El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-27
E PA50'5 BUILDING RECORD FOR
1915 WILL BE SENT OVER COUNTRY
Phenomenal Showing VIII Be Used To Correct False
Impression Figures Being Compiled By Represent
ativ of Houston Firm $4,000 Business Building
and $4,000 Garage Among Buildings Planned

FIGURES showing FL PasO's build
II ing record thus far during 1911
l. are being compiled by sam O
smith. IT.. special agent for the firm
Of Cravens & Cage. insurance under.
writer's OF Houston. Texas. and viii
| shortly be forwarded TO the head Of
| fees OF every large insurance COM
! pany in the country Mr.. Smith has
{ spent the last week in Ell Paso on the
work.
..wfth nearly 100000 in building
permits already issued and hundreds
: Of residences, apartment buildings and
business structures in prospect III
Paso's showing is really wonderful, p
said Mr.. Smith
"One reason for our compiling this
statement is the fact that in the east
many companies represented by US
think FL Paso is in the thrOes OF riot
burned. We want TO show them the
real conditions which are that the city
is growing faster than ever and biuld-
ing at a really wonderful rate
Mr. smith has made headquarters
while in the city at the offices OF
Leaveu & Sherman, local agents for
plans $4,000 building.
Plans have been prepared and bids
are now being asked for a two-story
Mrs Margaret Bean 10 be built inn
mediately east OF the new DeGroff
building at san Antonio and Kansas
streets. The estimated cost is So. 600
The structure will have a frontage
Of so feet on both san Antonio street
and Myrtle avenue extending through
the block There will be four store
rooms two on san Antonio street and
L. rr~f11 ha
81 rooms. Braunton d Leibert are the
architects.
Plans for Large Garage.
Bids are also neinC invited for q
large garage TO be built for James
/. Marr on the northeast corner OF
Texas and Florence sti Gets. The
structure viii be one story in height
and will cover an area 1O0Xl20 feet
In addition to the main floor there Will
be a basement. The building VIII cost
the architects.
100000 Apartment House.
Plans are now being prepared by
frost * frost for a $4,000 apartment B
California and Nevada streets, Tor NJ l
j. Cope The structure viii be three I
stories in height. with a basement, and
will contain u fOur-rOom apartments !
The building viii be modern in every Z
respect with builtin features ana I,
sleeping pOrches- In the basement viii {
be a dining room and kitchen. The 3
building will be in old Colonial style !
Preparing For New Theater.
Figures are now being taken on the /
$4,000 theater building for W II Z
at 413 South Fl Paso street, J
recently mentioned in The Herald f
The structure viii be three stories in p.
height. In the basement viii be To-
.ated pool room On the first floor
Eil be a moving picture theater and
he two upper stories viii contain 50
'oOms. The plans were drawn By
3raunton q Leibert
To start store Building.
Jolly & Morris viii start work Non :
lay on One-story store building TO
y located AT the northeast corner OF
Florence and Montana streets for
ames l. Mari & company The build
ne VIII cover an area 90XS0 feet and
VII contain three store rooms. The
uildinE viii cost about $500.
Building Three BUNGALOWS.
Walter Splitter has started the con-