El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-17
Extensive Plan of City De-
velOpment Planned For
Arizona Capital City.

Phoenix, Ariz- Oct 1T-EI Paso and
Phoenix are IN a class together when
progress is the topic under discussion.
/ Concrete buildings completed and in
[ course Of construction. street paving
/ operations, and residence building are
/ occupying the attention Of this city be-
tween political speeches nowadays.
An even s1,0OO.0OO worth of building
during the present year is the record
according to the bulletin of the Phoenix
board Of trade. This included q $500. 600
reinforced concrete hotel to replace the
Adams, which burned last year. The
building is five stories, each story hav-
/ ing wide gallery for sleeping out and
I a court in the center after the general
style of the Santa Rita in Tucson The
DOrris-Hayman building is another con-
crete structure which has been erected
I In Phoenix and is now in commission.
The Valley bank occupies a concrete
building with impressive concrete col
umns thanking the main entrance.
Like FL Paso. the concrete construc-
; ton era has practically superseded the
use Of brick in business block cOnstruc-
ton in Phoenix. and the general effect
is that Of modern city many times
the size of the new state capital.
Phoenix Street Paving.
In street paving Phoenix is a pioneer
in Arizona. There are now 10 blocks in
course OF construction and more viii be
contracted for as soon as this original
contract is completed. The base is be-
ing laid with cement binder ana the
top finish similar to that used in the
business district with the three prin-
cipal streets and the connecting cross
streets paved, PhOenlX's business dis
trict viii have the finest street paving
between FL PasO and Los Angeles. AS
soon as the paving crew can complete
the business district. the residence
streets viii be paved and by the use Of
a revolving fund it is expected to have
the entire city paved within a few
years.
Object Lesson in Irrigation.
Phoenix offers in the salt River val
ley a concrete example to FL PasO and
the FL PasO valley Of what can be done
by the scientific application Of water 70
the soil when the government is In
charge of the enterprise The salt Riv-
er valley is now reaching its long de-
layed maturity and as highly devel-
oped, intensified, irrigation project it is
q model for the world. Alfalfa culture,
while yet . staple industry in the Won
derfUl salt River valley, irrigated from
th- Roosevelt dam, is gradually being
replaced by small fruit and vegetable
farms upon which the valley ranchers
are able to produce many times the re-
turns for a much smaller outlay Of land
and effort
Orange Culture.
Oranges, destined 20 be one of the
great crops of this valley, are being
shown in Phoenix as splendidly formed
and as perfect i'm COlOring as those
grown in the famous orange belts Of
Florida and California. Second year
grOwths of young trees measure an Inch
and an eighth around, almost double
the average measurement of the trees at
the, second year Of their existence.
Grape fruit is yet in an experimental
stage here, but il is a proved success
and it is expected that each year more
and more land viii be devoted to its
culture.
Developing Sugar Beets.
Sugar beet growing has developed in