The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-31
NEAR A MILLION.
Topeka Building Operations
Show Big Increase.
Nearly Two Hundred Thousand
in Excess of Last Year.
FEW BUSINESS HOUSES
Nearly All the Expenditures
Are for Residences.
Y. M. C. A. Building Is the Most
Expensive.

On January first. 1906. the city of
Topeka will put down on it's ledger
$924,O16 expended in building opera |
lions for 1905, and then opposite to
this will be placed "$177,742 in excess
of 1904"
Close to one million dollars spent in
putting up new buildings or recon
structing others already built.
This sounds good. it sounds good
enough to linger on and ponder awhile.
million dollars and most of this
went in homes. Topeka is truly a. city
of homes.
Less that ten per cent of the build
ing permits issued were for business
buildings. Not that Topeka has a suf-
hcient number of them. for there is a
crying need for that sort of thing, but
simply that investors seem to be con-
tent with the rental that they are now
getting from their buildings.
Nineteen hundred and four was a
good year for the contractor and
architect. Topeka spent $751,674 in
new buildings that year and that was
thought a corking good record but it
is eclipsed entirely by the record at
tanned this year
nlits in 1905 were 642 with an average
value of s1450 each. last year the
number was 437 with an average value
of S1.720.
The most expensive building to be
erected during the year was the new
Y NJ. c. A building for which per-
nit of S64, 900 was issued, next came
the state printing plant at $50, OOO,
with the remodelng of the new hotel
at cost of $21,750.
Ten residences costing from $4,000
upwards were constructed in 1905; they
are as follows: J. c. Harmon, SO 900;
81, 800; Clad Hamilton, 81, 400; Warren M.
Crosby, $1,000; NJ. Snattinger, $4,000;
Chas. Bower. 81. 500; B. F. E Marsh,
81, 500; c. R. Maunsell $4,000, and Oscar
Bischoff, $4,000.
Three fats of modern construction
are now in process OF erection and cost
from ST. 600 upwards, the three most i'm
portant follow: S. Barnum, $4,000; z.
Heinz, $4,000, and w. d. Gossett, 1000
Each of these is constructed of frame
and mark a new era in up to date fat
construction; they are as modern as
science can make them.
The beautiful building of the Topeka
club is one of the most prominent bits
of building done during the past twelve
months The building permit for the
club house was for $4,000. Two church
es. one the Second United Presbyterian
at a cost of $1,000 and the Central Park
Christian church at a cost OF $500 were
constructed.
The Masonic grand lodge remodeled
the Nichols property and erected a wing
for the library for the grand lodge ana
for the grand lodge offices at cost OF
$4,000.
for which a permit was issued was for
the state printing plant which cost $780,
600.
The old county court house has been
ia n H.
ern hotel of four stories The contract
ors have Just completed the contract
and the hosiery will be opened soon.
The cost was $2l,75O-
A A. GODDARD erecLed new olilfe ana
store building at cost of $4,000. the
gas company is now occupying por-
ffon of this building. The other I'M
portant buildings erected are inc han
Iithographing company once ana
l,inderv. cost s13. 900; the Excelsior Coke
80 cas- eonpanv. metre and purifying
horse. $4,000: boiler and engine house,
81 600: oscar Bischon, $780, Cenual
sash and Door factory, engine ana Doll
or house. $500; Capital Iron works,
foundry. $4,000; American steam "a I'd odo
drv $1,000 and J. NJ. Peterson S4'o9o-
Predictions which are maze Dy ~
! .,ot;fecfs hold out the p-omise that the
@aco-d established this wear IN the way
e 5,-ff@5irsT will be equale1 If not sur
Tassed in 1906 It is the general oeneL
~ y1,osf Of the building viii RIM to larg-
e e+rScting small dwellings win be over
with. -, -, o.~t,, 70 he a4,ia
20 give anv good estimate Of what viii
be done in the way Of building during
99ss9,,,+ T rsfber believe that there viii not
he the great number of dwellings put up
next year that there were this year
5oT'f see why there shouldn't De jllst as
much done in 1905 as in 1905, then again
you can't tell ...,
,bo,If building 4Ip the business section Of
fhis town and It IS this: Build up these
cross streets, Quincy and Jackson streets