El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-17
ABSTRACT MEN
UNUSUALLY BUSY.
Evidences Lively Realty
Market; Weeks Sales
Reach $4,000.

As evidencing an unusually active
real estate market. 4. C. Foster. OF the
: Pioneer Abstract company, reports the
local abstract offices over run with
I business. our company never before
, ina its many years Of existence was so
! crowded with work as We have been
during the last two weeks said Mr..
/ Foster And everybody appears TO
want his or her work pushed in al
vance Of al other. I would Judge that
at present FL PasO's real estate market
is experiencing the most active period
OF its existence"
Weeks Sales Quarter OF Million.
Sales for the week ending February
&c aggregate over a quarter or mill
lion dollars and 90 per cent Of them
were closed immedia ely. The largest
sale was the transfer by the city OF
the ola central fire and police station
on the corner OF stanton and Overland
streets TO = NJ Dudley and W. J. Rand
for $4,000. This property fronts about
i-c feet on Overland ana is Ieet on
Stanton Il vas purchased by che city
IN 1897 for about $4,000.
Held Bros Buy S53.2GS Tract
The second largest sale closed during
the week was that by A T. Coles *
Bros. 10 z =. and Chas. Held. of GA
feet on Mills street in block 80, Cotton
add lion, for S53.265
While business property had the call
on The maUkrt during the week. still
there was considerable activity in the
residence districts where numerous
sales were made
=. p Coles * Bros. reported the fol-
lowing sales for the week ending Feb
ruary 10.
Old Simmons Home Sold
a P Coles TO Mrs F NJ Bell the
north half Of lot 3 and all OF lot 10,
black 50, Harris survey. S16.500 This
property was the old Frank 3. Sim
mons home on the corner Of Montana
street and Mesa avenue.
:. r. skinner Buys Roe Home.
To senator :. p. Skinner Of San An
tonic, the Coles firm sold SSN112 feet
sas streets. $4,000. This property in
cludes the ". G. Roe home and a va
cant lot belonging 10 J. J. Mundy- The
purchaser Is a wealthy cattle man and
is coming to FL Paso 10 locate perman-
emily
sIarr & Co.'S sales.
James J. Mari & company report the
following sales made BY them during
the week;
Government Hill company TO c. 8.
Farnsworth. lots 4. and 8. IN block
S., Government Hill: 5000.
Austin q Mari company, L. :. Stewart
and ": K MARI to Mrs A Davidson,
part of lots . and 2S in block n.
Haeue's subdivision: $500.
MARI Brothers Investment Co. 20
So. Franklin Heights addition, $500.
Mrs Z. =. De Fever 20 MARI Brothers ,
lnvesi ment Co. lots ! 70 :. both in 3
elusive, in block 129. East FL Paso ad- /!
dition; $3.50.
Mary H. Leach to J. Z. Monroe. lots
IS and 10 in block :. Mandy Heights
addition; $1,000.
Mrs Ida Anderson to A 4 Lawler.
lots 5, and 5 IN block %, East e Paso .
addition; $500
D. Klein to J. E. Macon. lots 30 TO
y. both inclusive. in block -. Govern /
ment Hill addition: $1,000. :
Mari Brothers Investment Co. IL .
jacob Helu, lots Il and IS in block IS. /
East FL Paso addition; 400.
J. W Phillips TO J. w Gibbs. lots II .
and IS, in block 1, Golden Hill addition; /
Clark Bishop to ". J. Coils. lots 40
and ~ IN block ., Bishops subdivision;
T B. wilder 70 H 2. stone. lots L
AID as IN block IS. East FL Paso add
clark BISHOP to z, }. Hum73phrey. The
block ,. Bishops subdivision; S29250.
LeaveI & Sherman Sales.
Leavell * sherman announce the fol-
lowing sales
10. block 90. Mania ttan Heights; $1,000
Phoenix-El Paso Building company to
J de n c. Alarcon. bungalow at 1891
EasL Rio Grande street; $4,000
NoOieg 20 rom New man iotr .
8. Z. and s. block -, East e. PasO addi-
ton: $3.50.
?. c Kroeger TO Alamo Heights com
Dany, lots 70 and 90. block ~ Alamo I
Heights addition: 5000
Leaveil & Sherman to 4 u. Horne. B
the east half OF lot 10 and the west
% - feet OF lot II. block l. AIanhat-
-an Heights: $500.
= nderson-Filler Real Estate and In
yestment Co, report the following sales
,loSed during the week
W = Payne et al. 10 u. F. Young.
500 acres Of land near POlvO station,
$1,000
PhoeniX-El Paso Building Co 70
Nay Rosenstein a five room bungalow
az oil West Missouri street. $4,000
This property consists Of TWO full lots
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