El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-01-25
Easy To Buy A Home In Ell
Paso; Easy Payments Possible

accommodations and the downtown
stores make regular delivery to all the
suburban additions. Mail is delivered
by carrier to most of the additions also
and one OF two of them have postoffice
substations-
Graded streets are features of prac-
ucally all the suburbs and the growth
Of population has been so rapid that
schools have been erected or will be
erected in all of them. Every addition
to the city has its own park and the
city fire department has been strength
ened so that fire protection is also af-
1orded- Both East Ell Paso and High
land Park have fire stations. The peo-
pie in these suburbs have every city
advantage, with the additional adVan-
tage Of lower taxes, Better views and
less city noise, smoke and dust and
more pure, fresh air.
A Cosmopolitan Aspect.
Building in the suburbs has not been
J confined strictly to the small bungalow
or cottage, but many of the city's fin
est homes are in the outlying sections
really a part of the city proper, as it
IS built up largely out to all of them
Some Of these larger homes are in the
typical western mission type, prettiest
or all residential architecture, especial
. ~ for this region where it is as ap-
propr1ate as 1t is artistic and pleasing
to the eye.
Nor are all the small homes confined
to the suburbs Throughout the city
OF the people who preferred rather to
pay a higher price for the land than
going further away and being depend
ent upon the street cars for transport
! alton. Downtown, as well as in out
lying additions, homes may be pur-
chased on the easy payment plan. but
interest and the monthly payments are
al heavier There are hundreds Of
such homes throughout the city and
the number of rented houses is not
nearly as large as the number owned
partially or outright by their occupants
and is gradually dWindling. The popu-
Hna~ 90 II e. Il
sive type that scarcely, If ever, is there
case where a man or family loses
place when once beginning to pay for
It The conditions have been such in
the past and there is no reason why
they should not continue, that there
has been a greater demand for houses
well built and people compelled or
desiring to move have always found
ready sale for their property at more
event they have had the satisfaction of
realizing profit on the investment,
besides rent free Of cost during the
time they have occupied the place.
Property Advances Steadily.
It is contended by real estate men
that no man has ever had to sell his
home for less than the original price
plus the interest unless it was at
forced sale, made on a very few days
notice, and there are few such in
stances as this on record. Such eOndi-
tions have naturally been encouraging
~ LAAS 4AOAAA1 DuEGAs even N4AE Al4[4A 4ANN
certain that Ell PasO was to be his per-
manent home Many have bought
homes only for a few months resi-
dence and have sold at the end Of their
period of residence and not only cleared
their rent, but have realized a hand
some profit on the original investm
It is due to these facts that real
estate has been and is active in FL
Paso. Few men want to pay rent when
they can buy at practically a rental
figure, with the addition of a small
first payment" and the result has
been a steady traffic in lots and a Just
as steady progress in the home build
ing line.
Bungalow PredOminates.
FL Pasoans have generally not been
satisfied with the ordinary cottage
type of house, either: such types pre-
these rent at a smaller figure than the
more modern bungalow or mission
residence, and their sale is not nearly
so ready as the modern structures. but
most of the older types have this adj
vantage-they have been built on
property that has increased rapidly in
value, and their owners have accord
ingly not lost any money, but on the
contrary have sold or could sell now,
at a good profit on the investment
Even the labOring man, who in the
ordinary city is satisfied with the COM
mOnplace cottage, has caught the fever
of progress and artistic development
in FL Paso, and spends more money
in the same walk of life in any other
city in the country. Figures gathered
by architects and real estate men prove
this to be a fact