El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25
Building Records For El Paso Are Steadily Broken
EachSucceeding Year: Million More Than Last Yea

Larger than any of these is the new
three-stOry concrete building erected
at the corner of Stanton and Second
streets by Frank A. Spence, at a cost
Of S35.O0U.
At the corner of Anthony and Wall
streets the Western WOOdenware CON-
pany has erected a modern fireproof
warehouse of reinforced concrete and
fire bricil construction, at a cost of
S15, 900. 1t is three stories high.
The Schuster Commission company
erected a new brick warehouse at the
corner of Chihuahua and Overland
streets, at a cost of $4,000.
Crombie & company are building a
new warehouse for the storage Of
green groceries, at the corner of First
ana Florence streets, costing $4,000.
The ii Paso & South Western Rail-
way company built for the s. & S. COM
pany a new brick warehouse at the
corner of Virginia and Mills streets,
Mrs Allie D. Clardy built six new
store buildings on Broadway, between
costing $4,000
san Antonio and Overland streets,
costing about $4,000.
o. H. Baum has built an automobile
garage at the corner Of west San Az
tonic and Santa Fe streets at a cost
OF $4,000. In order to erect this build
ing it was necessary to remove four
old residence buildings that stood
there.
Costly Apartment Houses.
Probably the most costly. as well
as the most attractive apartment hOuss
in the city is The Palms. built by
the Fiske Realty company, on west
Missouri street, just north of the co.,
ner of Buchanan street, in 1912. This
building opened curing the early fall,
cost S65,000 and the ground cost S1o.-
00g more. 1t has court running the
whole length of the house, mas separate
sleeping pOrches and is fitted through
out with electric lights, steam heat,
gas ana other conVeniences. Thsre
are 80 artmsntS and hardwood flo Us
arr used throughout, while disappear
ing beds and other novelties are in
each apartment.
]. c. WOrthington built on the cor
ner IF north Stanton and Wyoming
streets a TOdern apartment building
three stories high costing S21, 900. This
is OF brick.
George Wallace built new apart
ment house opposite the Sunset fire
station on Romero street, in Sunset
Heights, at cost of $4,000
Broaddus & lie Baron built a three
story apartment house on the corner
of Boulevard and OctaYia streets, with
a store on the ground floor, at a cost
of about S20,9C0.
Mrs. Ann Caples built the Marguer-
lie apartments. two story brick. on
Boulevard, near OctaTia street, at I
CO. of $4,000.
VIM. ROsing'S new apartment house
on Roosevelt street and Mundy avenue,
cost $1,000.
The Sunset apartments. on west
Boulevard, built by the FiSke Realty
cOmpauy finished in 1912 cost $4,000
A new apartment is being built en-
the corner Of west Missouri and Buch-
anan streets, at cost Of $4,000, by
]. =. Lake; another is being erected
. at the corner Of Myrtle and Octayia
streets, by Mayfield & DOaS, to cost
$4,000. and Mrs ]. N Allen is buil5-
ing one at the corner Of Magoffin and
Octavia. TO cost $4,000
Tenement Houses and Churches.
Tenement houses have been built in
many places in the Mexican part OF
PAST year was one by S. Urrutia, On
TrttCI. avenue, in the MagOffin addi-
ton, costing $500; one by F. L. CLARK
at the corner of Eighth and Florence
streets costing $4,000; one BY James
Q. White, at the corner of Fifth and
Oregon, at 2 cost Of $4,000; one by Jas.
X Brown, at the corner OF Eighth and
st. Erain streets, at cost of $4,000,
and enc by J. r Bogardus, at the
corner of Campbell and Fifth, at
cost OF $4,000.
Within the city limits the only new
church erected this year was the First
Congregational, at the corner of Rio
Grande and Williams streets which
cost s45O0. It is of brick construction
and Gel ferns to the ideas of oth-r
church buildings
In Altura Park the Presbyterians
have competed Il new church costing
$4,000. The Christians have a chapel
IN Altura and the First Methodist con-
gregatiOn plans the erection of a $40
600 building on Montana street.
Many Costly Residences.
The most costly residence started
during 1912 was that of Frank N
Ainsa- It is at the corner of Arizona
and Mesa, to be one of the city's most
modern structures. 1t is two stories in
height, Of brick construction, and has
large white columns in front, while a
brick fence and iron gateway will also
Rdorn the front The cost is to be
about $4,000.
A Matthias is occupying his new
home on west Boulevard, near the cor
ner of Corto street. This house. which
IS Of the early English type of archi-
lecture, with a beautiful terrace in
frcnt and high steps leading to a spa
cious front porch, cost about $50. 900.
Adjoining the Matthias home is the
home of Richard F. Burgcs. which COST
about $1,000. This home is two stor-
les in height and finished with plaster
1t has the low mission roof and a
large sun rarlOr in the rear Both of
these homes are on the famous old
McGinty hi, In Sunset Heights Chas.
Davis is 10 erect a handsome home in
the same row
7. F. o'Connor built new home on
the corner of River ard Oregon streets \
at cost Of SIS, 900. This is two stories
in height and has large colonial col
umns in front and a secOnd-storv bal-
cony that gives it the air of an old
southern mansion.
Bernard Schuster is building a new,
two-story, 10-rOOm residence on BIiss
street, IN the Alta Vista section. wIiici1
VIII cost him $4,000
Mrs. b. c. French built a new homo
on Montana street, between Lee ana
Newman streets, at a cost Of sI1. 900
c. D Pollock has new S11 600 homo
on Montana, between Newman and
Lee streets.
o. c. Coles's attractive new home At
1923 Montana street, cost him $1,000
T r. Francis built a $4,000 homo
on Montana street, in Cotton addition
Between Newman ard Austin streets
on Montana, ". L. Gaines built an
$4,000 residence.
". NJ. Laughlin's two-storv horna
bet'A cen Newman and Brown streets
on Montana cost over $500.
G. A Bush built a $4,000 residence
on the corner Of Mesa avenue and Cliff
street
Mrs. L Dickerson expended $4,000 in
the construction of her new home on
Montana street, between Dallas ana
Williams streets.
Golden Hill Active.
In Golden Hill Austin & Mari have
been active builders during the past
year, erecting houses principally tor
sale Among these was the home Of
NJ H. McCallum on Arizona street
which cost $4,000. and another which