El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-10-13
BUI DING MUST KEEP PACE WITH
THE GROWTHOF POPULATION IN u. ST.


W they al doing7 is familiar question nowadays,
expressive Of smazement at what most unusual
condition. An q Paso passenger conductor wiz say that
everybody riding the trains and Why dhey travel
ing where they got the money he has idea New
Yorker Vin say that an New Eng5Ed must have f0cked
into and decided stay forever Chicago also
has crowded condition. People coming back from tips
through Taous states confirm the news Of crowded trans
and congested cities and they say that al the big towns
seem to Be filsd up and running with people Ac
comodasns at the best hotels hard To get The wise
traveller nowadays wires ahead to those cities where he
intends to stop and makes hotel reservations.
i IS undoubtedly thar people are travelling
than before There more people with money
now than ever before and money spurs the desire to get
Ground see ana visit Record breaking wages have bed
n the rzas Of labor feeling Of independence never be-
fore known and thousands Of iaboring some with
families and without, almost continually On the
from JOB to another from one town 70 another
Tier pockets fun Of money they constitute what econo
sts cal afuid labor because It away easily and
rapidly here today and somewhere else tomorrow
Not only the abong people but these OF al other classes
apparently have money nowadays thzn n the years
before the Either that they are less saving Al
any rate all are travelling and spending money
The cities part Of their crowds to these travellers
part to the deohzed millions Of soldiers and sailors ana
part to country and small town Inhabitants Who with
travel made EASY By automobiles spending more time
in town IN two months now than they used TO spend in
wear One can see some Of that here at home Go out
~ shelter road on line morning and you win think
everybody the upper 7slisy must be taking day OIL
to coHe to town
Couple al these facts with another, to Wit that build
np has stood s while the population increased ano one
has an explanation of the crowded condition Of the cites
and towns
This condition is positively painful IN such cities as
New York October is moving day IN New YORK ana on
that ds 1000 families moved from abode 70 another
-or tried TO- Il Is estimated that twice az many more
looked over the renting situation and decided to stay
where thew we're The 1000 moving vans IN New YORK
not oniv failed to get all the families moved on October
hut were dated I'D for days 70 Many Of the ram
lies who gave I'd their old apartments and moved Iouno
TO their sorrow that ther prospective abode vas sun nsa
f-ies doubled I'd while other left their furniture II
railways OF streets for storage warehouses were tea &c
rspav With the belongings Of thousands Who naa gwen
m ff hunting o. house renting stored their furniture
and gone 20 living n hotels
CHICAGO and Pttsburg arc filed TO oysrowng according
to reports Newspapers Of Houston state there are 2ooe
more people N that @ than there are places for them 20
i've whsre thew are staying IS lct explained pAelneI
ev are sleeping II the streets the parks Dsas ano
7r Worth being on the edge Of the oil fslds and n me
s-=- Of the excitement keeping from beng over
5T.s -i+t rsuuIstion BY fsvsrish building. E Paso,
comfortably fs5 but stu abls TO take care o. al oolsl7
ts t -sut houses at premium, is also beginning 70
brH5 While Phoenix has burst its jacket by growing n
81 directions and is building homes By the hunoreos
There IS no cu-e for the congestion anywhere p a.
+ - building and cities everywhere have been quick Q
-,.-i-s 80 fsct During August 1853 cites reported
fhs issuance Of blilsing permits totaing sl5ss'e.s
r IF % percent permits issued N august ~
Southern cities reported gan Of 445 peios1l nun
western cities PA percent and western elll5s = .-L1
whsn tie figures for September ana uelo0s. e-s i,
Rev m probably show larger gains than august IoI .ns
80 s -s-fh IS setting il strongly throughout the
Intsd States and it inevitably must Be accompanies y
80 EIrrs Of building IA spite Of the high COS. OF con
ztruction ana in spits Of the uncertainty O lNS ~
situation