El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-13
7APCTURE STORY WITH JUST ONE WORD ~~~~~~~ BY
INTERVIEWS

go ENATOR Joseph W. Bailey
makes his home in FL Paso and
there is a senator Burgess. &C
cording to one barker working on q
local sightseeing car" said A J. Rob-
ertson. "I recently accompanied some
eastern friends on a tour over the city
and to Juarez. As we toured the
northern part Of the city before making
Juarez. the barker pointed out
many places Of interest One was the
home Of senator ". W. Burgess and
another was the home Of senator Bail
ey. The last named happened to be the
EI Paso residence of senator A B. Fan
Of New Mexico. When 7 asked him II
he were not a little mixed on his facts
he expressed himself as quite certain
that he was right"
I'VE are doing more work on the
parks now than ever before" said
John J Connors, city park com
missioner. ''In Washington park We
are removing the old stalls on the west
and south sides and the old merry-go-
round building and are building curb
ing for grass plot in the center OF
the main entrance from the county
road in If the weather continues good
we viii grade all the roadways within
h
building Of concrete and steel cages Of
the zoo. including dark sleeping quar-
tiers in the rear We have increased the
Eurserv to One-half an acre and have
placed a metal fence around It Work
Il under way on the Improvement Of
DOniphan park, at the foot Of the via
duct at Old Fort Bliss. Considerable I
work will be done he1T in the way OF
planting trees. remOdelinE the brick
building and putting out tennis courts.
wi he Mo ~
900 trees in the Eighth street parking
and as soon as the government builds
its fence along the canal will sod the
parking The Houston square building
is to be replastered inside and pebble
dashed on the outside"
THE Mems club Of the church OF st. !
Clement has invested in 4 moving pic |
ture machine for use in the club meet I
inEs." said David Mcknight This |
promises to add world Of interest to !
the meetings. There is no disputinE the /
fact that people are reached more |
more readily grasped through the eye /
than the ear and so all talks and lee !
lures may have added interest by be- /
ing Illustrated"
"Jusrez certainly has siehts that can /
not he seen in any other town so near 1
the border said J. NJ Tucker Of 4
Strawn. Tex Every tourist should i
visit the quaint old town have |
Knocked around over so many places /
that thought there was little new to /
be seen but Juarez can surely show you
the unusual No tourist should miss it."
throughout the middle west one 1
hears a lot about the Southwest and Ell
PasO.' said George Reed. Of Springfield,
i'll When friends heard that I was
coming to this part Of the country they
al wanted me to be sure and write
hon ! ] rtf !
ings in this district Even in st. Louis,
was asked To send back all the iufor- I
nation I could People are realizing
that the greatest opportunities IN the
country are TO be found in the South
west"
Despite the fact that many apart
ment houses have been built in Fl Paso
in the last few years, the erection OF
these buildings continue on a large I
scale" said T. J. Cassidy. 1T was but /
a few years ago that the first apart
ment house was built and there were |
many here who thought that the ex-
pertinent would be a failure: that FL
Paso was not ready for the apartment
house Now it IS next to impossible TO
rent an apartment though the build
ing in this line has been unprecedented
In my opinion 1915 viii see more apart
ment house building than in any pre-
vious year"
Military necessity may be claimed
Tor the dynamiung of the Sabinas river
bridge, II the report that IL has been
blown I'D IS correct. but the wreckinE
Of such q structure is nothing less than
vantol destruction said Frank Berry.
The bridge is one of the largest in the
republic and il took months to build.
khe bridging Of the Saoinas river pre-
scented many engineering problems EZ-
tensive piers had to be constructed and
the whole work of construction was
carried out under many difficulties The
bridge is a costly one and its destruc-
ton viii mean that the railroad line
VIII be out Of commission for an in
definite period, as the bridge cannot be
'shoO-flyed-'