El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-12
REAL ESTATE SALES PICK UP;
FALL STIMULATES THE MARKET
Week Just Past One of the Most Active in Months,
Dealers Report; Solid Block of Bungalows Features
Construction Work; $4,000 Sanatorium Is
Assuming Shape in Mesa Heights

~ for the 1all season llhe 4N1-
N ter horse. The weekly real estate
review shows that the local market
had one Of the best six days Of trade
during the present year and all Of the
dealers say that they have enough
prospects to keep them busy 1or a
month and they hint at big deals Wnlch
viii be closed during the present monIh-
A solid block Of bungalows IS the
record for the week in building con-
struction- These houses az Ps,14y,
built BIZ the Perry -hirkpatrlcl hedII9
cOmnauy in block is. Morning side al
dition. on Dyer street There VIII pc
ten Of these bungalows built ana an
The houses will be only one block from
the Country club and VIII ne con-
structed Of brick, stucco, shingles anu
stone on the exterior The total cost
Of the houses will be S55,0OO' ana IHeg
will all have Easements and heaIlhs
plants
$4,000 Down Town Sale.
Another business building is 10 be
bulr on Texas street at the Kansas
street into section. Frank A spence
has bought IS IL 1eeI on tlllS ~ ~
of the eastern business district anu WIZ
build a brick and concrete store Dul4u-
ing on the site as soon as the present
lease expires The purchase was mace
Cooley. s. C. Aubrey and others com
Dosing the old Central Investment com
55sr,- for So. 600. In exchange, Mr..
Spence traded a ranch in the lower val
ley near Clint, consisting Of - -
acres Of land and valued at S4-,9vu- Inc
sale was made by Broaddus * lie Baron
and was one Of the big ones OF the
week
:. G. EcCurdy. sales manager for the
SouthU esLern Portland Cement com
pany. is completing his new bungalow
on 1Iundy avenue in Mundy Heights
which viii cost $500 The house VIII
have heating plant and was designed
by frost and frost
sacatcrium Under Way.
The first floor OF the new Hendricks
sanatOrium in Mesa Heights has
been completed and the big $4,000
san Is being built rapidly by the
large force of men who are at work
laying the hollow tile Of the wall con-
structlOl and pouring the cement floors.
The health resort viii be completed
this fall and viii be ready for Occu-
pancy before Christmas.
The Union Bank and Trust company
Will open In its new banking rooms on
San antonio street next Saturday
There viii be no formal opening Of the
Union bank, but the public viii be
invited to call and inspect the beautiful
bank building and 10 receive a SOU
Tenir from the bank officers The
new Union bank building was remOd-
eled from the old Wells Fargo block
at cost Of more than $4,000 New
columns have been placed at the sides
OF the main entrance, a mezzantne floor
built on the interior and the build
ing improved by the addition Of
veneer OF terra Gotta brick on the out
side and white marble on the interior.
All Of the bank fixtures are new and
the big vault Of the latest bank vault
construction.
Beautiful Suburban Home
F. B White viii have one Of the
most attractive homes in the FL Paso
valley when his new mission house is
completed. He has bought Il acres Of
land from r L Dorbandt on the county
road paving $4,000 for the acreage,
and he VIII build mission home cost
ing $500 When it is completed, Mr..
White and family viii make their
home there
ton, In Mundy Heights facing Mundy
park, is now being built and Will be
ready to occupy within the next month,
The plans were drawn by frost q
frost and IL will be mission design
with wide pOrChes and stuccO finish
The new Fennell apartment, on North
Santa Fe street, is nearing completion
and VIII be ready for occupancy by
October Is. It is Of cream cOlOred brick
with terra Gotta decorations and will
have eight fully equipped apartments.
The total cost Of the apartment will be
$4,000
Buy Valley Land.
Valley land continues TO move brisk
". ". l. Hamilton, claim agent for
the auditors office Of the FL Paso &
Southwestern railroad has bought Sc
acres Of upper valley land in the Ca
nutillo district from Mrs. Lillian B.
Richardson. Of Philadelphia, Pa, for
$4,000, through the -hite-Paden
Realty cOmpany's agency. J. D. POr-
cher has sold two acres Of land on
the county road, eight miles from FL
PasO. to W D. Goss for $500. This
is claimed to be q record price for
lower valley land by the White-Paden
company which scld IL.
Deming business men come to FL
PasO to buy real estate. ". T. Bush,
one Of the keenest business men in the
southwest, has purchased a six room
house and two lots on TularOsa street
from Edgar Kayser and VIII K Mari
for $4,000 The sale was made by Aus
tin 4 Marr. and the Demins business
man. is now collecting the rent
RoOming houses are becoming one OF
the staple buys on the local market.
Austin & Mari sold $500 worth Of
roomlnR houses during the past week.
This includes the lease and furnishings,
but does not include the building or
site One on West Missouri street, one
at 200 Munday avenue. one at 9O1 North
Campbell street and one at 100 Texas
street were sold by this company
A blue limestone bungalow is the
newest addition TO the attractive group
OF homes in Manhattan Heights h D.
johnson is having his lots on Grant
avenue leFeleQ ana Is having stone
from Mount Franklin quarried for his
new house Il Will cost $4,000 Dr. W.
H. Smith is also building new bunEa-
low in Manhattan Heights, on Elm
street. which will cost 5000 J Z.
Morgan is the contractor and the lots
for both Of these homes were sold by
c. H LeavelL
Ten teams are now at work grading
in Manhattan Heights for two additional
blocks of street paving The paving
viii be laid on Riverview street, from
Elm street TO the west boundary OF the
addition
bungalow Sells Five Times.
To sell five times within year IS
the reeord Of the bungalow at 1928 Tu-
larosa street r. 3. Alvez was the last
purchaser Of the house, but he only
kept 1t g short time until II was AGAIN
sold, to Dr. butcher. for $3.50 II Is a
four room bungalow and has been sold
the fifth time by the Whlte-Paden
Realty company
/ E Sergeant has sold a house and a
lot and half in block a, sunset
Heights. fronting on Epson avenue, for
$1,000 TO c R Rattkie. The sale was
made BY Austin & Mari
Hugh N Walker has closed q con-
tract for the erection of a five room
bungalow on the corner of Tul2rosa
and Luna streets to cost $1,000. The con-
struction work win be done by the