The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-18
1T WOULD COST LITTLE
To Secure the Establishment of
the Creamery Here.
Two Thousand Dollars Would
Start the Ball Rolling.
All That is Needed is a Start, and To-
peka VIII Take Care Of Herself
The Creamery Would be an
Excellent Starter.

Tt would cost the people of Topeka
$4,000 to secure the creamery that j. r.
Nissley and other gentlemen propose to
start here 1t is not too late to accept
their proposition.
The site selected by Mr. Nissley and
Mr.. Case is at the corner of First and
Kansas avenues and the fact that they
would accept no other, led to the break
in the negotiations between them and
the committee from the Commercial
club Their proposition may seem rath-
er exacting at first thought but when
the price for which the land can be
bought is taken into considera ton it
does not appear 50.
me corner which the gentlemen de-
sire IS 10 by $50 feet in dimensions.
Hale Richie owns all but a corner %
by 40 feet which belongs to a non-resi-
dent. MT Richie Will take So 900 for
MS share which would furnish space
enough for the site. The owner Of the
corner would ask as much more for his
share which would make the cost of the
tract about 81, 600. Since, however, Mr.
Case and his associates would be salts
fled with Mr. Ritchie's share it would
cost Topeka only $1,000 to secure the
enterprise
The people of Topeka have been taken
in by wooden mill and other schemes
that We're impractical Bile but they now
have an opportunity at trifiing cost
TO secure something which has been
demonstrated to be a success in Kansas
and that viii succeed in Topeka
When Mr. MARBLE was in Topeka he
made the proposition to the committee
from the Commercial club to make
canvass of the city to see whether the
money to purchase the site could not
De raised by subscription lie was in
formed that the committee would not
cOunrenance such a proceeding and did
not want to ask the people of Topeka
for contributions. MIR. Marble then
abandoned his plan and no effort was
made to raise the funds necessary to
purchase the site.
President W H. Davis of the Com
oil r,Ys4la
that the club could not esta b1fsh a pre-
cedent of giving a bonus to concerns
which propose to move to Topeka. IF
we start out by giving to the first one
other enterprise that proposes to come
to Topeka and our people are not able
to stand it. I very much desire the
location of the proposed creamery in
Topeka but do not like such a prece-
dent for if we give to one. We must give
to all 7 know the gentlemen interest
ed in this project and they are perfect
~ responsible and have no doubt it
would be an excellent thing for the city
and hope that they may yet be Undue
ed to come, but l do not see how the
Commercial club can donate them a
site outright"
Mr. Max Deiglmayr, the assistant
secretary of the Commercial club said
in speaking Of the proposed cream merry.
IT feel that the club has done all it
could We offered the gentlemen who
propose to build the creamery a long
they refused to accept anything less
than a site donated outright. We gave
them all the encouragement we could
and I am sorry that we failed to make
an arrangement with them. They met
our committee several times and I had
hoped they would modify their PROPOSE /
ton but they did not do SO and do not
see how we could do anything but what
was done"
Edward Wilder and S. s. OFT who
were on the committee also objected to
making any demands upon the citizens
of Topeka for a bonus and the matter
is now resting
While the Commercial club as an or
ganization cannot be expected to donate
sites for public enterprises, it never
theless behOOves Topeka as a city to af-
ford every encouragement to such en-
terprises If Wichita can afford to do
nate sites certainly Topeka can NJ esSrS.
Case and Nissley are now in Topeka.
1t may be added. however, that Topeka
has not been entirely reuruiss in this
matter. 1t did offer a site on Harrison
street and also on the Santa Fe tracks
on the east side; these. however were
not acceptable. Tt might not be a good
thing to give property to every institution
that offers to come here but it would
be good thing to get them started
What Topeka needs as well as all the
rest Of the country is restoration of
confidence Two or three new manu-
featuring establishments started here
would enthuse our people and they
would Immediately begin to invest their
own money in productive enterprise Tt
ought to be worth "a, 600 just to start
1a an rolling