El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-07

I suits cleaned and pressed. 500 IN
1s9s.
suits cleaned and pressed. s1-2s to
s1-5O IN 1920.
OvereOats cleaned and pressed, $3.50
in 1898.
Overcoats cleaned and pressed. $50
and mp in 1920.
A dress was never handled for less
than 500 in 1S9S.
Dresses S1-50 and up IN 1920.
l. OUR GROWTH
We have been through all stages Of
the cleaning and dyeing business since
we started In business twenty years
ago. Prices in all other lines OF BUSH
ness have advanced But in our busi-
ness, they have actually decreased.
as 1855. when there were no paved
streets. and when mud actually ran
down the streets FL Paso Is now
the metropolis Of the southwest. and
IS growing by leaps and bounds. Our
business has kept pace with this
growth and today we stand as FL
EasO's foremost and leading cleaners
and dyers- This Is the result OF the
most painstaking effort, Of knowl
edge OF our business, OF striving to
keep up TO the very latest second Of
time IN modern methods and equip
rlent and OF a conscientious desire 10
the finest and most satisfactory
cleaning, pressing and dyeing in the
entire southwest
SOME INTERESTING FACTS
From a $40 week business. our
business has grown to $500 a week
business Since the time my father
bought out our original business at
the corner OF Myrtle and Stanton 20
years ago, I have been in the clean
ing and dyeing game to stay" Our
original plant was purchased for the
sum OF s2o0. Today our establishment
and equipment is worth 100000. Our
original location was burned out by
fire. and We moved TO AZ East Over
land street At that time we had
one old wagon as delapidated as the
old one horse shay. and q bicycle that
disdain-but the town was small. and
our vehicles were sufficient. The
Boulevard car line stopped at Cotton
avenue. and we used to hunt rabbits
at isis Montana street. the location
OF our present magnificent plant
And the town extends far beyond orr
present location.
In 1908 we put in the first. Sanitary
pressing machine ever used in El
Paso, and in the same year We put in
in the city for exclusive deliver
ing Of cleaning and dyeing work. Mr.
Holmes put In the first underground
( BoWserJ system for the storage and
handling OF strong gasoline
In 1913 my father died in Hotel
the only ones our plant has ever had
in our twenty years experience in
the business. In 1916 we built the
plant at 2S18 Montana street. where Z
We are at the present time located. I
This plant was equipped with the I
very latest machines and devices f
Used In the cleaning and dyeing bust f.
ness, and one OF the most modern ]
delivery systems in the Southwest 7
vas installed.
In the long time I have been I'm +
he cleaning and dyeing business. I p
have taught dozens Of men and wom- +
IN various phases OF it. / believe that .
I would be a safe estimate 20 say .
hat at least twenty-five percent OF I
he men and women connected with I
his line in FL Paso at the present \
ime have been at one time or an 1
'ther connected with Wrights Clean \
ng and DyeinE Works
and today we do not claim to have I
cached the final word in our line or I
BUSINESS. We are learning and i'm \
rowing every year. and keep abreast Il
II the times Our machinery and n
quipment Is kept up TO the very
attest and our greatest desire is your
omplete satisfaction.