El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-23

Ell Pasos Civic Life centers around the High Line Ca
THERE are two great taking place today
FARM The FL PasO plan simultaneous develop
city country good building of good
schools community the blending of town life with
country valley equally desirable to that of
the city
day win come Projects develops
upper valley with Fbens the lower valley and far the
pleasures they viii accessible 70 the
three valleys Of the Rio Gande project as the
woman residing in Ell PasO.
CITY AND VALLEY GREW CLOSE TOGETHER.
THE FL Paso Chamber of Commerce envong
country life as
populate country take from the strength Of the city
promote goal yfy all the through
In al that forth about the advantages e Pso-he life OF the
country emphasized equally Of land Of remark
able promise and opportunity and no man wi" make mistake IN casting his
with FL with PaO agriculture so far as the
reaction Ae the peculiar Capitalization Of
valleys the in either direction
meeting place persons interested mining trade
transportation agriculture manufacturing the Southwest
SUNSHINE ALTITUDE
THE valleys little world
shine coupled with an humidity average
Ours
tsns will take one to an altitude of 5000
essentially city of the $4,000 There not
more than so buildings
building investments exceed in normal times 100000 year
Building permits follows 1875 1888 permits
s8sO24; permits s5Osss7i 1917 1884 permits
1913 1880 permits value ss4s4s while for the first seven
year permits value $s6s5s7
brought ana all the country building which
wasals IN There distinct reaction
Ell PASO'S TRADE TERRITORY.
I'll PAsos trade territory represents Of United States
and Ell Pao distributing banking having
andP Pennsylvania good
FL Paso is largest city along
Win P0pAauoh 1'-' P''t
an of the FL PasO trade territory Arizona New Mexico and west Texas
1O5O2Os.
capitalization sO0OO deposits of ssOss5 and five state banks
companies representing capitalization Of 'l5OOoO and deposits of
Bank oag for 1916 were s151a45 1917 'aOssosos 1915
months of 1919 $16s41sSo2
PAso AS FINANCIAL CENTER
WITHIN this territory
W including national banks and 40
banks capital surplus Of $2OOO0OO and combined
deposits ss5OOOOO estimated that $50 Of these banks carry &C
counts in E
The yearly outgoing banking paper FL trade
territory while the yearly volume of incoming items of
banking paper reaches total of sl1OOOOOOo
FL Pso already great manufacturing the future posi-
bHes approximately 125
featuring plants representing s2OoO employing 5000
ordinary employees periods of business activity
FL Paso has approximately Obbng houses brokers' so
The investment the wholesale business between
SHIPMENTS s2sOOoOOO A YEAR.
THE value shipments by obs having
stocks s25OCO0OO annually
- - in these shipments total, over 500 OOo0 This is on freight
The freight in Fl PasO yards is 1000
Fl p for the population of It's territory is one of the biggest bu-
automobiles in the south
the amount of capital invested in this line in FL PasO is be-
tween ss5OOOOO and 100000
THE recognize special location by granting
days stop privilege normal conditions Fl PasO has
five from the north and from Mexico;
40 passenger trains depart Paso daily
running of IS
minutes; Pao to Kansas City, p hours and 80 minutes FL aso to
Denver minutes
Chicago hoursa ndl
foregoing figures readily observed that any point with
territory running time within
only
property involved This low building
steel The key Fl 1919
fir department o city s automotre throughout.
GATEWAY OF MEXICO.
I'll PASO the most important the Mexican border the
Il commonly called OF
claim FL PasO being the most important the Mexican border
ending 30 1916 the
3s547Oi the ending June 1917,
S490l79 and
1915 house receipts sO exports s7l542 and imports
s2.03ss66.