The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-02-16
TOPEKA HAS 50. 900
According to Maj. Tom Anderson's
Booklet-What Commercial
Club Did

The Commercial club met last night
at the call of President Brigham. Sec
rotary T. ]. Anderson read the statisti-
cal table of Topeka that he has been
working on for several months.
The report shows the population of
the city including Potwin, Oakland
and Quinton Heights to be So 339. The
walks, lines of railroads, schools, whole
sale business. retail business. manu-
features and statistics of all KINDS,
showing Topeka to be the 'faireSt city
in the west" are embodied in the re-
port.
Mr.. Brigham explained that the re-
ports were to be printed in booklet
form, suitable for slipping in an en-
Velope together with a letter and with
out extra postage, and could be distr1b-
uted in this manner all over the cOun-
try. The club will order 10000 printed
for it's use and all merchants who order
from 1000 to 10000 will have their adj
vertisements printed on the back. 81
believe" said Mr.. Brigham, that 10000
to $4,000 can be sold in lots to mer-
chants.'
Il have heard" said Mr.. Wilder, 'of
girls working in canning and packing
factories, finding a husband by placing
their name and address in a package
that was to be sent out from the fac
tory. If these sort of communications
bring girls a husband I think that if
we would place these reports in such
packages that we might get some set
tiers. I will take 5000 and have Otto
Kuehne distribute them along with his
bottles of ketchup."
81 will take 1000 myself" said Kuehne.
81 can dispose of 1000 also,' said
John E. Frost.
Secretary Anderson will visit the mer-
chants and take their orders for the re-
ports
II have been working for several
days. said President Brigham, ''to
cure a hall suitable for the state Demo-
cratic banquet. The banquet was to go
to some other town unless Topeka could
furnish a banquet room suitable for it.
Hamilton hall can not be had. This
meeting will be important to Topeka
as such lights of the Democratic party
as George Fred Williams, of MasSa-
chusetts; William ]. Bryan, Governor
Stone, of Missouri, Senator Jones, of
Arkansas, ex-Congressman Towne, of
Minnesota, Senator Blackburn, of Ken
lucky and Ex-Governor Altgeld, of Hi
nOiS will probably be here and much
will be said at this meeting that will
determine the course of the party dur
ing the next national campaign. L have
secured the finest banquet room in the
state, the new state library room, and
the banquet will be held in March,
report was read from the members
of the manufacturers committee that
Edward Hossfeld of the Topeka trunk
factory wishes a building 30 by $50,
three stories high and where a railroad
switch can connect it with the main
lines of the railroads. The communica-
ton was referred to the committee who
will endeavor to secure a suitable build
ing.
A resolution was offered by J. A.
Troutman urging that the Shawnee
county delegation work for the passage
of the bills relative to Shawnee county
and Topeka Among them the city
court bill which practically abolishes
the justice courts.
Abe Steinberg said: ST understand
that if this bill passes the merchants of
Topeka will be at the mercy of their
creditors. I want to see that the mer-
chants will not be crippled in collecting
their bills. 1 am not speaking for the
justice courts. 1 move that the part
of the resolution relative to the city
court be stricken OUT
The motion was lost however, and
the club endorsed the bill. E. w. Bene-
diet reported that the good roads bill
was meeting with favor and that he
expected it would become a law.