El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-01-20

City Sewage Disposal Plant
and Plaza Block Are Now
Nearly Completed.
MANY HANDSOME
HOMES GOING UP
In All Sections, the Increase
In Residential Building Is
Notable.

The new year found building opera
tons in and around Fl Paso In very
lOurishing condition In the last four
months there has been more building OF
better class structures than ever before
in FL PasO. Indications are that In
the heXt few months this record viii be
kept up ana that 1912 viii be the finest
year ever experienced. The new -Paso
del Norte hotel viii soon be under way,
the Pearson interests are ready 10 start
next week Monday, contractors are fig
uring on many residences and smaller
structures, and the upper and lower va
leys are getting ready TO do big things
IN the way Of developing their re-
sources
The Plaza building is rapidly being
finished and the sewage disposal plant
viii be in operation in a few days One
contractor has over 80 different houses
under construction representing an
outlay OF about Sle8,O0O, another firm
has $500, 600 worth Of buildings under
way, and another about $4,000; these
taken with that Of all the other con-
tractors who are doing business on
smaller scale, gives a record that any
city could be proud Of New buildings
do not as readily show up now as they
did when the city was smaller. Now II
takes a trip several miles long and II,
every direction from the ce-- yer Of town
to see all that is going on IN the oulld-
ing line
The Plaza building is now in such
shane that the great amount OF Work
being done does not appeal 70 the aE-
erage person VINO passes CQnlractoI
otto r. KrOeger is working large
numb of men all over the structure
and is making rapid progress AS last
as one crew moves from one part an
other takes its place and does us part
OF the finishing. In the front OF the
building. the form remoYers and the ce-
ment finishers are doing fine piece OF
work on the heavy concrete corn5ce, the
most elaborate yet attempted IN con
crete IN this city The marble selterA
are RAPIDLY making the White House a
white house indeed. Vermont marble
has been abundantly used, and with the
large plate glass front and the hanging
show cases. the lower front VIII De eX-
ceedingly handsome
Inside the pIastering has been com
pIeted on the first five doors ana the
trim work done on the first two floors
Of the hotel. The sHylights are being
placed in the roof Of the large Ilrsl
foor and the meEzanine floors are be-
ing completed for the white oak floor
fng which is at hand ready for laying
The ceiling panels are in position Tor
the arcade show windows and as soon
as the ceramic mosaic tile floor is laid
the plate glass can be set
one Of the features in the large store
are the enormous OctagOn concrete col
umns which support the roof They are
used here instead Of the plain square
columns and add greatly TO the beauty
Of the show room
There viii be about four more weeks
work before the building is completed
and ready for occupancy. With its
completion, El Paso will have as fine
a pair OF concrete buildings standing
on the Pioneer plaza as there Is IN the
United States.
Sewage Disposal Plant.
The nonarriTal Of material has great
u delayed the completion Of the sewage
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