El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-01-20
MILLION DOLLAR
REALTY RECORD
Remarkable Activity This
Week; Little Caples Build
. ing Changes Hands.

/ erty IS located on the northwest cor
! ner OF San Antonio street and Mesa
! avenue. 1t is small triangle con
tanning approxima tely $50 square feet
and IS improved with q five-Story con-
crete building
Based on the number of square feet
contained in a regular city lots by
~ teet-this property amounts TO one
quarter Of a city lot with a street 'front.'
9 age of 6M feet. making the price paid
per front foot $500. Figuring the
other way, and taking the number OF
square feet in the property. the pur-
chase price was Sass 2-3 per square
! loot, q record price for e. Paso prop
erty
Forty years ago DR. Award White.
ST, had his home on this property
! owen White was born there There
| was located the White homestead 50
years ago.
Million Dollar Week.
During the past week, nearly $1,000
600 worth OF FL Paso city and valley
property changed hands.
A P Coles declared Friday that his
company did the biggest business in
its history during the last six months.
And" said Mr.. Coles. ! am expect
/. ing n much larger business this year
El PasO is growing faster than any
other city in the west The other day
we lent over 100000 10 go into build
ing improvements and have 100000
more money coming from the east TO
supply demands made on us for build
ing capital"
A. p. Coles & Bros. Sales.
During this week A P. Coles & Bros
made sales as follows;
Frank simmons TO 4 P. Coles. the
Simmons home fronting SO feet on Mesa
avenue, on the corner of Montana
street: considerst ton S14.700.
To Hill Sutton & White. lots 70 TO
16 inclusive, block 50, Cotton addition;
5000
Mrs. ". L. Brown to Mrs. Sarah E.
Caspary, lots and s. block Z. Castle
Heights; $3.50 This property is 10
Gated on Grant avenue.
Coles Building and Real Estate Co.
to Mrs Sarah Caspary. lots 2 and 10
on Grant avenue. in block :. Castle
Heights; $3.50.
To Sam Hunter. lots II and Il on
Grant avenue, in block Z: $4,000.
To A E. Vondeveld. bungalow on
lots L and Is, block s; $4,000.
W B Lewis exchanged 40 head OF
dairy cows to Mrs c. 4. Hartman for
her home on Dyer street.
James l.. MARI q Co. Sales.
The real estate firm OF James L
Mari & company reports sales for this
these sales amounting to S11S,00O.
Other than the Little CaDles deal,
follow:
Margaret ". Leonard to H. NJ An
so feet of lots Il 10 20, in block 266
Of Campbelrs addition on Montana
street: 1850
William Wright TO H. NJ Andreas.
J. r Williams, ct a. the east 30 feet
OF the west 90 feet OF lots l. to %,
$500.
J. !. Stewart to H N. Andreas. J. F
Williams. ct al lots to 3. in block 45
of Harris addition, $4,000
Austin & Mari Co. 10 r B Stevens.
56x115 feet in block Il, East FL Paso |
addition; $1,000.
". X Mari 10 y. FEEDER. lots and 1
>, block K, Alamo Heights; $3.50
i. NJ McCrummen to r NJ Baker. /
lots so. 81 and 81. block IS. Govern I
nent Hill addition: $4,000.
Austin < Mari Co. TO Maria C de 1
Spencer. part Of lots u to IS in block 7
- East FL Paso addition; S2a50. q
E G Wade. IT., TO Annie W, Ruth I
NJ, Florida h and Calhoun Harris. lots !
10 to p in block "A, French's addi-
ton; $500.
E g Wade. jr, to a. F. Thors. lots /
Is to IS in block 9. French's addition;
B. F. Maurer TO H. Allen. lot 4 and /
south / 5 feet of lot .. block 26s. Camp /
BELLS addition; $3.50.
$4,000 Acre Ranch Deal
One Of the biggest ranch deals ever .
IT central New Mexico D
was closed at Albuquerque last Mon .
day. Lee : Evans, OF Jeff Davis coun-
ty Texas, purchased from the heirs OF T
the Cebolleta and Antonio Baca grants .
and Gross, Kelly & company, 10000 (
acres OF grazing land located about so I
miles west Of Albuquerque. This land !
is exceptionally well grassed and is .
a bundantly watered by springs and ,
running streams. Mr. Evans viii at
once proceed to improve IL and make ]
OF Il one of the show places Of the I
southwest He is wintering 1900 head /
of pure bred HerefOrds. near Dalhart- I
Tex which he will move to the new 4
range as soon as spring opens up It is (
Mr.. Evans's intention TO raise only pure /
bred bulls and COWS for breeding pur- !
The price of thii land was not made /
public. but was in the neighoorhood Of !
100000 The purchaser was repre-
scented in this deal by 3. W. Hale Of !
the Kilburn- Hale Realty company or /
this city. and the sellers were repre-
scented by ". 7 Lucas of Las Vegas
other IIiIburn Deals.
The Kiiburn-Hale Realty Co also &
reports the following sales Of city
property the past week:
Fred !. Weckerlie sold to Geo ".
Wright a siX-room bungalow at 145
V. A. Young sold to W. s. King the
'ive-room cottage at 35o7 Huecc street,
or $3.50.
d. o. Holeman sold to Chas. T. Ad-
ms three lois on county EOau. IN t1dQ- [
ock's Suburban Gardens. for S11O0.
Cassidy and NeeI-
Cassidy x Neel report the following
ales for the week
To II. W Pontius from Mrs Kate
'hine, 130 by 120 feet on the south
asst corner of Wyoming and St Nrain;
1O.500
Bought from F W. Schoonmaker. ten
OTIS in block so East Fl PasO: $500 !
To F. W. SchoOnmaker. six-roOm bum
allow, corner Nevada and Wright
treets; $4,000.
Chas Gillispie 10 r. c. Powell. two
1;s in the 100 block. East Boulevard.
1000 \ bakery will be built on the
ITS.
&. :. Kinne's Report.
J. L James. through c A Kline COM
any sold :. L. Alpern, 100 by 100 feet,
the corner of Florence and Sixth !
.reets, for S16.50O. The government
ow has an automobile repair shop !
q the property
n. b. stevens Sales.
H b Stevens made the following
iles during the week; T. F. Sawyer r
5. P Ochoa. lots 10 to II in block !
;, East Fl PasO. S2375: Mrs. f. Irvine :
J. H. Goodman. lots % TO % in block !
!. MUndy Heights. s1305; City Na- :
onal bank to F. E Sawyer, one-half :
{ lot Is and all of lot Il. in block ( i
% CamnbeU addition $4,000 Mrs T.