El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-28

& Co. erected one in block ISL
Campbell addition. which cost $4,000
G. P Putnam built IN block 81. Cot
ton. addition. a warehouse which cost
Sl2.s00. and the Rogers Furniture
company. for its own business. erected
a storehouss which cost $4,000. A
number OF smaller houses which cost
under $4,000 were also constructed
Many Hospital improvements.
An oil storage plant costing $50
900 has been built by the Magnolia
Petroleum company in block ST.
Campbell addition and this company
also built a number OF new gasoline
filling stations over the city
FL Paso's hospitals and sanatoriums.
for which the city is well known
throughout the United States. have
care Of their share OF Fl Pesos Off
cial s7.s3S population.
The Homan Sanatorium has built en-
addition which cost $4,000. and the
Wiley Sanztcrium has added 20 new
rooms at a cost Of $4,000.
Work. which WI entail total ar-
pendfture Of S40a.900. was commences
this month On the Southern Baptist
tuberculosis sauatorium~ This In
stitu-ion occupies the site Of the
former Franklin Country club. a prop
erty which was donated TO the Bap-
city as a nucleus for the sanatcrtur1-
The old country club building e ssrv-
ing as an executive office for the
sanatorium- The work now in pro
gress win include the construction OF
units for men and women patients. a
home for the general superintendent.
another for the medical director
central power plant. additional water
works accommodations sewage. etr-
The present expenditure IS 70 be fol-
lowed By others until az least a mil
lion dollars has been invested IN the
Institution
Two apartment houses have already
been completed in 1920 One IS the
$4,000 apartment house IN block H.
Alexander addition built By = X
Frather- Abe Lew built an apart
meut AZ SO River street large enough
FOR eight families. known as the Rllth
apartments. which cost -ef1o- Three
tenement houses. one costing $4,000.
one costing $1,000 and one costing
5000 have recently been finished
More 0ffice space
Sixteen small business houses.
mostly. CONNECTION cries grocery stores
and small office Buildings. have been
put Up this year at a cost Of f1oS.500
In addition TO this. $4,000 vas spzrf
this year on additions 10 old business
houses An addition 20 the TooleT
building at san Francisco and Chi
huahua Streets stores-cost s45-
600 A permit was issued for $4,000
this year 70 compfete the Aronstsin-
Stevens building The Globe mills
built = $4,000 addition this gear and
Bray & Co built a second story 20 its
place at First and Ochoa. which cost
$4,000.
Few cities IN Texas can show as
much progress as El Paso in the wav
OF fine new office buildings erected
~
turs- Foremost OF these building IN
e Paso IS the First Mortgage CON
panTs new 15-storv building. which
viii cost more than half a million
This building Is ready for the founda-
ton and IS being constructed On tbs
old Coney sland saloon property A.
oregon and sheldon streets. and VIII
connect with the First National hank
building u win have zoo offices
besides the first floor and basement.
which viii be used BY the First
Mortgage company u Is expected
that the building viii be completed
by March =
Life Insurance Home.
The Two Republics Life Insurance
compauy's new building. at Stanton
and Texas streets. which was begun
last November and viii cost f2e6.00o.
viii soon be entirely finished IL Is 20
afford a home for the City National
bank. as well as the Insurance. com
pzny-
A number OF other building projects
involving the expenditure Of millions
OF dollars are being contemplated.
The sheldon Hotel company IS look
Ing forward TO new structure on It,
present site. a half dozen smaller
hotels viii likely be started within
the neUs twelve month period. stores
and the like VII be started soon. and
that building homes. particularly
bungalows. IS going right ahead and
has occasioned little II any slump on
account OF high prices OF materials
labor conditions and the Ike
Fl Paso's building permits for the
last five years before January /.
this year. follow 1915. $3.50. AZ.
1918. s5,551.s0ss 1917. s5.76e SCI: 1915.
ss44.s4s; 1913. s2.755.5s5