El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-26

Fritch was the architect The building
will be used for a bakery and salesroom
by the bakery. which has been estab-
lished in Ell PasO for many years.
F. Ainsa Builds on Mesa.
Frank Ainsa added to his investments
by having one story business building
erected at the northwest corner of the
intersection of Mesa avenue with E ?.
& s W alley. just north Of Main, which
has been occupied by the Lowell En-
cheering company and the Pan Ameri-
can Coffee company Jolly & Morris
were the contractors. The building cost
about $500.
Storeroom for J. l.. War; & Co.
For James l. Mari & Co, a one story
business building of two large rooms
was built at the corner of Montana and
Florence by Jolly & Morris. one side OF
the building has been taken by the
Nelie automobile agency and the other
by the Rio Grande Valley creamery The
cost was $4,000
Jolly q Morris Build SawmiII.
Jolly & Morris built a ssWmal and
carpenter shop at 512 RaynOr street.
where their offices are situated. The
cost of the structure was $1,000.
IA. Il. & VI. Add to Store.
: three story addition to the already
large hardware building of Krakauer.
York & Moye. ) J., Is being erected
between the old front and rear sections
of the building on North FL Paso street.
near San Francisco. TO accommodate the
fast growing business of that pioneer
firm The addition is being constructed
of reinforced concrete. massive and
Simple in design. TO be walled with
brick to match the older parts of the
structure Y E Ware IS the contractor.
and frost & frost made the plans. The
Improvement will cost $4,000 The
Krakauer firm will. when the work is
done. have housing from San Fran (
cisco street north along North FL Paso (
on two blocks, besides owning other |
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jacent
Storeroom for DeGroffs.
one story brick storeroom IS being (
finished for Charles and A c DeGroff /
on Texas and Noble streets that will be I
occupied by the Rio Grande Painting 1
company J. J. Hewitt & Son are con-
tractors. working on plans made by .
frost & frost The building viii cost .
$1,000
Store and Apartment for Krakauers.
Adjoining old Mt sinai temple on the !
south on North oregon street. Robert I
and Julius krakauer are having a two j
story business room and living apart
ments built by W y. MOsley, that viii 4
cost $500. frost & frost made the
plans 1t is the intention Of Krakauer
brothers to have the old temple which I
they bought some time ago. remodeled |
and changed into a commercial build
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New Home for sheIton-Payne Co.
For the SheltOn-B Payne Arms com
paHy a three story building was put
III early this year on Texas street near
Kansas by contractor R E Mckee on
plans furnished by frost K frost The
building cost $4,000 and Is now occu-
pied hy the arms store in the basement
and first floor, the TWO upper stories
being cut into living rooms, each Of
which has bath
KruPp Building Starting.
Work has begun on the new home
Tor the dry goods firm Of HaymOn :
hrupp * Co. at the northeast corner Of { J
Overland and South Santa Ee streets.
which IS TO cost 100000 Before the
foundations were laid the old Troy
laundry building that has occupied the /
site for many years. was torn down
The hrupp building will be of con- /
crete and brick. three stories high. and
equipped with mechanical devices for
"a pid handling Of heavy merchandise
Possibly a fourth story will be added.
In which event the cost Will be raised
TO about $4,000 frost & frost are the
architects and V. E Ware is the con-
tractor
Kress Is Spending 100000.
Three more stories are being added
TO the Mesa street store Of kress *
Co. the New York merchants who 10
Gated one of their many stores IN El
Paso a few years ago. While the ad-
iition is being raised, the Two old
stories will be braced with steel col
INNS and new front and back ends Will
be built onto the old structure Jolly 6c
Norris are the contractors They com
nenced work Aug ! and it Is reported
ne cost of remodeling and adding 10
he building viii be $4,000
New Picture Theaters.
4 two story moving picture theater
or Mrs. " James, of NeracruZ. at rs
south FL Paso street has been built by {
]. +. woodward this year at d cost OF
$4,000
w H Gibbons OF san Saba. Tex. has
invested about $4,000 in a building at
l13 South Fl Paso street. to contain a 7