El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-03-06
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Ell Paso VIII Soon
Take Rank With Cities
OF Larger Population

FL Paso IS in a transition period
A great majority OF local factories
have outgrown their present quarters
Banks have consolidated 70 meet
larger requirements. and 10 serve ir
a bigger way-and the smaller banks
are growing rapidly and surely. The
real estate market aud building are
active once again A number Of large
real estate deals have been consum-
mated recently, each deal represent
ing thousands Of dollars. Other sim
liar deals are being made now. These
facts mean new building sites for fac
tories and business houses. Undoubt-
eddy FL Faso VIII in a very few years
take rank ia business activity with
cities Of 100000 and 100000 popula-
uou-
eve have enough business TO keep
Us busy for the next four or five
months said the manager Of a well
knouu bedding and mattress factory
Eve hope TO expand n facilities TO a
point where we can handle the husi-
ness which we cannot now reach out
after"
Another large local concern is go
Ing 20 build an addition 70 its plant.
beginning within thirty days The To-
cal b0ttlinE plants are rapidly grow
ing and VIII soon rank among the
very largest in the entire west Bl
e
outErew its quarters and moved into
more adequate ones.
New wholesale and jobbing estab-
lshmeuts have grown up. and certain
streets Of the city. which six OF eight
years ago contained practically no
business houses. are now built up Tor
blocks with live and thriving busl-
ness establishments
Residences are being built and are
purchased as fast as they can be
finished. This is sure indication
Of the great and constant increase in
Fl Easo's population that IS taxing
place The consuming power OF ii
Easo. therefore, is ever growing inc
Southwest. the vast empire OF which
El pasU is the center and metropolis,
is being settled up" II. 100 IS
growing in resources and consuming
power JET Easo manufacturers ana
men Of business generally. are not
asleep. As already pointed out eN-
uausious IN plants are being made
larger plans for the future are being
formulated and from every angie FL
carer 10 a larger and more important
one
All Of this is possible without nor
nal trade relations with Mexico
When these normal trade relations
are resumed, the city will move ahead
even faster than it has IN the past
OF is moving ahead even now
FL PaEv is without potential limit
creases. as new resources develop, as
new lines OF manufacture and busi-
ness activity are developed, Fl Paso
win push on and on TIL IN the years
TO come it viii be a city Of several
times us present size and importance,
Every sign points 70 the tact that ~
paso IS passing from the stage OF
being q fair-sized little city 70 a CITY
Of the real Big busting size ana
VINO viii put q limit on this
s-rowrhe NEn is wise and daring
which El Paso must cease growing
lmagina sion. initiative. enterprise and
cooperation have made possible the
present artainments OF the city me
same factors must not be lost slgnl
az IN the great progress that Is d.
rectI- ahead. If everyone does MS
mart in Ehe upward climb buT-al-
home and But il made IN ii Faso
are the slogans Tor El Pasoans-