El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-09


II VEN in the days when q Paso was
"a rapidly growing town, - the spirit
- of progress, Of forward looking
was full grown, as the blue bound, time
SCARED directory viii show This lit
tie volume, no bigger than first
reader used in the schools, is the prop
erty Of Thomas WalIar and is cherished
bv him as one of the valuable souve-
Mrs Of the old FL PasO. The directory
was issued by c. A Gould & company
and contains, in addition to the names
Of the residents, much information re-
garding the frontier town of that day,
which will be valuable to the historians
OF the future
story in the Ads.
Even the advertisements in this old
general directory are interesting Tor
they carry j story in themselves DR.
+. Alexander was a grape grower who
dealt in wholesale and retail cuttings
and the choicest selections of mission
grapes. one advertisement says Joe
Vogel, East Overland street made thu
best suits in those days, his ad pro-
claims from the bottom of eacn page
in the directory. The Link restaurant
was rhe best, the top margin of the
page declares. and D. e De Mooyne-
successor to DR.. L NJ. Townsley, does
operative dentistry and bridge work,
teeth without plates On the back
cover Ben Small advertises his paints
that time. Deer, antelope, poultry and
sausage was offered for sale by John
Leberry, successor to Mundy Bros.
Eas Names of Pioneer Officials.
John Ireland was governor Of Texas
when the directory was issued John
Bailey was the representative in the
legislature from Ell Paso county. r
c. LightbOdy was mayor in that year;
o. B. Beall, city clerk; James A Ash
ford, assessor and collector; ". H.
FUrlow, deputy assessor AID collector;
W II. Austin, treasurer; Allen Blacker,
city attorney; a. H. Parker. city en-
Thomas B. White, city marshal; John
kie. janitor.
The councilmen were Joe Schultz. Al
Larmour, first ward; AdOlph Kra-
D. Shepard. Zach White, third ward;
H L Detwiler. George Berliner,
fourth ward; H 7 Stacy was acequia
commissioner.
department, which was a red shirt, vol
unteer organization and did much good
work in the old days. W 81. futile I
was assistant chief A G. Foster. sec :
Henry Beneke ST, was president Of 1
the famous old hook and ladder com 4
pany No. ]; John Julian president OF I
hose company No l. Hose company
waite and the Sunset hose company. !
great grand father to the Silk Stock 1
lngs company, was in charge of Will !
liam Watson as foreman.
The Old Service Corporations.
The Bush Electric Light COM /
pany supplied electricity for the |
plant on St Louis C8Hlls) street /
Gas, Coke & Coal company had a capt. I
tai stock of S100, 600. The FL Paso !
Water company supplied the water for
drinking, bathing and fire purposes,
= Il
Of the plant.
The FL Paso Water Power & Irrigat-
ing company was the pretentiOus name /
Tor company which was the fore
runner of the Elephant Butte dam. for
It's purpose. as stated in the directory,
was to supply water for irrigating the
Rio Grande valley.
The street railway companies
thrived on the patronage of the town
IN those days One was the El Paso
Street Railroad company and the other /
the Il PasO & PasO del NOrte Interna- /
-ional Street Railroad company which
1 nae. three miles Of track and ran
three tunes as many coaches as it had !
mileage. The FL Paso company had /
-hree-fOurths of a mile of road
Inc lire department not only pro- !
pleasure, for the only band here at
time was the Fire Department band,
organized in 1885 with Il members. /
Z. P. White was its leader
The Herald Was 4 Weekly.
The FL Paso Herald was then issued
weekly In the First National bank
buildings by a 3. MCKEE and Frank ".
Grown The other newspapers were
he FL Paso Times. which was managed !
~ \ II Hart the FL Paso Tribune
md the international Live stock Jour
nal
There were four railroads at that
inc, the Texas & Pacific. the Santa
can Central
Commerce Chambers Advance Agent.
The Central committee was the adj