The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-16
WHY We BOOM.
Mayor Davis Takes q Glimpse at
Topeka's Future.
Nothing Can Prevent Big In
crease in Population.
BRIGHT EVERYWHERE.
Conditions in West We're Never
So Good.
Development Of Topeka Greatest
in Its History.
BRIGHT EVERYWHERE.

No one is more enthusiastic over the
prosperous future which awaits To-
peka, and its present prosperity as
well, than william H. Davis, the mayor
of 4he city. with a most substantial
growth in population assured through
the great number of men who will be
employed in the new Santa Fe shops
which will be completed in toto within
the next three years, and with the
other additions to the population
which will necessarily follow, and
which will be attracted here for other
reasons. Mayor Davis sees nothing but
most brilliant prospects for the capital
city of the state in its development
along all lines.
Industrial and mercantile Topeka
will develop extensively during the
next few years with the growth of the
city's population, is the opinion of
Mayor Davis, and he knows whereof
ne speaks for in his private affairs he
is member of the firm Of the Park
hurst-Davis Mercantile company, one
Of the largest concerns of its charac-
ter in the west.
Never were prospects brighter for
the future Of any city, said Mr. Davis
today in talking about the new and
/ larger Topeka which is certain. NO
one has reason to doubt for an instant
but Topeka is bound to increase in
population greatly during the next few
years. The big Santa Fe shop i'm
provements, the plans of other rail-
roads to make Topeka their terminal
headquarters, the natural facilities of
the city as a distribution center and
countless other things, all are evidence
OF the fact that the city will grow
wonderfully. And as it grows in pop
ulation It will also grow in industrial
and mercantile Importance. And no
city IN the country is better fitted for
substantial growth than is Topeka. +"
But while all of US are enthusiastic
over the future of our city" Mayor
Davis continued, I'VE should not forget
for the minute of its present prosper
Gus condition. Prosperity in every line
OF industry in the city has been increas-
ing during the past few years and this
Is the best evidence that 1t will con-
tinue to- grow. Business is at the high
water mark now and gives every fndi-
cation Of continuing and increasing
This is due in a measure. to be sure, to
the generally prosperous. conditions
throughout the country
Never was the country, especially in
the central west, more prosperous than
it IS now Why I believe, that the ag-
ricultural interests in these parts could
actually stand an off season in crops.
without any material difference being
made in the general prosperous condi-
ton which prevail. And another thing
which is of Importance to the prosperity
Of this part Of the country is the fact
that the interior Of the United States,
so to speak, Is now financially able to
care for itself. In years past We had to
go to the east for money to move our
crops, but we have the money right here
now and this means much for the pros
perity of this section of the country,
and naturally the cities which are in
it.
No city in this section is more pros
porous than Topeka is now. and as
n sol 4fr Fr-A
good substantial building Is going on
in Topeka at this time than at any
time during the many years that have
lived here. There is an unusual de-
mand for labor of all kinds and top
notch wages are being paid The i'm
proyements being made by the tele-
phone companies, the paving which is
going on, the new buildings which are
literally springing up in the night, have
created such demand for skilled and
unskilled labor that there is no reason
why laboring man in the city should
be out of employment. Few of them
are, guess, for It is hard work to Sc
cure the services OF any man of any
craft In the city, and contractors and
builders before long must needs seek
for labor from other places.
mo one can fail to appreciate what
the Santa Fe shop improvements mean
for this city. As the shops develop
and more men are employed here
homes will have to be provided for
lneIn ana InGlr IdmlI16S- Naturally
this will stimulate the real estate and
building business. not only in the shop
locality but all over the city. In max
ing room for the new shops, many ex-
isting homes of shopmen viii have to
be removed. And these men are now
in a position to locate in more pre-
tentious homes and they will seek
them all over the city.
BEST of all, perhaps, is the fact
that Topeka is in a fine position to care
e. -a-A~~a
It can expand to the south the east.
the west and the north It's school
facilities are more ample than those
of any other city Of its size in the
country and can be expanded, if occa-
sion requires, without much difficulty
Our municipal utilities are of the best
in ali respects, including water supply.
lighting and the like, and we have
fire department that has few equals.
"All IN all, Topeka not only has a
most brilliant future before it, but its
present condition Is most prosperous
and one Of which we should all be