El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-06
Continued from page 3. this section)

eical instruments where it had none in
1902. but it is among the probabilities
that che development of need for sur
g-cal Instruments caused by the Next
can revolution, has made an exclusive
surgical house possible in Ell PasO
Pianos ISept in Tune.
Now four professional piano tuners
find profitable employment in Ell Paso,
whereas i'm 1902 dependence was placed
1u Inherent members of that profess
sion to maintain instrumental har-
mony.
While there were five planning mills
an operation l3 years ago the same
number are in operation now though on
a greatly increased scale. Plumbing
and pipe fitting establishments have
increased from eight to IL in number
but employ nearly ten times as many
men, OF printing houses there were six
then and is now, but many times as
many men are employed now as then.
or produce dealers including commits
sion men. there Wore seven in 1902
against IL I'm 1915.
scalpers Ont OF Business.
Railroad ticket brokers who did a
scalping business. to the great ENJOY
ance of the railroad passenger depart
ments numbered two 10 years ago. but
the passage Of the Hepburn bill. MAX
ing ticket scalping misdemeanDr,
drove them first to JuaTez, and finally
a Few Real Estate Men.
There were 81 dealers in ii Paso real
estate and ranch properties on both
sides Of the river in Il PasO in 1902,
as against 172 real estate dealers at
the present time
Restaurants jumped from IS to IS in
number and there has been a notable
Improvement in quality, caused by the
greatly increased dem..nd for better
service. OF the old timers only the
NTgrs
Chew Eastern Grill the English Kitch-
en-. Hotel Zeiger and the-Silver King
are still catering TO the public. The
Sheldon, at that time, was run upon
the American plan as was the Orndorff
and the Angelus.
First Of New Feeding Places.
The first Of the newer and more or
nate, feeding places was the old st.
Regis now the new Zeiger. This was
followed by the construction of the
Union station and the establishment of
one Of Fred Harvey's famous eating
houses therein. The Sheldon was then
remodeled and brought to a first class
plane. and later came the Hotel Paso ,
del Norte.
All this while the old Zeiger. at the /,
corner OF Overland and oregon streets, (
was conducted on a high plane with /
good cookery and good service with (
out frtlls, as its motto, and viii long +
be remembered by old timers particu- i
larly. as Fl Paso's zone best bet in /
the feeding line.
Many safety Deposit Vaults.
Dealers In roofing materials have I,
increased from one TO II and whereas ]
there was but one safety deposit vault /
for the Bookkeeping OF Valuables i'm {
lll Paso in 1902 there are now six. I
Dealers i'm sash. doors and blinds have /
increased from four to ii and second /
hand goods, that used to be handled
by 10 dealers are now handled by so. q,
of al led
six dealers as against two in 1902.
But One SmeIter Now.
In lHuI there were Nwo shelters in
l-l Paso, the present El Paso smelter
and the smelter erected by the Federal
copper company I'm what is nov known
90 the Highland Park district The
latter was operated but a short time
and. was finally dismantled leaving
but one smclter, though that is one
OF the largest in the world, to handle
the ores dug from the mines in the i'm
mediate vicinity OF the city and Ger
tain classes OF ores brought from Mex
leo.
There are now 10 storage. forward
ing and commission houses as against /
our IN 1902 and 10 dealers in stoves
and kitchenWara as against five at
that time
But One Telephone Service.
In 1902 Ell PasO had two telephone I
companies. the Bell and the Automatic Z
]
wears ago, leaving the field to the Bell
There are y transfer companies doing 1
business in El Paso as against four 4
IL years ago and three manufacturers +
and dealers in trunks and kindred
wares rs against one in the Olden
times
Typewriter Representation Changed.
notwithstanding the greatel in
creased use of typewriters during the
past few years, there are the same
number Of dealers now that there were
.n 1902, but there has been a great
change in the makes of typewriting
machines represented. In 1902 agencies
were maintained here by the Densmore.
the Smith Premier. the oliver the Rem
ngtOn and the Hammond. OF these only
the Remington still maintains an
agency. The others have been re-
'laced by agencies for the Underwood,
The Royal and the Corona.
Wood, ever a necessity. nOtWith-
standing the inroads made in its prog
-ess as a fuel for cooking purposes