El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-20
Building and Realty Activity
Not Halted By Hot Weather
Never in History Of Ell Paso Have So Many Sales Been
Recorded or Improvements Been Started as at the
Present Time; Remodeing of Homes Grows
Popular Grading New Additions.

7 EVER before has the summer
season in FL Paso witnessed so
much building and realty activ-
ity as at the present time, in the opin-
ION of real estate men Not one but
reports business in excellent shape and
prospects for the fall brighter than
ever before Many Of the larger firms
maintain that building boom unsur-
passed in the history Of FL PasO viii
weather
The activity is in all lines. Contracts
Tor new apartment houses, for buuga-
lows and for business blocks are beng
ieL bungalow building is still far
IN the lead and construction now under
way ana contemplated viii soon trans
FORM whole sections, hitherto practi-
cdIIy 1npopulated, into well filled resi-
Dental sections
RemOdeIInE Becoming Popular.
A feature OF the week was The many
contracts let for the remodeIina- Of
houses located close in Many Of these
nave been standing for 10 or Is years
and were built before the highly pop
ular bungalow style of architecture be-
came general in FL Paso. They are in
the main substantially built homes but,
on account OF their architecture, do not
rent or sell as fast as bungalows.
For TINS reason many Of them are
being made over into bungalows Large
pOrches are added the convenient
builtin features are installed and the
At a comparatively small cost a num-
Der Of close in homes have been greatly
improved and are now as attractive as
the most modern bungalows Indica-
tons are that the end of the summer
Will see many OF the older houses Of
FL Paso improved along these lines
California Feature Adopted.
FL PaSO builders, ever on the lookout
for new features, have adopted the air
cooled closet. which is installed in
many California homes. An air shaft
is built in the side Of the house, with
doors leading TO IL from the outside
rooms Screen shelves are put in and
cool closets are insured The shaft
runs from the ground TO the roof. lusur-
ing q circulation Of air at all times.
Red, buff and tapestry bricks for eX-
terlors are popular with local build
ers- Bricks Of this kind are manu-
featured right in FL Paso and thus a
good market has been created for
home industry The pebble dash fin
ish retains its popularity and many Of
the new homes are being finished in
this style
Grading Nearly Completed.
The grading work at the extreme
north end Of the Cotton addition, which
has been underway for more than two
months, is practically completed and
A p. Coles * Bros, owners OF the prop
erty. announce that the work Of plat
ing the tract viii soon begin An army
Of men, 12O mules and dozens Of scrap
ers have been at work on the grading
The new tract comprises about 90
acres. A feature is the bald knob that
has been left the emInence affording
fine view in all directions. Ii is prob
able that ii viii be crowned by one OF
the finest homes in FL Paso. The top
has been 0artened and is about three
acres in extent a street viii lead TO
the top Of the knob.
II is expected that the laying OF
streets and sidewalks viii begin about
July l. More than a mile of streets
paved with hltullthlc paving. VIII he
put down The property viii be re-