El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-27


{ market is to New Orleans-minus the
} unhygienic features. The building is
one story high. with basement. John NJ
I Wyatt Charles y. Bassett, Park ".
| Pitman and J. g. Peyton are the prin-
/ cipal stockholders in the market house
company. which sublets stores and
booths. Jolly * Morris had the build
ing contract. working on plans made
/ by Harry y Orlopp- H. L. stevens in
stalled the refrigeration plant.
About SS000 was spent on remOdelin=
and improving the crawford theater
in the Angeles building, Main and
! Mesa the property of l. N. Crawford,
OF Topeka. Kan
On East san Antonio street in the
/ 1900 block a new plant was built Tor
the Belgian bakery at a cost of $1,000.
Alfred L. Fritch was the architect and
Jolly & Norris the builders
4 one story business building was
erected for Frank Ainsa AT the corner
of Mesa avenue and the Southwestern
tracts by Jolly < Norris. at a cost Of
$500. The storerOOmS are occupied by
the johnson auto tire firm and the
Pan-Americsn Coffee Co.
business buildings ON Montana.
Indicating the growth OF The business
district on Montana street. is a large
one story brick structure at the corne-
OF that street and Florence built for
James l. Mari x Co. at a cost OF about
$4,000. II is divided into three large
rooms. now occupied by the Cadillac
and Velie automobile agencies and the
Rio Grand Valley creamery. Jennings
q Wood. jolly & Norris and Splitter &
son were the contractors.
builds $4,000 Addition.
$4,000 addition to the already
large business plant of krakauer. Fork
* MOye. s /, san Francisco and +,
Paso streets. finished last fall, has
made that building four stories high
and q block in length. and has allowed
a reimbursement Of the immense hard
ware stock V Z. Ware was the gen
ora afr-ls TOR IL
the plans.
For the account of Charles and 4
{. DeGrOff pioneer property owners. 4
one story building was erected at the
corner Of Texas and Noble. and occu- |
pied by the Rio Grsnde Auto Painting
Co. The contractor was the firm OF I
J E Hewitt & Son and the plans were ,
drawn by frost & frost The building |
cost $1,000.
a block of = storerOoms is contained |
in the one story structure built for !
Charles and \. c. DeGroff On the old l
Airdome triangle. between East San ]
west by Kansas. The building cost !
$4,000. 1t was planned by frost * !
frost, and built by Eubank < Dibrell.
contractors The stores nearly all /
rented as soon a. the building was fin
ished-
\ store building with apartments !
overhead was built for julius and Rob- I
ert Krakauer, just south 0f the old Mt.
at cost Of $500. w D. Mosley was
the contractor.
story structure on Texas, near Kan
Early in 1916 the Shelton-Payne Arms
Co. occupied its new building. three
sas The cost of the building was s25.-
0o0 frost & frost drew the plans and !
r E Mckee was the contractor The I
arms company occupies the basement ]
and first floor, the second and third Z,
being used for living apartments.
New Theater Building.
Mrs NJ James, of NeracruZ. Mexico. !
was the builder Of a two story picture !
theater al 1I3 South FL Paso. which /
cost slS.e0e- J F woodward had the |
contract.
About S50.060 was invested in a pic !
ture theater building al 4l3 South FL 4
Pas0 by ". H Gibbons, of san saba. /
Tex. the contract being carried out by I
J. F woodward.
y. 3. Esenberg built an open air the /
ater on Montana. fronting the Lamar f.
cateda erected another similar smuse- |
ment place in block 90. Aiagoffin ad- /
dition. which cost S250G.
New LanIer Building.
Early in the past year the Lanier I
building. which cost $4,000. and stands 4
six stories high between the new Mar 4
tin and Every 0Ody's buildings on stan 1
ton street, was occupied by the Rogers !
It vas built by J. E woodward. the ,
plans having been made by Braunton /
& Liebert-
s25O.OOO Martin Building Finished.
At the first Of this year the seven J
story Martin office building, the PROP
erty of Roberts & Banner. who also own
the older office structure at the cor
ner OF Mesa and Mills. was completed.
The Martin Is at the corner OF Mills
and Stanton its north face opposite
the site OF the new postoffice- It was
planned by Braunton * Liebert. the I
main contract being let 10 John Multi !
The FL Paso Electric Railway Co. has
the two first floors. moving from its /
present location il the Trust building
The upper floors will be occupied by &
ofIlees, except the top wnere me IN M
versity club will be CHARTERED The
d Office Supply Co. has ::
store on the Mills street front
The three story business block and |
hotel at the corner of Leon and West
San Antonio. built by L E Booker and !,
now owned by Ed Moye. is one of the
fine additions 10 the new automobile
show district The Leon hotel occupies
the upper stories and the Llrst tIoor
is occupied by the Perry kirkpa trick
company. the American Lumbe * In
vestment company and the Nauman
Motor Sales company. The cost OF the
building was $4,000.
Kress Building, 100000.
At a cost of $4,000 the kress build
ing I'll Mesa avenue was raised three
stories during the fall. giving that store ,
one OF the most nlOQeEn IN the touH-
try 4 new display front was built,
quite ornamental to the central bust
ness district. Jolly & Morris we're the
Two elevators were in
stalled.
implement and vehicle firm, is now at
the corner of Campbell and Overland,
where Gus Momsen had two story
building erected at a cost Of S2U.00O-
J. Z. Morgan was the contractor
New Wholesale Dry Goods Building.
During the Christmas holidays the
wholesale dry goods firm of Haymon
Krupp & Co occupied its new build
ing. corner Overland and Santa Re,
which had been just completed by V
Z. Ware. contractor. 1t is a four story
the first flat slab reinforced
concrete building in FL Paso- Its cost
was approximately $4,000. frost x
frost were the architects.
Changes in the r. B. Stevens build
ing. corner OF Mesa and Texas. TO &C
commodate the Texas Bank & Trust
Co. which took the space vacated by
the Lightbody clothing firm near the
end OF the year, cost $4,000. White
marble was used with fine effect and
tile floor laid V E Ware was the
contractor
The new factory building of the En-
pire bottling works. begun in Decem-