San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1924-04-20
Mr.. Savage of Bedell-
Moore Estate Gives Her
Insight Into How Mod
ern Office Buildings
Are Operated and Tells.
Her Something of Early
Business> History of
Broadway.

H. Savage last week, and asked ,
him to give her particulars in re-
gard to the Broadway properties
of the G. Bedell Moore estate OF
which he is manager. Mr.. Saw
age told Betty that the Moore es-
tate owns the Moore building, the
Bedell building, and the Winerich
building, three of the largest
buildings on Broadway, Accord
ing to Mr.. Savage these build
ings have been erected from time
to time as the demand for office
and store space warranted. The
contrast between the Broadway OF
today, and the Broadway Of TWEEN
ty years ago is very striking. Mr..
Savage told Betty that before
these buildings were erected, the
property was occupied by a row
of one-story shacks. The prop
erty now occupied by the Bedell
building was formerly occupied by
a decrepit iron-clad building, a
row of tumble-down brick-nog
buildings, and an old planning mill.
The Calcasieu and Light building,
Mr.. Savage told Betty, was erect
ed on property formerly occupied
as a residence by Major J. H.
Kampmann. According to Mr..
Savage, when these buildings were
first erected they were the only
buildings on Broadway, north OF
Houston street. The Winerich
building stands on property which
formerly was occupied by three
adobe houses, the timbers OF
which were hauled from Victoria
by mule team before the railroad
came to San Antonio.
Mr.. Savage states that many
other streets in San Antonio have
made small progress compared to
the progress made by Broadway q
during the past twenty years.
Broadway, Mr.. Savage told Betty,
has developed from an ancient
dAiet avenue of homes into bust
ling thoroughfade. Today it is
possible for large number OF
San Antonio housewives to declare
that they buy everything they use
on Broadway.
Mr.. Savage told Betty that the
buildings owned by the Moore
estate are the only buildings an
San Antonio that never close
from the first day Of January 20
midnight on December 81. Mr..
Savage states that there is always
someone on hand to attend to the
wants of tenants who might find
it necessary to visit their offices
at unusual hours. Mr.. Savage
told Betty that the buildings are
operated in the most modern and
up-to-date manner, and that they
have an equipment complete in
every detail. In addition to the
necessary storerooms for supplies
and materials, Mr.. Savage states
that the buildings are equipped
with a complete engine room,
which furnishes the three large Of
flee buildings with electric light
and power, steam heat, water and
ice water. A carpenter shop,
paint shop, and a machine shop
are also maintained, and these
shops take care of all the needs
of the three buildings with neat
ness and dispatch. Every known
device for the care and opera
ton of large buildings is inclused
in the equipment of the Moore,
Bedell and Winerich buildings,
and the electric scrubbing ma
chimes of these buildings are
used nightly to clean $4,000
square feet Of hall floors. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Savage, this hall
flood area is more than the COM
bined floor space of most Of the
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