El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-20
IMPROVE ENTsTO
START IN 4 MONTH
Popular Dry Goods Compa-
ny Will Spend $4,000
in Enlarging Building.

Preliminary work on the $4,000
remodeling of the Popular Dry Goods
companys building will start within
the next month. a Schwartz president
of the company, will sail from London
on Sept. 1 and is expected to reach
FL PasO about the middle of the month.
As soon as he returns the first work
on the complete remOdeling of the old
Masonic temple building viii be start
ed. The main entrance will be changed
to the middle of the San Antonio
street front of the main building and
the present entrance will be convert
ed into display windows A marble
front will also be added to both the
Mesa avenue and San Antonio street
sides of the building.
To Add Fourth Floor.
The improvements of the building in
clude the addition of a fourth floor
on the main building as soon as the
Masonic lodges vacate the building
for the new Missouri street temple
The new temple will be completed as
soon as the framework is poured, in
order that the old building may be
vacated and the contractors can start
work on ii as soon as possible. In ad-
dition to the additional story on the
present temple, the annex on the east
Is to be wrecked and a six story con-
crete and steel department store build
ing erected by the company The base
ment VIII also be eXcavated under the
entire building in order to give one
full story under ground.
Bond Prepared For POstOffice Site.
Bond to insure the delivery of the
new postoffice site is now being pre-
pared and will be delivered to deputy
United States attorney S. Engelking
by the Central Investment company
this week. This bond guarantees the
government that the investment COM
on Mills and Stanton street to the
government for $4,000 the price
agreed upon by the government repre-
sentatives and the attorneys for the
investment company.
Although the deed to the greater part
OF the postoffice site has been delivered
to the government, it will be necces-
Sary to condemn a portion of the site
which IS owned by the @. H. & S A
railroad on the northern side of the
site. As soon as the bond is delivered
to the district attorney. he will begin
the necessary condemnation suit for
possession of this part of the site. 1t
Is for this part that the bond has been
executed and the Central company
guarantees to deliver the entire site
for the original amount to the gov
eminent. As soon as this bond is ready
it will be delivered by r. F Burgess,
attorney for the company, to c. NJ
Newman, secretary, who will then turn
II over 10 the government and receive
the $4,000 in payment for the site
The new postoffice location is on the
corner of Mills and Stanton street, ex-
alley adjoining the Orndorff hotel and
north to the south line of the G. H
rightofway.
Exchanges Valley For City Property.
Five tracts of CanutillO district land
have been exchanged by J. S Mcclure.
of Las. Cruces, n. NJ, to J. NJ Duthie'
of Ell Paso,, for 112 feet frontage on
south Broadway in FL PasO. The con-
sideratiOn was S22, 900 and the valley
tract contains 1872 acres of land under
irrigation. The deal was made by
Morrison, the land man.
The same agency has sold two lots
IN block 80, Government Hill, for
George Meadows to J. c. Corral. The
price paid was $500
City National Bank to Expand.
At the expiration of the lease held
by A. 4. Kline on the room adjoining
the City National bank, this bank will
expand to take in all of the first floor
of the City National building. with the
exception of the part on the Sheldon
alley. The lease, which Mr.. Kline
holds. will run another year after
which the City National will take
possession and extend the banking
rooms to the south and east to include
the l. shaped store room now occu-
pied by Klines curio store. The ex-
pans1on has been made necessary by
the rapidly increasing business of the
bank and a number of Improvements
VIII be made in the interior and the
Fl Paso street front of the building.