The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-11-07
LOOK TO JACKSON STREET.
Indications Are That It Will Soon Be
a Business Thoroughfare.

"A number of things are conspiring
to push Jackson street forward as a
business street. said Frank J. Brown
today, land Jackson street property is
increasing in cost with a rapidity that
shows the fact is being appreciated
The improvements that have been made
along the street in the past year or two
and the construction of the new Baptist
church have helped the value of tine
rest of the street"
Mr.. Brown is one of a number of
local investors who are projecting the
erection of a three or four story bust
ness building at the corner of Seventh
and Jackson streets. Mr.. Brown is him
self principally interested in the scheme
as he has control of the property on
that corner. A year or more ago a pro-
position was made to establish a Fed
Grated club building there but the
scheme fell through. Since then Mr..
Brown has formulated another plan in
which. also, Charles L. Wood of the
National hotel is interested. The Amer
lean Laundry company, which occu-
pies the two story building across the
alley from the National, has been noti-
fed to make arrangements to move and
| is now holding it's quarters only on a
thirty day lease Speaking of his plans
Mr. Brown said:
I'VE will have to dismantIe the laun-
dry building in order to make room for
the new building. I can not say how
soon we will be ready to begin tearing
! OUT the Ola structure DuI L ndNS Qe-
| clined to renew long time lease upon
| it in order that I may have possession
! whenever I want it. Mr.. Wood is anx-
! ious to secure overflow quarters for his
hotel and will secure quarters in the new
building At present he is at times
unable to. furnish all the accommoda-
| tons for which there is demand. I am
not in a position to state fully our
plans for construction. 1t is true, how
ever, that a business building upon that
| location is in contemplation and that 1
am interested in the project"
The American laundry has experience
ed considerable difficulty in finding new
quarters for its business and was con-
| templating the purchase of lots 230 and
| 232 on Jackson street, adjoining the
! chased last week by the Crosbys Very
| little Jackson street property is now on
| sale. such as there is demanding good
! prices. The price paid by the Crosbys
| for the two lots. which is the most re-
| cent recorded sale in the business dis
! trict on Jackson was $110 per foot. Not
! long ago w. w. Manspeaker purchased
! so feet of Jackson street property, be-
tween Seventh and Eighth, as an in
vestment 1t is occupied by a livery
stable.
There have been but very few i'm
portant sales of Kansas avenue prop
erty within the past year. Real estate
sales over town continue to bring the
| frequent this fall than earlier in the
year Kansas avenue property is held
either by occupants or by persons de-
string to keep it as investment and the
prices demanded for it are such as to
! forbid purchasers. This is given as one
of the important reasons why new in
vestors are turning to Jackson street.
It is regarded as very desirable by To-
peka business men that the business
district of Topeka should be more COM
pactly located, it being now strung out
along Kansas avenue for nearly a mile.
The center of the south side population
1 is gradually moving south, it being
tion. In response to this movement
the retail center is gradually following,
although it stops abruptly at Tenth
street. The tendency is to widen and
investors are preparing for the move
ment by taking up Jackson street
ground Very little of it is now on the
! market.