El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-03-09

This week has been another one Oh
prosperity for the contractor, DullusI'
investor and booster in FL Paso- Inc
cattlemen did not paralyze any OF the
construction work but instead gave IL
an impetus One architect signed up
for two houses with an outside man as
an instance of the good done Great
amounts of work are now being figured
and planned All architects are busy
on drawings and expect more
A rough estimate Of the local resi-
dence construction now in progress
would place the figures in excess OF
$3.50, 900, as there are over 90 or ~
houses being erected
The most important announcement
during the week was given out oy tlS
Great Texas Realty company Whlcu
plans to erect $4,000 apartment
house on West Missouri street
Concrete foOtings are being placed
for the Texas & Pacific freight sta
ton so that building viii be hurried
along The nOn-arrival Of lumber from
the mills in Mexico has delayeQ Lne
work at the Pearson plant, but IN the
last few days a great amount mas Oeen
brought across the river The work
of erection can now begin as the
grounds between the concrete t0ounga
have been leTeled and graded orders
material which the builders themselves
cannot supply and it is being hurried
here. From 500 TO 400 foremen and
labOrers are at work
Work on Big Hotel
From now on the big PasO del NOrte
hotel viii be shooting skyward toward
the last Of its nine floors. Contractor
Otto p. Kroeger has received the con-
tract for all OF the reinforced concrete
work from the Fred A Jones Building
company This viii include all the
columns and floor panels, or in other
words. the entire superstructure- The
contract amounts to approximately
$4,000 and is TO be completed in rec
ord time. It IS understood that the
general contractors intend to sublet
the greater part OF the work TO local
Contractor Kroeger now has men put
ting in the columns in the basement OF
the building There viii be y immense
columns in the basement and with the
exception OF six they will extend up
through the entire building There
viii be large light shaft on the north
side Of the building which viii serve
for the double purpose of air and light
and also for fire protection from the
adjacent buildings. There viii also be
another shaft or court on the san An
tonic street side OF the building which
viii make all Of the rooms outside
the columns in the basement and the
forms for the Orders are being con-
structed. The mixer has been placed
IN the center OF the building with a
long steam pipe connecting il with the
donkey engine on West san Antonio
street The tower has been rup up
about IS feet, high enough TO handle
operations until the fourth floor IS Up.
The same mixers. hOists and buckets
which have done duty on the Plaza
and other buildings viii be used in the
construction Of the PasO del NOrte no
Plaza Block Nears Completion.
Friday the White House part OF the
Plaza building was accepted by the
owners and architects and the keys
were turned over TO the company This
IS by Tar the handsOmest appearing
store IN the southwest Two OF the
large circular lights OF plate glass for
the snow window in the center OF the
entrance were broken and viii have TO
pc reset as soon as the glass arrives
from the factory. Work on the upper
floors is rapidly going ahead and VIM
AcCoy vii soon be able to open his
motel The first two floors are prac-
tlcally completed. while the other
three will be finished in a short while
Montnna Streets Progress.
one or the remarkable things in the
oullding situation is the rapid progress
OF building operations on East Non
Jana street and Bliss street. the con
unuatlon Of Montana street. Eight
bungalows are now in course of con-
struction on Montana street in the first
two blocks east Of the Highland Park
car line. and six new houses will I'M,
mediately be erected between there. and
the junction OF Montana with Pfedras
street. one for 7. u. MavffeId one fo-
ferguson DOake. one by the lTavf7aTd
company Tor sale, one for Winston Pet
Jus. one Tor F. g. Perry and one for
j, W. Kirkpatrick In the first block
OF Bliss street really the continuance
OF Montana, a house is being erected
Ior T. = Tatum, and further out Bliss
streeE toward Government Hill several
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New. Modern Homes.
The Mayfield Realty COMPANY this
week oOuSnr SIX lots in block IS Bas-
setts addition, in Northeast FL Paso al,
ne ne o s00tn sloe OF Montana street in
the tVO block and viii immediately be-
sln the erection Of two BUNGALOWS each
20 cost In the neighbOrhOOd OF s9000
one OF these\is for j. ID. MayfieId and
mn G S..,.a IS LOT Wyeth Doake. Each
Vii nave basement and heating plant
me Mayfield company has e1so
1ought lot and half of lot 10 In bIOci-
-, also on Montana street. from II m
80 Sc ie- a residence viii be erected on
us S---s properly at once, five room
The Phoenix-EI Paso Building com
pany IS erecting a four room red
in ~ 5a 9l1J hI residence for G. c. Tatum
n t!ie zSVg block on Bliss street. North
East FL PasO. The erection ~ tb5-
LSsiuehce VIII complete a solid block
S SI bungalows and cottages in this
D1ock with the exception OF two iots
owned BY Frank Murchison.
b1,-.it Ne ias[ residence finished in this
DIock is g. A Martins Atlas b-j-I-
oungalow or five rooms. with bSse13e-e
mo srlo heating plant at 2911 Bliss street
ne. ne three front rooms are built prac-
c o.1e---s as one, with only builtfn book
cases separating them They a.. 80
lsheo IN mission with hardwood fIoO-s
ana nave mission light fixtures m
Deuroom and bathroom woodwork IS