The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-24
Enterprises That Seek to Es-
tablish Themselves Here.
But Too Many of Them Make
Objectionable Conditions.
KANSAS CITY CONCERN
Wishes to Move Here Provided
Citizens Take Stock.
Commercial Club Friendly But
Will Not Go Too Far.

The secretary of the Commercial club
is kept busy answering the letters of
people who want to establish or bring
enterprises 10 Topeka, It has become
a serious question what the CONNER
clal CLUB can 90 in cases like those
which are now coming up for consider
alton Nearly all ask what Topeka
can do and they expect some offer or
Inducements from the Commercial
club.
One thing the Commercial club has
decided to avoid, and that is any offer
whatever Of bonuses. They say that
the club viii give all the encourage
ment possible to enterprises but can
not make any donations. This may
stand in the way of securing some en-
terprises that might come, but it has
been the experience of Topeka that en-
terpriseS which expect financial assist
ance from the people Of the city al
ways prove disastrous.
A communication recently received
by the club is a letter from the Faurot
Manufacturing company of Kansas
City. No, which has capital stock OF
500 900.
j. D. Cruise, vice president Of the
company, who used to live in Topeka,
first wrote notifying the club that the
company contemplated charging It's
plant and it might move to Topeka He
said that the capital stock would be IN
! creased TO S150, 600. The company man
ufactures furnaces. hot water and
steam heating equipments.
Secretary DelBlLlaNI ans W6AC0 Tic
letter and inquired what was expected
of Topeka in case the company located
its plant here. President C. > tau-
rot replied. He said that the com
pany would consider a proposition 10
/ come to Topeka because the city Is
easy of access and near a soft coal re-
4 gion.
4 is unsatisfactory to the members of the
/ Commercial club. Mr.. Faurot said he
would expect the people Of Topeka TO
subscribe for $4,000 or $4,000 worth OF
/ the stock of the company.
Mr.. Faurot says that the building
would not be less than so by $50 feet IN
/ dimensions, but he does not say how
/ many people he would employ.
The matter will not be dismissed
/ without attention. At the special
! meeting of the Commercial club, Whlch
/ will be held at .. IN. tomorrow lhs
4 communications viii be formally con-
sidered The club viii not break over
its rule concerning the granting OF con
/ cessfons. but an attempt will be made
to induce the company to bring its
! plant to Topeka
1 Another letter that has been received
/ recently comes from Rev. II. {. HATH
! cox Of Abilene. general secretary board
/ of education of the general SYNOD OF
4 Lutheran churches of Kansas.
Rev MI. HIaithcOx says that the l4u-
/ therans are looking for a permanent To-
/ seminary, which is now at Atchlson-
/ He does not say what is expected. but
! intimates that some concession will be
asked. in return for which the college
would be permanently located at To-
! peka.
A letter requesting more definite in
formation viii be written by the secre-
tary of the club and the question will
be considered at a future meeting No
details whatever We're given in the let
ter of inquiry
Neither Mr.. HaithcOx nor Mr. F'aurOt
will be discouraged by the Commercial
club though both will be politely in
formed that no bonuses will be given.
| They will he asked to come to Topeka
because of its superior advantages as q
city and the club viii welcome them
with open arms, but it will so no fur
Their
1t has been thought that the negotia.-
lions for the creamery proposed to be
built here by J. b. Case and J. E. Mss
ley would be reopened, but nothing has
been heard of those gentlemen since
they left Topeka, nor of their ultima
tum, which was the donation of a site
at First and Kansas avenue for moth
ing.
Mr. Nfssley has been busy at the
State Dairymen's association at Abb
lene of which he vas chairman. 1t
ended its sessions last week The dairy
proposition is the most important and
rrOnofsins one so far