El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-27

II ROBABLT no better indication OF
the rapid and steady growth OF
Ell Paso can be found than in
the continual demand for stores and
other business quarters There is not
a real estate man in the city who spec
ializes in this department Of the realty
field who is not continually receiving
inquiries for locations, ranging from
stores with 20 feet front 10 whole
buildings.
The demand for mercantile estab-
Ishments far exceeds the supply From
many nearby towns small merchants,
attracted by the continued and SUD
stantial prosperity Of Ell Paso, are com
ing here TO locate
Business Section Grows.
The business section is showing a
steady growth. Perhaps the fastest
increase is along Myrtle avenue near
Kansas. This is directly traceable 10
the rapid growth Of the automoolle
business and many substantial bulld-
iues havs been put up The latest
addition to this section is a three story
apartment house, with stores on the
ground floor This building is now in
course of construction
The growth Of the business section
north of the tracks is slow, but steady.
South Fl Paso street is rapidly coming
into its own. with two large theater
buildings and a number Of store ana
whole buildings in course Of con-
EEruELLDA- ne ItALANAEAlLE OF q 4Au--AAl-
Of the older buildings is also helping
the general increase
stores Being Built.
The store building at the corner OF
San Francisco and Leon streets, which
viii adioin the chamber Of commerce
is nearing completion and will be
ready for occupancy by July IS. This
building. which will contain two stores
and a rOoming house on the second
floor. is being built by D C. Grower
Z
$4,000.
Zen new stores viii be added to the
Myrtle avenue section with the com
pletion Of the new three story apart
ment house that is being built az the
corner Of Kansas street and Myrtle
avenue. The building is now wen un-
der way and will be completed ABOUT
August Is. The ten stores that VIII
occupy the ground floor VIII be moo
ern in every respect and many OF lnen
have already been rented The second
floor viii contain u apartments. ana
the top floor will have 1S-rooms- There
viii be brick garage in the rear me
building. which viii cost $4,000, IS be-
ing built for the Crosby company by
j. C. Croweu- A feature viii be the
flooring Of the bathrooms and kitchens
which will be Of sanitary Iloorlngi an
Fl PasO product
stores on South FL PasO street at Sec
Ond- These stores. many Of which
have already been rented, are located
in the ground floor-of a tenement house
that viii contain eight rooms and with
be completed by July Is. The building
will cost $4,000.
Improving Additions.
Extensive work is now under way on
the Improvement of a number Of III
Paso additions In Richmond Terrace
Austin &, Mari have completed i'm
nrOvenents that have made this one
OF the most attractive additions in the
CITY In Cotton addition A. P Coles
& BROS completed this week the ez-
pensive grading work that IS the first
Ftep in the making Of q. fine residential
section A map Of the section is now
being made and. upon its completion,
about two miles Of paving, including
sidewalks and curbing, viii be IN
stalled. Rio Grande and Arizona streets
from Cotton avenue, VIII be EXTENDED
through the property. 10 connect with
Alamo aud Castle streets.
A feature viii be the bald knob"
which has been left on the property.
This will be surmounted with attrac-
tive electric light standards. Around
the entire base Virginia creeper vines
will be planted
The Perry kirkpatrick Realty COM
pany IS making extensive improve
ments on its property on Mckinley
street, in the Morning Side Heights
addition. For six blocks. from Dyer
street to Park avenue. the street is
being paved and sidewalks and curb
ing are being installed The work,
when completed. viii represent an out
lay Of about $4,000
Half Of Addition Sold.
Probably the largest single sale OF
the week was the sale of one-half OF
the Logan Heights addition to the LO-
gan Heights Investment company. The
sale was made by D. C. Sutton, the