El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-26
FOUNDATIONS FOR NEW HOTEL To
BE COMPLETED DURING The WEEK
Many Subcontracts Are Let;
Material Placed For New
Freight Station.

By the end of this week the concrete
foundations are expected to be com
pleted for the PasO Gel Aorte hotel A
gang of over 60 Alexicans has been kept
busy at the work for a week now and the
big concrete mixer Is discharging 100
yards Of concrete a day. As soon rs
the foundations are completed, the re-
inforced concrete work on the superstruc-
Jure will start.
\ number of sub-contraces for the
work have been let BY the Fred Jones
Building company who have the con
tract for the erection of the hotel The
architectural terra Gotta work mas been
awarded to the Atlantic Terra Gotta
company Of New York The electric
wiring has been given TO the National
Ielerraphone and Supply company OF FL
Paso, and the contract for the sidewalk
lights have been given to the E. i. Neff
company. The Otis Elevator Supply
company OF New York Will furnish the
elevators for the building.
a portable house containing three
rooms has been put up on the San An
tonic street side of the excavation. The
rooms VIII be fitted up with electric
lights and telephones and viii be the
office headquarters for the company IN
81 PasO. A coat of fresh red paint Is
making the portable office house look
ready for business.
Bungalow Sold.
A four room brick bungalow on the
corner Of Nashville and Florida streets,
in block 128, Highland Park. has been
sold to E. L. Bennett, of AlamOgOrdo,
y. NJ, by the Newman Investment COM
pany for $500.
Mis-. W. D. Greet Is having q. five room
bungalow erected at 1906 Arizona street.
The bungalow will be modern IN every
respect and have built-in book cases and
bullets, hardwood floors and a hot air
heating plant. Its cost Is estimated at
$1,000 jolly & Ware have the contract
for the building.
The same contractors are building Tor
VIM. Graves a four room bungalow in
Government hill addition on lots II and
u, block II, that VIII cost $500. Both
bungalows viii be built Of brick.
Closes SAG, 900 Deal
A deal involving S46, 900 has recently
been concluded by W. T. Payne. Charles
Leavell and c. y. Bassett bought from
Dr.. R. S Jackson ranch OF $50 acres
at Ia Mesa, for $4,000. DR.. R. 5. Jack
son has bought from c. \. Bassett and
Charles Leavell the city property at the
corner of Myrtle and Florence Streets,
being so bv 70 feet. The consideration
was so, 900.
BUYS Chamberino Tract.
VIM P CasareZ has bought from W.
F. Payne a tract of 80 acres Of land
near ChanberinO. The purchasing price
was $3.50.
JOsefa NJ Flores has bought lot 3,
block H. Payne's subdivision. from W.
J. Payne for S225.
Lots and 10, block L, Payne's sub
division, have been bought by W. /.
Porter from W. F. Payne Tor $500.
Material Is Placed.
Loads of gravel. cement sacks and
steel rails have arrived on the ground
preparatory to the commencement of the
construction OF the new SIS. 600 freig1t
stltiOn of the Texas & Pacific railway
at the corner Of First and OchOa streets.
The demOlishing of the old wooden
station was completed last week and
everything Is in readiness for the work
on the new stations foundations to begin.
By Tuesday morning work Is expected to
be in full swing. A Dallas firm, Hughes
& OROurlze Construction company, has
the contract for the work
To Begin SupeTStTuCture.
Tuesday morning viii mark the begin
ming Of the superstruGbuTc of the Pear.
son Milling company box, sash and door
factory. Work on the concrete fOunda-
lions has been in progress for some time,
and all the steel reinforced concrete
foundation bases are IN readiness for the
sIlperstTIIcture