The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-03-30
$4,000 IN
WAREHOUSES;
That Amount TO be Expended
in New Wholesale District.
FOR IMPLEMENT TRADE
Eastern Companies TO E8tab-
liSh Headquarters Here.
BUILD GASOLINE ENGINES
Wolfe Engine Company 10
Move its Factory Here.
BUILD GASOLINE ENGINES

Tracey and BeesOn building. 5OxEso
feet
Baker Implement Company, oo1Iss
feet.
WI. sharon. 5OxIeO feet.
Nj. Rosh and WI. sharon IOOxIso
feet.
These buildings. one OF which is com
pleted. two now under construction and a
third TO be built this summer in vich-
itas new wholesale district VIII form a
row OF warehouses go feet long ana wiz
serve 70 give the new district, which a
year ago was considered almost worth
Jess. an impetus and wiz mean much 10
this city as q wholesale center.
Before the first OF next year wichita
wiz Be ths headquarters for the south
western trade OF eastern implement com
Danies with a capital Of more than two
million dollars. that Is companies that
are under contract 70 come here during
the year and do not have a branch Dis
tributing house in this city at the present
time
Before the first Of next year there VIII
be a row OF two-story brick and iron
warehouses facing Wichita street. south
OF Douglas avenue. This row Of build
ings viii be three hundred feet long and
each VIII be one hundred and twenty feet
deep. Two hundred feet OF these build
iugs are now under construction or have
been built and the balance VIII be built
this summer.
This IS az OF the buildings az present
under contract II the new addition 10
VVichita's wholesale district. that proper
~ east of the Big Arkansas river. south
of Douglas avenue and west CT The ex-
tension Of Wichita street from the 1Iis-
souri, Pacific depot This property has
all been cleaned up and a large part Of
81 filed II and now It presents very
nice appearance 70 what il did p Jew
months ago when II was covered with
brush and small trees. The Missouri
Pacific has built an extension of its
tracks from tho Crion mills and every
building erected or the property nHI have
the best facilities for handling iuuIe-
rneuts and other machinery CT any city
f. the state
The buildings nows under construction
ere the big ware houses or Baker Bros
implement company and that Of ". J.
sharon Each Of these buildings are be-
ing constructed under the direction OF
John II. Stansberry. an architect who
has lately moved 70 this city. The two
buildings vii be OF exactly the same
style and The plans show very cor
venient warehouse and also a beautiful
building arChitecturally-
L.
and iron and are put up in a very sub
srantial manner. The second doors VIII
b constructed especially strong and wiz
Be used for storing heavy machinery.
The Baker building faces the profee-
ton OF English street and In The corner
VIII be two very hns Offices for the com
panies which VIII have their headcusr-
tiers in the building. one feature Of TIE
buildings now going Up is the lighting.
IN each of the large buildings win he
extra large plate glass windows which
WI allow 4 food OF light 70 penetrate
into every corner Of the building.
All O these buildings have railroad
track 81 the rear and viii thus facilitate
the handling OF heavy hardware The
buildings now under construction VIII be
used entirely Cor storing farm machinery
OF the heaviest pattern and especially
threshing engines and seps-ators.
The Baker building wiz be ssx10
feet and two stories high. The lower
floor VIII be occupied ss the southvrs-
tern Headquarters of The Aultman COM
pany OF Canton. Ohio. raauaf a-rlre~y ~
shreshins machines and senarato-s This
company does a business in THIS section
o. the country running into thousands