El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26
.RIRfI1tg RECORD Of 1875 Is
EXCEEDS N 1917 BY S218,828
s-az 100000 81 Be- Business and Public Buildings
1900 ia 81 Paso n IHing the Year; Seven Public
ssss1Ispeg ReUrssea Es Cost of 81 538, 1873; Total
T7sIis5Sng. Cost $377O,737.
lna Pass 1, III sectIonl



teosuusssS 81 On 7
eonfsiniar boar6i1g departEne6 =
well az club house features suce NJ
u-vmnasium, cafeteria, auditorium IN
,otKsrs- others have the associatA ;
ubsfdenes, which has only bed roonA
dsTinitorles, pzrlors, dining room enA
iaaired accominodati0nsf for girls en-
MOVED in business and who make I
ftetr homes IN the building. Sun
tsua building, with no dormitory Tor
rse1Iar boarders. This is the type
Of local building.
The building IS > beautSful 1oQr-
story structure faced with fancy oriok
and trimmed IN cast stone, located on
franklin street opposite the T. !. q
s ". building. The space has peer
utilized as carefully as N a new 4oIN
office building. There IS net square
foot Of waste space from suhbase-
me1t TO roof garden.
Cafsteria, with necessary KITCHEN
and storerooTns, tea room SWIM
ming pool, gymnasium with shower
baths, locker and dressing rooms aEe
sa1ne OF the prominent teature -
srfere are also offices Eor secretarleE4
Iihrsry. rest room, handsome loopXs
class rooms, club rooms Twelve PEG,
rooms Tor transientsf rooIn 1os -
house secreary- and a wei equipped
auditorium
The gymnasium IS patterned after
ne most modern Of like Buildings
IN America occupying a space q q
by 70 feet. with z5 loot eeliiIg- A
large gallery for spectators e1tel1s
rboft three sides The chief attraction
Of tns snacIous swimming pool Is the
sltrA Eie1et ray circulauug ana seeE-
liking system. considered by the ma
ti0naI hoard OF the 7 Y. c. A N
New York city 70 be the best known
sFEtam OF swimming pool
The lobby and library on the 1lIsS
flOor are spacious, vel l1ghted an9
cbutorta.ble. with big fireplace ana
.zT benches built in the walls. The
Vsestsfn Union has already equippea
one Of the classr for classes n
tslsgTEphy. Two medium sized cup
rooHs furnish apartments Tor gctlVl-
tea Of tie many clubs which the as
socfation has organised among the
Girls OF the city Rooms 1or tran
Eients are Rttractiyely rplsile q,
s6ne having been finished az me-
moriais by friends OF the association
The auditorium on the top floor Is
frEnished with z good stage, EQUIPPED
With footliEhtss dressing rooms and
other nsoessa eSst 81 as9 .oSS:
ne building cost 81, 0e0, exclusive
Of furnishings Owing 70 me 1acL
that certain materials were contracted
for before the war shot materials up
sorze 20 per cent, and also that re-
fnfcrced concrete vas used fnstead OF
steel, the building compares very "a
-Forably with many associatlon Dlllo--
1Rzs n larger cities which cost from
10000 to sl25, COO G. 2. BargR-
bauEh. OF the firm OF Lang & Mitchell,
was srchitect- NcGregor & Hengers
eontraetors erected ne rl 5Iild I4as
An s11,eG0 club house has just been
completed for the FL Paso Electric
Street Railway company IN the Cotpon
sddition just across the street IRON
the company's car barns me bulld-
ing & a tUo-story brick and Is being
furnished by the company with every
convenience for employees as a walt
ing zpd longing room 1t is pro-
Vided with Spacious assembly room,
dining room and kitchen. with lava
tory. toilets and baths. In the assem-
bly, room are provided pool tables.
reading material ana accomno datlons
Ter games in the front part OF the
building on either side Of the entrance
are offices. The club house was built
by the company with . view Of IN
creasing the efficiency OF their en-
ployes by furnishing them recreation
and rest. TIE building was erected
by Jolly & Morris.
Ffresnen in New Home.
CITY firemen Of central station
moved into their new home at over
land and South Campbell streets dur
uE the latter part OF October last
The new building is a three-story
brick and concrete, modern and fire
PROOF, erected at a cost Of S35, geo. On
The first floor is all apparatus. The
second floor furnishes dorrnitory,
locker room. laTatory and baths, op-
Grating ROOM CHIEFS apartments and
office The repeater Tor the alarm
system, together with the switch
board ana Battery room adjoining are
located on the third floor Here also
are well furnished rooms Of the civil
service comm ISL toner's and the Office
Of the secretary. There is also q
kitchen with pantry adjacent on this
floor and two recreation rooms, one
for the volunteer firemen's associa-
ton and the other for regulars Of
central station.
The convenIenees Of the new quar-
ters are such that firemen are nate
rally enabled to give more prompt
and effective service Pole descents
from all floors accelerate action in
case Of fires. and systematic arrange
ment and readiness Of all weapons
used in firefghting assist in making
The department proficient in the high
est degree. Braunton & Ieibert were
the Architects for the building and
r. Z. Mckee contractor.
New Quarters for Police.
New quarters for city police were
completed December ]. 1917, by II. T..
POnsford on south Campbell street at
a cost Of several thousand dollars. The
new building erected has on the first
fioer a court room for daily sessions
OF the corporation court, and on the
second floor lockers and drill quar-
ters for city police. In the main
building are new quarters for chief OF
police and offices for all departments,
the city jail being in the rear OF the
building, which, before alterations,
was used for county Jail
A new addition and alterations 10
the Rescue home, in the Government
Hin addition. on Westminster street.
amounted to $4,000 The work was be-
gun in October and is just being I'm
ished- A tWo-story brick building.
with basement adjoining the old
building on the south, furnishes new
apartments for nursery and operating
room on the second floor. sewing
room and dormitory on the first floor;
new kitchen, coal bin, enlarged boiler
room and pantry in the basement. a
broad back stairway conforming with
requirements OF the fire department
was made in the new addition. New
lockers and new bathrooms were in
stalled 10 meet strict sanitary re-
ouiremenfs. A dumb waiter from the
kitchen, TO the nursery is one Of the
various improvements.
From lumber donated TO the Rescue