El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-21

summer viii see no lesseninE in the
demand for rental property, especially
in the line OF apartments
Drug Firm Buys Property.
The principal deal reported during
the past week was the sale by Charles
n Bassett TO Kelly and Pollard OF
lots Il, IS. 19 and 20 in block .,
Franklin Heights addition The con-
sideration mentioned was $4,000
This property is on Wyoming
street and the wholesale drug firm
which purchased II contemplates the
building Of a modern brick structure
to house the firm According 10
Joseph H Pollard. Of the firm, plans
for the building are indefinite as yet
but Mr.. Pollard declares Il Is the in
te1tion Of the firm to build soon
Another deal OF Importance during
the week was the sale Of the old
P0meroy stables property on South
Oregon street 10 Leo Schuster and
associates, by the First Realty com
pany. for s22.500.
Buildings in Progress.
Rapid progress is being made on
the construction OF the new seven
story home. Of the Two Republics Life
Insurance building OF the corner OF
Stanton and Texas streets The first
story IS now being poured" the
basement and the floor for the first
story having been finished
Work viii begin Immediately on
the erection OF the new Franklin
school, TO replace the present made
Quate and out Of date structure, the
contract having been let Friday by
the school board 70 Stanley Bevan for
$3.50 Plans are completed for the
new Manhattan Heights school and
BIDS viii be asked for this shortly.
The next big piece OF building
work will be the construction of the
new 15-story home Of the Fist Mort
gage company. on the corner Of
Oregon and sheldon streets It Is
expected that bids can be asked for
on this work in very short time.
dertaking IN FL Paso in many years
Fort Bliss Activity.
Besides the local building activity,
the building program at Fort Bliss
this. year is to be a tremendous one
as It viii mean the expenditure Of
zone uuartermsster depotc. etc
Capt. John A wagner went on
trip 70 the lower valley points to-
TO purchase 20 acres OF land
for the army to be used as an agri- I
cultural training school for the vo-
cational work in this district.
Considerable construction work VIII I
be necessary on this piece of ground I
Z the plans for the school are car
PhnIips-CreeI Co. sales.
The Philips Creel Realty company {
reports large number Of sales OF
A4AEEen LNAa44LE .IAanaua ne A044lM-
nE is a partial list for the past two
weeks;
John o. WyIer to Or. J. ". Mccain.
house 3s14 Douglas street, S3675;i
John II Wyatt to DAVE r Wood. /
house 1913 Maple $500. Mayfield /
Building company 70 :. P Friday,
l4o1 Wyoming, $500: " F. LicerO 10 I
g. ". Riesel. house in $500 block, Tu-
arosa- $3.50. Mrs G. b Clark to P. I
s Specht. house in 400 block, Ange, !
1890. Jay +. Knox TO D. 3. Smith, I
rouse corner Cebada and White Oaks, I
5000; John " Phillips 70 Fred F. ]
0e'Armond. house 1917 Montana
1850: First Mortgage company to G. 4
2 Green. house in 300 block, Idalia.
$500 First Mortgage company to F.
!. White, house In 500 block, Idalia,
ESQ. First Mortgage company to H 1
= Stewart house in $500 block. Idalia,
1880; Altura Realty company to Mart /
r Hommand. lots % and %, block ]. /
Altura Park addition, 5000 Philips /
reel Realty company TO C. A. New, I
p block Il, East Fl PasO addition. I
$500; John W Phillips to P C. Lobis, ]
OF I, block AZ, Government Hill, S3Ousf
3heinheimer Lumber company TO J. ]
L. Wilder. lots 80 70 So. inclusive. 4
iIock Il, Manhattan Heights, s2z02; I
Iohn W Phillips 10 c. A. Germany
louse 1902 Ia Luz. $3.50: r. D. Sol /
iers 20 Mrs A n. Curtis. house 240l /
Boulevard. $1,000 Mrs n. McCamalti /
% John ". Duffus, house in zoe block. I
stanton. $500. H W Crowders to J. !
T. Tyler. house in block us, Highland I
Park. $3.50.