The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-10-16
HOUSE
FAMINE
Five Hundred More Residences
are Needed.
TO SUPPLY THE DEMAND
Kind and Character of Houses
Wanted.
FLATS MAY BE POPULAR
All Winds Point From aPros-
porous Direction.

wichita's boom is on It has been on
FOR several months but the test OF rs
genuiaess IS that it increases with the
approach Of winter. Taxing everything
together the Influx Of new people. the
Widespread activity In the building trades.
the demand Tor residences. the uuprece-
6ent=d construction OF building blocks.
the location OF new manufactures. the
enlargement or old ones, the expansion Of
The wholesale trade, the prosperity Of
the retail business and the thousand ana
enc other Evidences OF steady. healthy
uafsveush growth al point The wind
from the most prosperous direction. The
best barometer OF al IS tbs real estate
market II tells more accurately tnan
al others the condition Of The city, and
iDcldaut 70 this Is the demand Tor resi-
Celce houses
From every point the people are com
.1s- Every body IN the southwest seem ID
realize more fully than ever before that
- iCaiLa is destined GO be the center Of
the immense agricultural area embraced
H. lhl southwest one half Of Kansas all
OF Oklahoma. the Indian territory and the
plains a. northern Texas. II VIII be the
commercial. manufacturing. educational
ana social center CT a territory thar VIII
contain more than three million people
when the next census is taken.
These people are coming TO Wichita and
must be taken care Of The problem IS
net how 20 absorb them into the citizen
ship of the city. but how to accommodate
them f9r the present With every ham
mer and saw busy for nearly four years
Wichita is SIN short from 200 to so
houses.
II 100 new houses were ready for oc-
cupancy tomorrow. how quickly could
you dispose Of them James Stewart of
the rental firm Of Stewart * Burns said
TO a reporter for the Eagle yesterday
with NY firms demand FOR houses
now We could al 100 six room cottages in
fifteen days. could possibly fill them
n five days. 1 could rent forty Of them
tomorrow forenoon.
How many extra houses does wichita
need TO III the Gemand?" Dean Gordon
was asked
7 do not think 25o would be any too
many for the present demand. he said
During the ten minutes reporter was
interviewing Mr.. Gordon he had nine
visitors All inquiring II he had any houses +
70 rent.
Dent talk 10 ne about houses" said f
Fred Robertson Of the Hartford Invest /
mear company we must have 200 or (
500 more houses IN Wichita at once"
what kind Of houses are most need 1
ede
Flats- We must have fats. know
they never have been popular IN Wichita +
bat the fact must be taken into consid- +
Grafton that Wichita has never had nat /
NJ 70 I've IN"
"Has it ever had fats"
NO; Wichita has never had real /
fat I believe that vel equipped fats f
with al modern conveniences would be- +
come ven. popular in Wichita Why GO +
SO many people want 70 live in the Sadg- 4
wick block. the Wine block and other I
down town public buIdinEs2 Simply be- /
cause they are convenient Flats would +
be still more convenient We are get
ting. with the expansion OF our wholesale
business ara the concentration Of rail-
road interests here. class Of people that
would live in fats IN preference 70 cot
rages- Take for instance the wives OF
travelling men and railroad men who are
away from home sreat deal, they do
not Ike 70 live ~ cottages. They are
too lonesome for them.
"A modern house Of every convenience