El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-05-23
Auditorium and Municipal
Market Plans Abandoned
Proposed Joint City and County Building 100000 w Be Modern
office Structure ! Present Plans Are Carried Through

building that they saw and not too ex-
Deusfve for the county ana CITY 10
build Many ideas for me new IN 9Llla-
ing were obtained from the Des MONIES
building and embodied in the sugges-
tfons prepared by the officials upon
their return
Would Utilize Old Court House.
The plan they propose is to leave
the old court house building as II IS
until the new unit Of the county anu
city building is completed rms WotLu
save a large amount IN renlaLS AoL
temporary quarters during the year
required for construction WORK ne
new building would be built Iusn Win
the san Antonio street sidewalk aC
COrdinE to these suggested plans. ana
would cover the entire half dock
with frontage Of go feet and would pc
80 feet deep. more or less Ihis Woulu
leave the old building in the clear 10
be used until the new one was COM
pleted. when il could be wrecked. leav-
ing a court between the new bulIQlnS
and the newer part Of the present
court house which would be left stand
ing for the use Of the city as ponce
station. jail and corporation court
Because of the limited funds, there
would be no money available 1or
a market and a second floor audi
torfuru so il is planned TO have an
auditorium on the fourth floor, which
win not be needed for offices until
the city can afford to build an audi
torium 10 replace the new part Of the
present court house and to have
market house in connection, MI PIT
man says OF course a fourth floor
auditorium could not accommodate any
very large crowd. for elevator service
would be out of the question and stair
climbing has gone out of fashion
Basement Would BE Utilized.
The basement of the tentative build
ing as planned by the two men IS d.
vided into two equal parts by hall
way 90 feet wide, having its main
opening on san Antonio street To the
left of the main entrance to the base
rneut would be vaults for the OIIlces
on the first and second floors, rooms
for the justices Of the peace, toilets
and a large vault for the county clerk
office. On the city's side, which would
be In the west end of the basement
there would be a large room 40 by 90
feet in the end for the city engineer
ing department and eight offices 70
by 81 feet for the health department.
sewer department and other city Of
fees. with vaults for the first floor
offices. In the rear OF the building
would be a heating plant and power
plant for the elevators. in a structure
six feet underground ana six rect out
OF ground to give light and air.
Plans for First Floor.
The first floor would be divided by
a main entrance hallway 20 feet wide,
leading from the san Antonio entrance
through the middle Of the building
Running at right angles 10 this would
be another hall Is feet wide TO con-
meet with all Of the offices II is the
idea of the men making these sug-
gestions that this first floor be left
omen like the working floor of the
First National bank. except for the
private offices. As in the basement,
the county would occupy the east half
OF the floor and the city the right half.
The tax collectors and tax assessor 8
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main entrance hall and the county
clerks office would occupy the entire
east end Of the building. measuring
40 by 80 feet. Opposite the collectors
and assessors offices would be the au-
ditOr's office and the court room OF the
commissioners court, the probate and
I the juvenile courts
Offices and Courts
On the city side which would he