El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-22
WORKPROGRESSIHG
ON CITY BUILDINGS
Plans Made For Oil Reser-
vOir at Water Plant; Much
Bungalow Building.

Masonry work for the new city sta
bles, which are being punt az IN ~ .
OF the city warehouse on MaS jill ~ 60
nue. and Dorchester street. Is IN pro
gress.
Much of the brick work on the ware
house itself has been completed anu
the roof of the building viii be poursu
within a week or two
A stone wall six feet high divides the
warehouse yard from the new cOIIdt
and the stalls in the new staDles are
to be of. concrete. Patent feed boxes are
now being tried out at, the ola corIaI
on Texas street in order to determine
II they are the right thing for the ne"
In the new stables everything will
be done TO make the premises sanitary
and there will be sufficient room 70
store all city livestock and wagons:
This will admit of the abOlfshment OF
the Texas street corral and the cOrral
used BY the scavenger on Seventh
street
Iron Gates for Park.
Plans have been made for the large
iron gates which are to be swung at
the new entrance to Washington PARK
The plan of erecting a concrete arcn
there has been abandoned on account
of the great cost entailed and iron
gates viii be swung from concrete pill
lars instead.
1t is claimed that these will be
even more ornamental than an arch
would and viii be more in keeping
with the surroundings, while they VIII
leave an unObstructed view Of the in
terror of the park from the eoun-
May Build OIL Reservoir.
Plans are being made for a new
large oil reservoir for the mesa water
plant No definite action has been
taken in regard to the installation OF
one viii be built there before long as
the constant operation Of the mesa
plant requires the storage OF larger
supply of the lubricant.
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While all of the additions to FL Paso
are showing a remarkable growth IN
the building line the city itself IS fast
keeping in step with the march OF pro-
on Wyoming street Just west Of Cot
ton avenue J. C McElrOy is building
three new bungalows. and all through
that section of the city new MONIES are
being built
At all these places new water pipes
and sewer line are being Installed ana
the growth OF the city is wonderful
Is Nearing Completion
The bungalow being built for r z
Dawson, at SO17 SAlamOgOrdO street,
will be Completed IN a few days and
first Of the month 1t IS broom
house Of brick 1t is being erected oy
S. e Patton
The home being erected for j. W.
Kirkpatrick at 251S Montana street IS
about completed. The house IS bung-
allow type with hardwood floors, IS
steam heated and equipped with an
electric vacuum cleaner It's cost IS IN
the neighbOrhOOd Of $4,000 The Perry
Kirkpatrick Realty company IS build
! ing the house
The Booth apartment house, at the
/ corner Of Stanton and Wyoming
streets. now under the process or
erection. has reached the second story
! The building is TO be four stories high.
/ including the basement and viii con
tain Is apartments 1t VIII cost
bungalow Nearly Finished.
The 4-rcOm bungalow which IS be-
/ ing erected for D. II Jackson at 400
TOrnilO street viii be completed N
Z few DAYS The house viii cost about
/ $4,000. The house is being erected oy
the J c. White Realty company
Nevada Street House Sells
P H Bailey has sold TO z. P
Rhoades and wife the 5-roOm brick
house on the corner of Noble and Ne
vada streets for S2,SOO- The mouse IS
on lots A and 48, block 26S, Pierce
Finley addition Mr. RhOades trans
ferred to Mr.. Bailey three lots in block
6s. Government Hill addition, for $3.50
Hawkins Bros made the trade
Tovvnsite at S0cOrrO Discussed.
The granting of the charter TO the
interurban from FL PasO to SocOrro,
two miles below Ysleta, has again
started reports that there would be a
second tOwnsite established about one
mile south of the present town Of
YsIeta Prominent real estate men
were said to be interested in the new
townsite But the promoters of the
car line and the officers of the street
railway company say that the line VIII
90 no further than Ysleta at me pres
ent time and that no new townsite IS
being considered
NJ NJ. Phinney, president OF the
Electric Railway company IS e1pecteu
here next Monday to make an inspec-
ton of the valley line and the city
properties Of the company.