El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-04-18
BIC REALTY DEALS
and BUILDING ARE
REALTY FEATURES
Work on a Number of Add
tional Bungalows to Be
Started Next Week.

The placing of 4 new addition on the
markst and sales of north Chihuahua
ranchFland aggregating a quarter of q
million dollars were the notable events
Of the week in the Ell Paso real estate
market The bulk Of the business for
fine week was in the building line, work
on two large apartment houses and
many bungalows pelng started. Realty
men report that the demand for rent
ing houses is as brisk as ever and
MANY are having difficulty in placing
customers. Prices Of building materials
remained the same during the week
Begins Work on Three Bungalows.
The Phoenix-EI Paso Building com
pany has started work on three four
room bungalows at the corner of Orc
and Copia streets, in the East FL PasO
addition. The houses are being built
for C. S. Pickren and viii cost a total
of $4,000. The same firm viii next
week start construction work on a five
room bungalow in the HOO block on
Roosevelt street for James A COnnOrS.
It win cost $1,000. During the week the
firm completed the five room bunga-
low of Dr. A. l. ArguelIes, at the cor
ner Of Roosevelt and Diaz streets, which
cost $500, and has nearly completed a
10 room house that is being built for
A. r Johnson. at the corner Of ROOSe-
welt and Macmillan streets and
which is to cost $4,000
n 0TE- STARTS 0A aieAai1UuO n aAAANAAa
Joseph Stein has commenced worlS.Cn
an apartment house on Missouri
street. near Campbell Tt will be thor
oughly modern in every respect A
feature of the building VIII be fine
marble entrance, besides many Of the
decOra tons heinG in marble. 1t VIII
cost about $4,000.
Is Building 40 Room Apartment.
The Perry Kirkpatrick cmpany COM
pleted this week a five room bungalow
on Mckinley street. block 2. Morning
side Heights addition. for A. L. Madison
The house cost $500 The same firm
will complete next week 40 room
anartment house on South Oregon
st~cet for e. E. Mcintyre. It VIII cost
$1,000
sells Alfalfa Land.
The Anderson-F Filler Realty company
has sold to Frank A. OvertOn IL
acres Of fine alfalfa land about nine
miles down the. valley. The property
is improved with a four room bunga-
low and other buildings. The selling
price was $4,000. The same firm has
sold to Mrs. Mary II Harris q five room
hungalOw and lots j. to 16. block 1S5,
Highland Park addition, for $1,000. Mrs
Harris has also purchased lots 1s and
90. block q. Military Heights addition,
for $3.50. The Anderson-Filler com
many has sold to Mrs. Ellis Hausendeu-
fol lots : and s. block 3, Government
Hill addition. for $500.
To Begin On Two Bungalows.
The Mayfield Realty company will
start work Monday on two five room
bungalows, one in the 2400 block on
Montana street to cost $1,000, and one
on the $500 block, on Rio Rrande
street, which will cost $4,000. In speak
ing of the Montana street section be-
tween the 240O and 1900 blocks, where
II. Nayfield said: Montana street Is
now paved right out to the 1000 block
and is rapidly building up. II IS hardly
q year since this SecuOn was prucIl-
cally untnhabited' put the pul4lalhg tu .at
is now going on assures It's being one
of the finest residential sections of the
entire city The street is parked and
our company is soon going TO plant
many trees along it There IS frequent
car service on the Fort Bliss s0Tern-
ment Hill and Manhattan Heights car
lines" Z $3.50
BIuch Building in Manhattan Heights.
Extensive Improvement work in
Manhattan Heights continues During
houses was started and the paving
work is we'll underway. The addition.
though the newest in the city, has all
modern improvements and is rapidly be-
ing built Up with up TO date bungatoWs
and houses. There still remain 10
blocks to be paved and this viii be
completed by fan Since it was opened
q homes have been built. among them
p s18.5OO, S14500, $4,000 and two
SO. geo houses
RemOdeIinE Building for PallE.
The front of the old Wells-Fargo
building, which is to be Occunied as
the new home of the Union Bank &
Trust company. has been lODDed off and
work viii soon begin on building the
new front for the building. The old
vault is being removed and it. is ex-
Dected that the wrecking will be so
"a oomnleted that actual construction
---ork may be commenced in about 10
days.
PIats Alfalfa Switch Land.
The TObin Real Estate company has
completed Dlatting Aits land near Al
falfa switch and will commence the
sale Of property there next week. The
lots are 80 foot frontage and all streets
and other improvements have been IN
stalled. The pronerty was purchased
tbis week for 100000.
school of Mines Deed Ready.
The deeds and abstracts for the
DrOperty of the FL PasO Military
school, which is to be the Texas
state school of Mines, viii be sent
this afternoon to the attorney general
at Austin The Chamber Of Com
merce has received assurances that
details OF the formal transfer Of the
property will be expedited as much as
possible at Austin and 1t is hoped to
start remodeling work on the build
ings at an early date so that every
thing will he in readiness for the
opening Of the school in September.