands Invested. e.
SPICE MILLS A
NEW INDUSTRY

If 1t was a question as to what line
of business had expended the most
money in Ell Paso during the past year
nine out of every 10 men would say
that more had been invested in build
ing than in other manner.
Ask the men you meet on the street
what is accomplishing the most good
for FL PasO and hardly any two men
would agree upon the same thing. FL
Paso has been growing in the business
district by leaps and bounds and more
or less attention has been given 1t. In
the manufacturing districts, however,
there has been no letup in work and
today Ell Paso can claim one of the
busiest manufacturing sections in the
southwest. One million five hundred
thousand dollars is being expended in
business blocks, flats and costly resi-
dences, and the figures would hardly
seem reasonable to anyone who has not
been watching the growth of Ell Paso.
However, it is safe to state that more
than s1,5OO,O0O has been invested in
local enterprises during the past year.
Only Spice Mill in Southwest.
Perhaps there are less than 500 peo-
pie in FL Paso who know today that
the city has the only mill in the south
west that grinds spices and does a
strictly jobbing business. This new
enterprise is q new feature at the West
ern Coffee company and only a few
days ago the capital stock of this
company was increased from $4,000 to
$4,000. This was done in order that
the company could develop new terri
tory and equip the spice department
with the best and most modern ma
chinery.
The Western Coffee company on &C
count of its modern condition and great
sales record, attracted an eastern spice
journal and last week the publication
devoted five pages, including half tone
cuts, to the new FL Paso enterprise.
The Western Coffee company is to-
day less than one year Old However
they employ 81 FL Paso people. includ
ing four travelling statesmen and the
annual payroll to employees is in the
neighborhood of $4,000. The company
owns and occupies its own building, a
two story brick structure, and its ma
chinery is the most modern. hands not
touching the coffee from the time It
arrives until it is packed At present
the plant has a daily capacity of 90,
900 pounds. The company is already
selling goods in Arizona, New Mexico,
and the RepublicIof Mexico. The com
pany is a firm believer in advertising |
made in FL Paso''" goods and the con- |
Germ is doing much to advertise Ell |
PaSo.
FL PasO's Refining Company.
Twenty thousand pounds of Hard COM !
pound would certainly grease" Ell !
Paso in fine shape and the Ell Paso /
Refining company, located in East FL |
Paso, is in position to furnish that 90 /
600 pounds daily, that amount being the !
output of this new enterprise, which is |
just about one year old. This company |
confines its manufacturing to the max |
ing of two brands of lard compound /
and already it is shipping as far tas !
Pueblo, Colo. During the present week /
the company shipped four carloads to
various eastern and northern points.
This company employees not less than 20
e. PasO people, and the amount of |
money paid out for Ell Paso labor is
quite a large item in the course of a
year.
Made in Ell Paso" is becoming quite
a popular trade mark through the |
southwest and adjoining states and this
takes pride in the fact that ii |
is locatedNin FL Paso.