El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-11-04
$4,000 SPENT ON
NEW SKATING RINK
Manager Fogg is Building One of the
Finest in the Entire West-hlOOr
is of Inch Thick Maple.
Rapid progress is OeIng made IN CO
-prtfDu the AfrdOme into a SkatlI


Rapid progress is oeIng made in con-
verting the AirdOme into a skating
auditorium Manager Howard FOgg has
built two new walls, north and south
Of the old confines Of the AirdOme, and
this greatly enlarges the auditorium
in these directions. 1t will be suffi-
GENTLY large to accommodate several
hundred skaters at one time.
The alterations of the building have
cost manager FOgg about $4,000, in
Guiding the installation of a steam
heating system, which is now being
put in, and FL Paso can boast as a
result Of the completion Of this build
ing, of one of the finest skating Kinks
in the west, not only in appointments,
but also in size.
The floor, which is now down and
is being sandpapered by an electric
machine, which had to be brought here
from Chicago, is of maple, the boards
being an.1nch thick and laid on top OF
an inch pine flooring. Inside the thea
ter the walls have all been plastered
and will be tinted. The posts sup
porting the corrugated iron roof have
all been padded so that the skaters
Will not be injured.
The old stage and a section Of the
auditorium in front have been made
into a gallery, on which spectators
can sit in opera chairs and watch the
A free check room, a parlor for the
women, a refreShment booth and tot
lets for both sexes have been con-
structed inside the building. A skate
room has also been built, where skates
VIII be rented or where the individual
skates Of private owners will be kept
for their use.
To Build $4,000 Apartment House.
An apartment house to cost $4,000
or $4,000 is to be built on the cor
ner Of Montana and Florence streets,
by Austin & MARI. The land on which
So H.
chased Monday morning by Austin &
MARI from the Crosby estate 1t has n
frontage of 12O feet on Montana street
and depth along Florence street of
$50 feet The purchase price was
$4,000.
Grandview Lots Sold.
The Grandview Realty company has
sold Elizabeth c. Mundy lots % to 80,
inclusive, in block rs, Grandvinew ad-
ditiOn for S1075. The same company
sold T. S. HuddlestOn lots Is to 16 in
block 100, Grandview, for $1050, and
5. w. HuddlestOn lots 1 to 4, inclusive,
In block IS, for S1.O5O.
sells Land Near MesiIIa.
The R. c. Bailey Land company has
sold w. H. Winter 235 acres, one mile
west of the town Of Mesilla in DOna
Ana county, New Mexico. This is I'M
improved land but viii be improved.
The purchase price is not given.
To Build COttage and Shed
Gus MOmsen q Co. took out a
building permit Monday morning for
the erection of cottage and material
shed on East san Antonio street block
a, Cotton addition in the vicinity of
the Texas & Pacific tracks The shed
viii be used for the storing of ma
terials and a Waterman to be employed
by the company will occupy the cottage.
The entire cost Of the buildings win
be $4,000
Big Deal in Manhattan Heights.
Another big tract of Manhattan
Heights addition has been sold.
BrOaddus and lie Baron eight
business men have purchased % lots
in the new addition where the old fed
aral smelter formerly stood. Frank
Wells Brown, James Patrick and T. Z.
Walter Long, Harry Lakeland,
H. W. BrOaddus and George lie Baron
have purchased the 80 lots on Wheeling
street, in Manhattan Heights for $50
600. At least two Of the pUr-
chasers will build residences there this
winter and Broaddus and lie Baron are
TO erect five houses to cost
from $4,000 to $4,000 each for sale. This
IS the second big deal in this addition,
Charles H. LeaveU and his associates
buying go lots on Federal boulevard
for $4,000.
BrOaddus and lie Baron have also I
sold a block of 90 lots for c. H. Brown
and i. NJ Whitaker for $500. The
block Of lots is in AleNander's addition
and houses viii be built on a number
Of the lots purchased.