The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-08
TOPEKA STANDS WELL.
September Building Record Shows an
Increase Of 100 Per Cent.

According to the monthly building
returns as compiled for the month Of
September by the American Con-
tractor, a trade paper. Topeka build
ing operations show a remarka BILE in
crease over the corresponding period
of time last year.
Topeka also ranks we'll up in the
list as regards the percentage Of in
crease The list takes in only the
principal cities of the United States
Out of the 81 cities showing an in
crease in percentage of from Z away
up to %, Topeka ranks tenth. with
an increase which approximates 800
per cent.
Topeka's building permits for the
month Just past aggregated S66,01S;
for the same month in 1904 it was
$30.315 South Benz, Ind, Daven-
port, Iowa, and San Antonio, Tex,
cities all of considerably larger size
than Topeka, show building ccnstruc-
ton of but little in excess, not to ex-
coed $1,000, from that scaling down
to $1,000. Manchester, n. H, with a
population of $4,000, did but S27.73O
worth of building during the past
month. st. Joseph. Mo. which boasts
a population of 10000, expended in
its building operations for the past
month $102, 495. a not very credita BILE
showing, relatively speaking as COM
pared with Topeka. The construc-
ton for September moreover has not
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The largest single building permit
amounted to $4,000. The remainder
of the permits were for homes rang
ing dOwnwards from $4,000. That
there should be so large a demand for
residences and a still stea dy persistent
demand in the real estate market for
rental property all points to the fact
that Topeka is 0wing-growing
consistently and steadily, notwith-
standing the reports to the contrary as
1r lar ~ 49,
clerk.
Speaking of the operations over the
remaining portion of the United States
the American Contractor says:
The strong building movement of last
| month continues, with little if any
| abatement, as appears from reports re-
ceived from the leading cities of the
country showing the building permits
! issued during September. as compared
! with the corresponding month of last
/ year. The gains shown are general.
! decidedly large and so distributed as to
/ snow that the impetus to building OPP
/ erations is not due to local causes. In
/ Greater New York the gain is IS per
1 cent as against 100 per cent in August
/ This IS really a most gratifying show
! ing since with winter near at hand
! when operations are conducted with
! greater difficulty. a douDnng of last
/ years figures could scarcely be expect
/ ed. Permits aggregating more than q
millions at the beginning of autumn is
a remarkable and most promising show
ing. Chicago reports $7,349, 150 a gain
/ OF q per cent, as against so per cent
| last month but even this gain is re-
markable when the season of the year
is taken into account. The following
figures express the percentage of gam
/ of the cities that make the best show
ing: Allegheny, III; Buffalo, 140:
! Cleveland. IS: Dallas, "a; Detroit. 90;
Duluth, ITO; Harrisburg, Pa, 1873; kan
sas City, 63; Louisville, 70; Milwaukee,
III; Mobile, 172; Nashville, 1873: New
| ark, 232; New Orleans, 54; Phfadel-
phia, a.; st. Paul, 102; Syracuse, 237;
Wilmington, Del, 296 It thus appears
that the present building prosperity is
/ widely, almost universally distributed.
| In spite of the yellow fever, New Or
| leans shows a decided gain. The losses
are few, and, with the exception OF
/ Pittsburg, are confined to the smaller
cities. In September, 1904, a single
permit of $500, 900 was issued in Pitts
! burg. The outlook is very bright.