El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-27
Artistic Designs Employed
Even In the Small
Homes of Ell Paso.
RENT PAYING is
GETTING OBSOLETE
Every Family Is Taking to
the Modern Idea of Own
ing Its Own Home.
10 CALL FL Paso a city Of home


= fact nevertheless. FL Paso has
/ smaller percentage OF people living in
rented residences than any other city
OF its population in the United States
and this Notwithstanding that It is
a city Of many transients.
Few people live here many month";
unless they buy a home. whether they
[ pay cash or buy It on the easy payment
plan And the easy payment plan has
been made so easy. Notwithstanding the
/ the ordinarily strong demand for money
I in q western community, that any man
with a permanent position may own
home If he wishes. and most OF them
wish it.
The only requisite for a family de-
SlrOuS OF having a home or It's own IS
a small cash balance in the bank for
the first payment; this requirement
met, the buyer can have home built
TO suit his fancy, within MS means or
course. aud the result IS that Fl Raso
has more pretty, substantial homes and
more families IN places OF their own
than any other city OF It's size And
the FL PasO homes are distinctive types
they are peculiarly western and ap-
propriate for the western spirit and
ideal The bungalow is the chief arch
itectural pattern OF the small home IN
FL PasO. and these cosy artistic little
cottages dot the surrounding additions
to the city and may even be seen on
the more pretentiOus residential thor
Ouhgfares. for bungalows are not nee
essarily cheap.
Homes at Reasonable Cost.
Bungalows may be built to cost sew
eral thousand dollars or for few
hundred A fOur-rOom bungalow may
be built OF pressed brick with modern
interior finish, including plum bling,
electric light, bath, gas connections
From that price they range upwards,
according to the number OF rooms they
contain, and the eIabOrateness Of the
interior. A comfortable five room bun
galoW with basement, heating plant,
hardwood floors and all modern con-
Teniences, can be built for from $500
to $500. according to the amounts
spent upon the Duilt-1n features and
the elabOrateness OF these fixtures
Such homes, on lots costing from $500
upwards can be bought by the pur-
chaser who is able to show that his
income is sufficient to meet the pay
ments, on first payments OF $500 to
500, and from $50 TO $50 per month
instruments, the monthly payments
meeting both principal and interest. All
that the contractors or real estate men
demand is that the purchaser make the
first payment sufficiently large to as
sure good faith and that the buyer be
able TO show an income sufficient TO
warrant him in making the outlay.
The designs Of many Of these small
homes are unusually artistic and coy
and the very best Of workmanship is
plain to the very deliberately finished
structures, according as buyer wishes
to pay for them, and are built in all
parts OF the city from the section close
in, where the lots are $500 upwards.
TO outside, where lots may be bought as
low as $3.50 or $500. OF course, the
preliminary or first payment and the
subsequent instruments are higher on
property close in than on houses
erected further out, where the real
estate is cheaper, as the first payment
must always be equal to the cost OF
the lots or little more But payments
can be made to suit the purchaser in
most instances and few FL PasOans
anxious to have a home have had to
say they could not be suited.
Have Good Car Service.
street cars IN every direction give
good service, so that the matter OF
is solved and as. one. real
estate man recently argued, after You
are 10 or u blocks out the car is
necessary. anyhow; so what matters a
Few blocks mOreZ" Many people look
upon IL IN this light and are buyinE
outside property while il is cheap and
building on it. and ii is costing them
no more 70 get TO and from the down
town district on the cars than it would
IT they lived closer In. yet still far
enough to take the car; only the few
minutes time is all the loss.
Electric lights and telephones also
gas and water. reach all the outlying
SUBURBS and sewers reach most Of them
Practically all Of these outlying sub
urbs have restrictions reEarlii1e- +ba
opening Of saloons and even stores. vet
I'll OF them have the necessary store
accommodation and the downtovTn
stores make regular delivery to an the
suburban additions Mail is delivered
by carrier to most of the additions 49,
and one or two Of them have postoffice
Graded streets are features Of prac-
lcally all the suburbs and the growth
1I population has been so raDid +ha-
SCHOOLS nave been erected or VIII ha
erected IN ali OF them Every addition
80 me city mas Its own park and the
Ky IRE department has been strenern-
3neQ so that fire protection is also af
-Orded. Both East Fl Paso and Tf~S
and Park have fire stations. The Deo-
pie IN these suburbs have every cit,,
advantage, with the add ti0nal advan
age of lower taxes. better views 80
eSs city noise. smoke and dnsf 49,
more pure. fresh air.
A Cosmopolitan Aspect.
Bllldlng IN the suburbs has not baaD
IT cottage, but many of the citvss 60
ZONES are in the Outlying secfiC1s
'eally part of the city prorer 80 =
; punt up largely out to All Of fbe-,
~ ~ .uese iarser homes are i'm the
y piGal western mission tyDe nreftsse
'L an residential architecture eere-5.S
tot tnls region, where il is 40 -
'roprlate as 1t is artistic and nlassf-5r-
Nor are all the small homes o,s,
o the suburbs. Throughout tt-i---.so
re the small cottages and bnneS,,S-.y
$3.50 no preferred IA fhe-~
aS nlsnef price for the Land 80
us Lul ller away and being dens-l3
= - 80 street cars for tranSno-
lt-o-l- downtown. as we'll 40 n -
\ ms eooiJons, homes NAV - o--l-
-e-SSI ~ She easy payment MA, 49,
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