El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-19

nth construction work on
M apartment houses that viii
cost upwards Of S1OO,O
already under way. work was
begun during the week on a $4,000
apartment and two new apartments,
one costing $4,000 and the other $4,000.
viii be begun on Monday Realty men
declare that there is more apartment
house building in e. Paso at this time
than in any other city in the southwest
and that, despite the many buildings
that have been completed in the last
SIX months, the demand for apartments
is still much greater than the supply
work Starts on teThe Defroff5
during the week work was started
on the $4,000 Detroit apartments on
West Boulevard, Of which Gibson a.
Robertson are the architects The
bui4iing viii be three stories in height
each floor being a complete house on
Monday foundation work will be
started by James X. Turbeville on a
tnree story Atlas brick apartment
mouse on Oregon street, between Third
and Fourth. The building is being
erected for Ernest Wright and will
contain so rooms Work on clearing
the site Of the old buildings was COM
pleteo today. The apartment house
viii cost 81, 900.
To Build Apartment on Myrtle.
Early next week Jolly & Morris viii
begin work on an apartment house on
Myrtle avenue. The building will be two
stories in height and will contain four
four room apartments. It viii be con-
structed OF brick and viii cost $4,000.
work on the $4,000 Austin apartments
at the corner of Virginia and Overland
streets, is progressing rapidly and the
building viii be ready for occupancy
on August l. Foundation work for the
Robinson apartment house at the cor
Ter of San Antonio and St Vrain
twnnTE which fu rn
Bmpleted during the week. 4
Grant boulevard Paved.
The paving Of Grant boulevard for
its entire half mile length in Cotton
addition has been completed and work
has started on the laying Of cement
sidewalks The street is to be parked.
During the week the Coles Realty &
Building company sold to Dr.. James
Vance the north "a feet OF lot and all
OF lot 10. block u. Alexander addition.
located on north Mesa avenue, for
$4,000. Dr. Vance will soon let a con
tract for seven room residence, cost
ing about $4,000, to be erected on the Z
property The same firm has sold to I
c. OConnelly, formerly Of Kansas City, 1
2 home in Castle Heights for $500. /
Work has been begun by the firm on 4
two modern bungalows in the same +
section TO cost $4,000 each.
Stanley BeTan has been awarded the I
contract for building the new city black +
smith and wagon repair shop near the Z
CITY cQEEalr on ALaEOLLln avenue Plans .
for the structure, which viii be 4Ox1O0 /
feet, were drawn by Gibson & Robert
SON The building viii cost $4,000.
Homes and Lots Sold
J R Bogarus has purchased from
Cassidy & Neal a four room bungalow
on Gro street for $3.50. The same firm
reports the sale OF three lots on the
triangle at Cotton avenue. Park and
Fourth streets to ". F. Moulton for
$1,000. Mr. Moulton is having plans
drawn for a SO room apartment house
10 be erected on the property. Another
apartment house is TO be erected by
Yrs. Minnie s. George, who has pur-
chased through the same firm a plot
42x10O feet at the corner of North
Florence and High streets, for $500.
Other sales reported by the firm are to
Iames Brown, a six room building at
1913 7. & P. street for 100 and a store
building in the 200 block on Bassett
avenue for s1100; Selig Gordon has
purchased a five room buff brick bun
salow at 1916 Stevens avenue. near the
Alta Vista school, for $4,000; Joseph H.
Goodman has purchased the brick ten
sment on three lots located at the cor
her Of st. Vrain and Eighth streets, for
$500. II
The Fisk-Ramsey Realty company
las sold to E K. Knots an eight room |
louse at 1141 Rio Grande streets.