El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25

free sewers than any other city Of its
size in the west or south Electric
street railways, Sc miles, besides which
a 13-mile interurban is under construc-
ton. FL Paso county has the longest
continuous asphalt paved county road
in the United States. Telephones in
use, over $500. Parks and parkways,
$50 acres, value 81, 400 co.,. Public
street lights 500
Value of public school plant, $3.50, 900.
FL Paso's schools are the best equipped
in the state, having fun manual train
ing courses, free public kindergartens
and thorough medical and physical in
spectiOn. There are also private
schools Of highest standards Church
es, societies and clubs, IS. Five club
and lodge buildings worth from $780,
600 to 100000 each. Chamber Of COM
merce has nearly 500 members and a
fine building of its own. Y. NJ c A
has $50 members, with daily atten-
dance of 50 to 40 percent Public
library has over 1900 volumes. Hos
Tax Rate Reasonable.
Local government, commission form.
Total tax rate city, county and state
combined on basis Of so percent value
or less 2.65 percent
Fl Paso has many large and impor-
tant retail and wholesale stores Three
department stores occupy properties
costing above S250,000 each. Two ma
chinery hardware and mine SUPPLY
600 each.
Principal industries include extensive
railroad shops, the largest wood finish
ing plant and box factory in the world
the largest silTer-lead-copper custom
smeIter in the United States, $1,000
600 cement plant. important 1oundrles,
flour mills, strong newspapers, cloth
ing, furniture, cigar and saSh IacIor-
les. refineries. brick and tile works,
diaries and stock yards.
FL Paso is the principal United states
customs port on the Mexican border,
and one of the most important in the
United States Nearly all the. livestock
imported into the United States enters
through this port Other principal
imports are ores. silver and lead bull
lion, lumber. Gbers and Mexican native
manufactures.
Transients and short term residents
in FL PasO, not enumerated IN popula-
ton figures, average continuously 5000
to 5000. To the cltyS unique SITUATION
a a transcOntinental and international
gateway is due this remarkably nigh
average Several thousand persons per
day pass through the gates at the
union passenger station Thlrty-IOur
to IS passenger trains daily are hand
led through this terminal There is
no marked diminutiOn of passenger
traffic in the summer season. FL Paso
knows no dull season Average
freight movement through the FL PasO
yards approaches 1000 cars per day
throughout the year
I
mate is equable, mild, but crisp and
invigorating in winter. sunshiny near
" always (only SO cloudy days a year,,
and never facilitating in summer, Ow-
ing to the rare atmosphere at this alti-
tude and the almost entire absence OF
humidity. Near FL PaSO is ClOudcroft,
a famous summer resort in the noun
tain forests 5000 feet above the sea,
which attracts summer visitors from
1000 miles away. All Cloudcroft tick
cts permit stOpOver in FL PasO.
FL PasO's Trade Territory.
FL PasO'S tributary territory includes
west Texas and the states of New
Mexico. Arizona, Chihuahua. Sonora,
Durango and SinalOa- New Mexico and
Arizona are about the size, respective
", OF the British Isles and Italy. Texas
is larger than France, Germany or
Austria The Mexican states are near
" as large as New Mexico and Ari-
IONA.
FL Paso is the greatest railroad CEN
ter west Of the Tooth meridian-ap-
proximately the center of the United
States Trunk lines and feeders pene-
trate FL PaSO'S vast tributary region
in every direction, centering at this
great crossing point For centuries
the great trails have conferred here,
owing to the topography of the coun-
try and the demands of human traffic;
and the great railroad systems of to-
day find at FL PaSO the lowest pass
over the Rocky mountains and the con-
tinental divide between the equator and
the arctic SHOWS.
Great Wholesale Center
FL Paso is the greatest Wholesale and
retail trading point south of Denver,
between San Antonio and Los Angeles
a distance of 1900 miles. The railroads
give the city the benefit of favorable
rates both in and out FL Paso whole
salers cover a territory greater than
France or Germany, and equal to all
the New England and middle states
combined. Retail merchants have
worked up an important mail order
business with the surrounding coun-
try In addition to this, there is a very
large trade available to FL Paso re-
tailers from the people of all the coun-
try within 400 miles of FL Paso. who