El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-26

FL PasO IN housing tines has beea .
mandatory that building can not b
avoided At present oonditiong OF
thrift and growth 50 pronounced eFo
rivzled only by few ctfiea IN Okla
bona and the army ca1toamsnta
Realty Values Are Sable
The idea that the value OF rssIkT
has lowered is erronecua The oond3-
lions that war has imposed and tie
effect Of government loans o. Over
S. 100000 locally haEs naturally
caused many to refrain fronu outsrfnF
as actively IN construction work Is
they would otherwise have dolA EEa
difficulty in securing Ehtpmant q ma
tzriai5 used in building and the d.
vanced prices due to dsRAnde b. the
more costly by about 50 per cent YaE
it is mistake 70 believe hat valne
OF real estate has siuupsd hecau1e
4 these conditions Lots four ana
are selling today for about the sane
as they did year ago. Ehils the de-.
mand for houses and aparneut8 OF
i kinds IS equally brfsl
Travellers visiting the city reoeutfy
have expressed their surlrtsa Il the
prices are holding Ep ard the unTiv-
aied business conditions hera
The fact that FL Paso r. ths nsarest
to being self-sustsining % any city
keeping up her business undaT the
present stress. It is noteworthy that
while some lines Of bushes have
slackened. others have taken on IN
creased activity TO make adjustments
TO the new conditions For q 1hift OF
this kind FL Paso is favored bT a
broad variety OF manufacturing IL
terests, rich surrounding agricul-
tural tracts and q climate that never
interferes with traffic, but Is advan-
n m Nd
These conditions reveal Utry pulld-
ing activities here must co11lnue. For
several years past the amount OF
building has been 50 tremendous that
o attempt has been made 70 give in
dividual mention Of structures cost
NJ less than $1,000. There have been
hundreds Of houses. storeroons, gar
ages and additions OF this kind
New Buildings Finished
OF the city's principal buildings fin
ished during the year or now In pro
cess of construction, there are three
public buildings which average over
100. 900 each: % business buildings
ranging as high as sS5.000: IS ware
o S21, 600. several factories ranging
from S25G.O00 down: three schools up
$50. 900, several garages and sales
rooms for autos from $4,000 down. a
$4,000 fire station; $4,000 hotel:
zoo 600 packing house. so, 0oe cold
storage plant. machine shop for Santa
e: freight depot for Galveston. Har-
risburg & San Antonio Railway COM
ANY and others OF lesser note
The New POStOffiee Building.
Work on the new postoffice, which
began early last August. Is progress
sing exceptionally well. considering
handicaps placed on all kinds OF
building BY the war, according 70 VII
liam H Maxwell, contractor in charge
The structure is now almost TO the
ceiling line OF the second floor, with
IS months in which to finish the
work Notwithstanding that coal Is
d 10 get. that shipping Of certain
materials is forbidden by the govern
ment and other handicaps are Inter-
vening to make the work slower, the
progress on the building has been
equal to that ordinarily made under
normal conditions, and II continued
Will be finished some four or five
months before the stipulated time
The building differs from most fed
eral structures in that II IS being con-
structed for a work department alone
and will contain no federal court
rooms or quarters for various federal
officers. such as are many times sta
toned in the same building as that
occupied by the postoffice, this being
true IN the present quarters IN the
federal building at the southeast cor
ner OF Mills and Oregon streets
Auditorium to Seat 5000.
The browning feature OF the county
court house. the finest west OF the
Mississippi. Is the near completion OF
the auditorium in connection there
with This most spacious OF all gath
ering places in the southwest has a
seating capacity CT 5000 and wonder
ful acoustics. the plan followed being
along scientific lines employed IN
construction OF St Peters at Rome.
There are no stairways In connection
with the auditorium. both balcony and
basement being reached by inclines.
Entrances are from the court house
and Overland street The structure Is
OF brick and steel, strictly fireproof.
with modern lighting facilities and
improved system OF ventilation so
necessary for the welfare OF large
audiences J. E Morgan constructed
the auditorium.
Handsome New Y. w. c. A. Building.
The new administration building OF
the FL PasO Young Women's Chris
tian association. which was dedicated
this month. is one OF the finest OF its
'Sind in the country. OF the several
hundred cities in the United States
which own Y. ". c. A. buildings
some have continuation buildings,
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