The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-11
1T KEEPS ON MOVING.
Sales of Valuable Property Now a
Daily Occurrence.
N. ?. RIGBY IS THE LATEST.

Has Purchased >. R- HarrhoAOmevvss
Building for s15,OOO-Many Resi-
dence Places Being Purchased for
ROmes-Farm Property Also Lively
For the first time in four years Topeka
real estate dealers wear countenances
which indicate that they have something
TO do. Topeka is not enjoying a boom,
but real estate is moving and it is not
being bought by spectators either. The
bottom prices have been reached and not
a day passes, but that some important
sale is recorded
One of the most important sales of the
week was Rowley Bros corner at Sixth
street and Kansas avenue yesterday re-
ported ia this paper The sale has been
closed and the deeds made. The prop
erty was purchased by United States
District Judge C. G. Foster for $4,000
cash Rowley Bros. will continue to oc-
cupy the building. but Judge Foster ex-
poets TO build 4 magnificent structure on
the corner within two or three years.
The building occupied by j. b. Bar
tholmew & CO., at 6O9 Kansas avenue,
has been sold this week. NJ. F. R4gby
is the purchaser and he paid $1,000 in
cash for the property. Mr.. Rigby ex-
poets to soon erect a new building and
will move his confectioner and fruit busl-
ness to the new location
G. J. Devlin has lately purchased six
lots at the corner of Thirteenth street
and Topeka avenue. The purchase
price was $500 and lr. Devlin is now
building handsome new residence on
the property
The three lots at the corner of Third
street and Topeka avenue have been
bought by J. A Ranney for SO, 600, and
he also will build a large residence at
once.
The T. Q. Thompson property at 1853
"a has hae TO-
r L. Cofran for 50, 7OO. The house will
be remodeled and Mr.. COfran will make
it his home.
A. W. Parks of North Topeka has pur-
chased the John D. McMichaeI property
At 1912 West Sixth street for $4,000 MIR.
Parks will occupy The building as his
residence within the coming year.
These are only a few of the most
prominent sales which have recently
been made in the city. There have been
numerous sales of smaller properties in
all parts Of the city.
There is also a great deal of inquiry
for faI N property in this county. The
largest sale made recently was the
Barnes farm of GAO acres, near Dover,
for $4,000. I. E. Bowman was the pur-
chaser, and he also bought eighty acres
just south of The city.
An eighty acre farm near Watson was
sold this week to 0. Ill WhitIow for
$1,000 in cash.
H. L. Taylor, VINO mas llY6Q In western
Kansas, has purchased 49, acre farm
two miles east Of the city for so an acre.
He will move his family on to the place
soon and will make it his home.
J. B. Bartholomew said, IN speaking of
the movement of real estate: There is
a better feeling in real estate than for
several months There is q great de-
mand for farms of from 80 to 100 acres,
aud the demands come from bona fide
settlers who want homes. Things look
better for Topeka"
At the office Of T. E. Bowman s. Co,
the reporter was informed: There are
great many people looking for farms.
There was man here the other day who
represents q colony of fifty families IN
Pennsylvania who going to settle
within fifty miles of Topeka They are
American farmers aud expect to locate in
Kans AS soon. There is more activity in
real estate than there has been for several
years"
Ross 8 Co.: "Things are looking up
in Topeka have made some figures
600 worth of property outside of sheriff
sales has changed hands in Topeka.
Property is being sold nearly every day,
and real estate sales are better than they
have been since the boom"
s M Wood: property is being sold
daily and l have several large cash sales
on now which will be closed this week.
The sale Of property shows good
healthy indication. We selling
farms to people from Indiana, Ohio aud
Illinois and there was a man here from
North Carolina today, who intends
People now realize that the bottom has
been reached and that real estate il on
the upward tendency.
Desirable rental property is scarce in
Topeka and we have more demands than
we can find property for"