El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-31
BOON STARTED
ON STANTON St
Many New Buildings on
East Side; Bassett Gets
Control of Theater.

A concerted effort to center the
business section along North stanton
street. between san Antonio street and
Main street, has been developing dur
ing the past month Property owners
in the socalled east side business dis
trict, east OF Mesa avenue, are plan
ming To improve their property. and
real estate trading in the east side
business district has been unusually
active during the past month, and
many new buildings have been an
nOunced for this section.
The boom for the east side was given
an impetus Friday when il was re-
ported that Charles " Bassett. who
owns much property in that district,
was buying up all the available stock
in the Texas Grand theater property
on Texas street, near the Campbell
street corner, and that the theater
building might be converted into
business building. Mr.. Bassett was at
his ranch Friday but a close business
friend Of his, while admitting that Mr.
Bassett had bought stock IN the inca
ter recently and that he controlled the
theater stock at present, said he mad
no intention OF making business
building of IL.
POstOffiee Located There
The boom for the east side district
started when the Central Investment
company was organized to purchase
the site for the new pOstOfflce Duild-
ing- at the corner of Mills and stanton
streets, and deliver 1t to the govern
ment upon the payment of a nominal
price. the difference to be made up by
the company in order 10 locate the
$500 600 postoffice building in that part
of the city. The Stanton street car line
TO connect the Boulevard lines with
san Antonio street was also made pos
sible through the. efforts of this com
pany, in order that the traffic from
the residential district might be
brought down Stanton street instead
OF unloading at the transfer plaza, as
was the custom before the stanton
street line was built.
start Work Soon.
The new postoffice building is ex-
pected to be started within the new
year, as the deed has been accepted
government practically completed On
the opposite corner of Mills and stan
ton. the southwest corner, Messrs-
Roberts and Banner have announced
that they will erect a six-stOry con-
crete and steel building to cost $50
600 James Lanier is completing a
five-story business building of con-
crete and steel in the same block. ad-
joining Evervbody's department store,
which will be occupied by the Rogers
furniture store. The building occupied 3
BY Everybody's store is also 10 have |
an additional story, making II six
stories high, and the one story build !
ing now occupied by the Jenkins piano !
store viii be replaced with a siX-story !
department store as soon as the den- :
kins lease expires on the present struc- {
ture.
Lightbody to Build.
The Texas Bank and Trust company,
having taken over the first floor Of the
Stevens building, at the corner or .
Texas and Mesa avenue, r. G Light
body has bought the property at the
southeast corner OF Texas and stanton
streets, now occupied by the SOUTH
western Talking Machine company.s
store. and has announced that he will
erect a building for his business as
soon as his present lease expires =
y. Bassett, who owns the northeast
corner Of this street intersection. IS
also reported TO have made plans for
erecting a big store building on this
;Orner. to be five stories high. Blu
nenthal Bros. whose present store has I
leen leased to the Woolworth and I
10 cent store company, are reported
o be planning to occupy the first
loor OF the new Basset building
when il is erected.
SheIt1n-Payne Building.
The shelton Payne Arms company /
las purchased the northeast corner
u Texas and Kansas streets and viii
rect store building there at once.
'lans are now being drawn for il and
t Will cost $4,000. GoldOft Bros.
fought the opposite corner recently
or $4,000 and Will improve the one
tory brick building which now Occu-
lies the corner D. Klein is building
ne-story brick building on the south
vest corner of this street intersection,
.LQ j. T. MOT al mas bulAL the one
tory brick building, which occupies
he fourth corner of this street inter
ection. within the past year.
KrupB Buys on Texas.
HaymOn krupp has bought 81 feet
inches from Mrs. a. NJ LOOMS on
he north side of Texas street be-
Ween Kansas and Campbell, for SS9.-
CO. The property extends back 120
aet in the rear. Mr.. krupp plans TO /
rect a business building on this side !
lter-
J. NJ DOugherty, a Van Horn. Tex. ,
anker, has bought 20 feet frontage
n the corner Of Texas and Campbell (
rreets from Felix Martinez and Henry :
of santa Fe. for Ss7, 900. The z
roperty extends back $50 feet on ]
ampbell, and the Van Horn man has 7
nnounced that he will erect business I
uilding on il soon.
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