El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-05

difficult. owing to the heavy expense
entailed. But the improvement was
/ necessary and the work was vigorously
taken up. Pending the time when suf.
| ficient funds could, be secured, the
| steam roller. which had been inactive
! for years, was brought into operation
and the streets were kept in fair con
dition. Just recently a contract has
/ been let that calls for the paving Of
7 the complete loop and of Concrete
street up to the municipal buildings on
| the west and out to the monument on
the east. Besides this, new system
of street lighting has been installed
and steel poles. supporting arc lights,
have been erected at the principal cor
! ners in the heart Of the town. An out
lay Of around 100000 will be repre-
sented in the street improvements alone,
when the paving has been completed.
Widening Streets.
Complaints were received that many
Of the streets were crooked or too mar
row. The matter was Investigated and.
as a result ends of buildings and gar
dens are being Topped off and. in some
cases, streets are being run right
through a row of houses so that thew
win be straight and broad A case in
point is Lerdo avenue, up which the
cars run when entering the town This
has been widened from Concrete street
up to the National railway station and
broad Sidewalks have been installed on
both sides
One of the greatest single improve
ments has been made at the Benito
JuareZ monument, located in the west
ern part Of the town. For years the nm
slightly shells OF the burned municipal
palace and library have stood around
the monument, completely spelling what
had once been a fine plaza Some
months ago work was started in this
direction and. as a result the ruins were
torn down, the land graded and grass
and trees planted In a few seasons
town.
Two Fountains Built.
III the wreck Of the municipal build
ing there was quantity of good lime
stone. This was removed and Ynasons
set to work. The result has heen that
two fountains, one in front of the ruonu-
ment and the other in front of the old
church have been erected. Work on
both of these was started some time
ago and one of them is already fin
ished.
The present municipal buildings are
20 be thoroughly renoVate and rebuilt
in short time as part of the new
campaign for a greater Juarez.
In line with the sanitary work. ex-
IenSlVe improvements have been made
IN the hospital located on the hill to the
south of the town. New equipment has
been received and the whole Building lis
being mOdernized.
To Make Junrez Better
me whole plan is to make JuareZ
a better town to. live in and thereby
encourage the erection of better build
lngs and the establishment of manu-
featuring plants. The improvements
are permanent and land owners are be-
ing encouraged to improve their nroD
erty. incidentally, the authorities are
using only native labor on the inn
proyements and this has given en-
ployment to many men, who, otherwise
would have become burdens on the com
munity. The work is extensive ana II
VIII still be many weeks yet before if is
so Tar advanced as to give an Indication
OF the new Juarez. but the men behind
IL are working with one purpose and
that which has already been accou-
pHshed gives a good indication of what
is TO come