Albuquerque morning journal., 1913-12-20
SITE IS PURCHASED
FOR A BUSINESS
COLLEGE HOME
!, E. GoodeII Acquires Fifty
Foot Lot on Central Avenue
at Northwest Corner of
Sixth Street.

+ With ID view to erecting thereon /.
+ thrcc-story business block Go be occu-
pied as a home for the Albuquerque
/ Business college. j. T. qoodell. prcsi.
dent anI manager OF that institution
/ yesterday purchased the lot ut the
{ northwest corner of Central avenue
and sixth street 5GXlf2 feet. The
deal was closed by r. T. McCanna.
acting as agent for Miss Leila Armijo
owner of the property Tho consider
Htion was not announced
Yesterdays transfer Of the property
was The third ln its history The firs.
Transfer was made IN 1881. when the
government transferred the property
10 the Albuquerque Townsite com
Iany The townsite company later
transferred IL to Francisco ArmiJo,
and upon his death. it reverted to
one OF his heirs. Miss Leila Armiio.
I}y her it was transferred 10 j f..
Goodon
py this purchase Yesterday Mr.
Coo1cl has shown his faith IN the
futuro of Albuquerque as 20 city ~
metropolitan size Tho property IS
one Of the most desirable In the busi-
ness district. the lot being in the same
hlCck en- which stands the magnifi-
cent Masonic temple
The remarkable growth OF the Al
buqucfQuc Business college. which
now occupies the Korber block on
North Second street. has made inn
peraiive larger quarters within the
not distant future The present lease
IS understood 10 run for two years
yct, bat this will enable Mr.. Goolcl
te plan carefully for the future Sue
cess Of the school aad decide on a
building which will bc adequate for
all needs of the business college for
some years to come
From school with one teacher ami
an enrolment of seven pupils four
years ago. the Albuquerque Business
college has grown into school with
O staff Of sis trained instructors ANA
a combined enrolment for day and
night .hoola Of l30. II is recognized
ass the peer 5f any business college
in the southwest ana draws students
d. 900 N'flNA NN Do AfANFt sNfA hfAlNif
oklahoma and Arizona
Speaking cf his investment. Mr.
Goc Zen said
We have seen for some time that
III would be necessarily to provide
larger quarters and permanent
home for the business college. The
growth of the school has been very
gratifying TO as and has really ex-
ceedel our expectations our pres
cnt quarters have been overcrowded
for some time and when the oppor-
tunity offered to purchase this prop
erty we took it, having not only every
faith In the future Of Albuquerque
business property, but in property I'M
this location.
AS soon as our present lease eN-
pires we will begin construction of
three-story building on the prop
erty using the first floor for business
purposes and designing the two upper
floors for the use OF the college
making quarters which will be thor
oughly modern and up-to-date
81 have watched the trend Of retail
business in Albuquerque and it seems
To me there is no doubt that it is
steadily moving west on Central We
are therefore we'll satisfied with our
purchase The building viii front (
south and east giving ideal light for !
class room work, ana we believe our
new building will be the model husi-
ness college home Of the southwest " /