El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-11-20
MT. FRANKLIN
TO BECOME
SUBDIVISION

Ages idle. Mt. Franklin IS to be put
to work for FL Paso. This IS to be
done through a 100000 corporation
TO be formed here by DR.. Z. D. Strong.
who owns the mountain. Included in
the plans for putting the mountain
TO work is the construction Of a hotel
on the highest point the building Of
a baby sanitarium on a twin knoll.
the cutting up Of go acres around
Krazy Kat into 1000 lots. and the
building Of a road 10 the mountains
top.
Over a period OF 9 years DR.. Strong
a local physician and former post
commander Of the American legion.
has been acquiring the land On the
rain shed and on both sides Of the
ridge This land he will throw on the
market about January ]. through
corporation. With each $500 worth
OF stock, DR.. Strong said. he would
give one OF the 2eQ0 lots that adjoin
PIEDMONT Heights. These lots can be
sold. held or built on and still retain
to the Investor his stock in the cor
poration.
Hotel OF stone.
The total acreage to be disposed Of
is 1855. The Motel is TO be built
Of stone and the sanitarium probably
VIII be built Of stone also. DR.. Strong
said saturday he not only had a lot
OF the stock spoken for. but had even
gone so far with the plans that at
least 80 rooms in the hotel TO be built
were spoken for.
The baby sanitarium would be filled
Immediately. such is the demand for
child attention. the physician said.
Another land opening. just north OF
Dr. Strong's mountain holdings and
lower in the valley, iG to be made fin
the near future. according to plans
OF the owner. Norman Z. Veazey
Neazey has 200 acres in a northerly
direction about II miles from the
city. at the foot OF the mountains.
Neazey plans TO sell this piece Of
land in tracts OF 10 acres at SIS an
acre paying one-third down and the
rest in monthly payments, no interest
and no taxes charged.
Urged BY City Palmer.
Both Of the proposed land openings
are inspired IN measure by the re-
cent recommendation OF the engineer
Of the city planning commission W
E StockWell. that a new region for
both industrial and residential set
Element would find logical locations Z
north OF the city in the upper valley. I
Neazey has studied the possibilities
OF the growth OF the city north on the I
western slope OF Franklin range
beginning a. the FL Paso & South I
western railway tracks, northeast OF I
the city OF FL Paso near the Baptist /
sanitarium." said Veazey. draw a /
line due west up Fusselman canon 4
and over the divide Of the Franklin I
range west down the long slope Of /
the bench lands Of the upper valley 4
to the santa Fe near the country club I
and you viii have marked what with I
in the next few years viii be con-
sidered the northern limits Of the
city"
He estimated IL would not be more I
than a decade until the entire terri 4
tory north to this line VIII be set
tied IL the population increases as IL
has in the past 10 years Neazey said
'-The fact that It is entirely feasible
TO construct a good road across
Franklin range through Fusselman
canyon along this line and down 10
the Country club creates perfect
geographic and Topographic northern
boundary for the city. II is possiDle
to drive a team with buggy or light
wagon from the east side to the di-
vide on the range. From the TOP Of
the divide down TO the benches on
the west side some cutting would
have TO be done.
Long Drive.
Tt won't be many years before
people will get tired OF driving an
extra u miles from their homes in
the northeast part Of the city to the
Country club or up the valley A
close study OF the government top
ographic map OF this district photo
graphically enlarged several times.
shows clearly the proper contour lines
which should be followed IN the con
strpction OF this drive.
FROM the outlet Of this drive on
the west side OF the mountain there
Is a second bench which can be fol-
lowed down to the extension OF the
present Scenic Drive Anyone who
goes over the Scenic Drive from east I.
10 wast can readily see the feasihIlirv |