El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-10-04
LUMBER IS BOUGHT
FOR KILLING PLANT
A. Schwartz Returns From
Europe; WillRebuildHome
For Department Store.

Lumber has been purchased for the
killing plant and stockyards and is tc
be delivered on the ground this week
The first order is for IS, 900 feet, the
lumber dealers say and is a part OF
the material for the big yards and
south part of Cotton addition Eas been
renewed with the privilege of imme-
date purchase. The locomotives for
the terminal railroad have been
bought and materials for the belt line
ordered.
Remodel Popular Building.
Returning from, four months triI
through Europe. during which he Wis
tied the Schwartz family home in Hun
gary, A Schwartz arrived home Thurs
day afternoon and will begin plans at
once for the rebuilding of the entire
Popular dry goods store, of which lie
is president Before leaving Mr..
Schwartz announced that he would re-
build the old Masonic temple building,
to make it q modern department store.
The third floor is now occupied by the
Masonic lodge, but will be vacated af-
ter Jan. 1 to allow a fourth story to
be built, new Mesa avenue entrance
will be built and the main entrance
changed from the corner to the center
of the San Antonio street front. While
these improvements are being made Mr..
Schwartz says he will begin to move
the stock SO that a new concrete build
ing may be erected on the east part of
the temple site where the mems depart
is
stories high and will be of steel and
concrete, Mr.. Schwartz says
MI schwartz was accompanied TO
Europe by his family, who came from
New York ahead Of him, as he wished
to stop in New York and Chicago to
study department store buildings in or
der to obtain ideas for the new Popu-
lar building.
May Build Concrete Structure.
T. T. White may build a concrete
building on the corner of Santa Fe and
west San Antonio street in place of the
one story brick garage for which he
is now having the ground cleared on
west San Antonio street Mr.. White
said Thursday he would build on this
site If he could find a tenant who
would be willing to lease a larger
for public auto garage on this corner.
Begin Work on Warehouse.
Work on the erection of the new
warehouse for the Western Wooden
house will cost about $4,000 and is
being built on Anthony street.
Grand View Lots Sold.
The Grand View Realty company has
sold two lots to T. B. White, on Fort
for $3.50; to z. S. Depper-
mann, two lots on Fort Boulevard for
$500; to w s. Jones. two lots on Ham
ilton street; to William Hogarth. two
H NJ. Miller, two lots on Mckinley
street for $3.50 and to Leslie Levi, two
lots on Nations avenue for $3.50.
Is Building n Home:
George E Rogers began work Friday
on the erection of a new home
for himself, on Grand avenue. The
house will cost about $500. He re-
Gently bought the two lots on which
ii viii be erected. with two lots on
Kings street. for $500, from the New
man InveS tment company.
To Build in Grand View.
The erection of a new home for Carl
q. Ruedebasch, on Fort Boulevard, in
he Grand View addition, will be started
shortly The house will cost about
$500 and will contain five rooms. be-
ng one of the latest creations in bun
.alows in the city. He recently bought
The two lots from the Grand View Re
slty company