The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-20
CAN'T BESTOPPED
Topeka Will Continue to Grow
Says VIM. Green.
Ideal Residence City Of the
West.
AN IMPORTANT CENTER
Distributing Point for Large
Prosperous Territory.
Increase in Santa Fe Shops
Will Help.

s'There is not a more desirable resi-
Dental city, or business city especial
ly from the retail standpoint, in the
entire country and particularly in the
west, than Topeka" said William
Green today during the course of talk
about the present prosperous condition
of the city and the halcyon future
which is before it. Mr.. Green, at pres
ent a councilman from the Third ward,
is candidate for the Republican nom
ination for mayor of the city He IS
also one of the prominent business men
of the town, being the senior member
of the firm of William Green & Son,
one of the largest retail grocery con-
Germs in the city. Few men in the city
have travelled about the country as
much as Mr.. Green and no one is IN a
better position than he to compare To-
pela with other cities of its size. And
when he says that Topeka is as desir-
able a residential and business city as
there is in the west, everyone knows
that the expression is not one of bias
because of his fOndness for the city,
but an expression warranted by facts
from his observations, not only at
home but elsewhere,
Topeka is sure to grow in popula-
ton and Importance as a business cens
ter" continued Mr.. Green, who has
most abiding faith in the future of the
city. Situated as the city is as nat
ural distributing point for great and
prosperous territory around it, nothing
can stop Topeka from growing and be-
coming one of the big and substantial
cities of this section of the country. 1t
is growing all the while now in popu-
lation and in business importance and
hardly anything can occur which will
retard its growth. 1t is bound to grow
and grow it will
.Outside of the big increase in pop
ulation which is certain because of the
{ 10 additions which the Santa He
has planned to make to its shop plant
here the city will increase in popula-
ton from a variety of causes do
not look for a sudden and wonderful
increase in a. year, or two years. It
will be a steady increase and therefore
a substantial one. AS matter of fact,
people in other parts of the country,
men who have money to invest in in
ing country needs for development
through communication with city of
this size, men who are looking for
ideal locations for their manufacture
/ Ing plants so that they will be in the
4 center of a fast growing trade, are just
beginning to realize the Importance OF
Toneka as distributing center and as
an ideal place to live in, not only for
/ the manufacturers and their families
but for their workmen as well.
Until within the last few years in
vestors in the east have looked upon
Topeka and other places, in this part
of the country as well, as being mere
dumps of towns in the proverbial
beginning to appreciate the actual con-
dftfons which prevail here, and it will
not be long before they Will be send
ing their money and representatives
to establish manufacturing plants mere
and partake in every way in the busl-
ness of the growing city.
ssRut Topeka's future is not more
bright than its present conditions. All
~ hot
ter condition now than they ever have
been. Ny own business shows a big in
crease this year over what 1t was last
year and my many friends in the same
line of business have the same encour-
aging reports to make. In fact do not
know of single business man IN town,
no matter what his line IS, with whom
I have talked who has not told of a
wonderfully increased business this
wear over last No better evidence
could be desired OF the value of To-
peka as q place for business and also
of a steady growth along all lines,
the less steadily, that the people Of the
CITY hardly seem to appreciate it. But
growing the city is and there IS nothing
that l see which viii retard its growth.
<And while we are talking of Topeka
do not let us lose sight of the fact that
there are few if any cities In the coun-
try. which are as beautiful from physi-
cal aspects as this city. You Will search
4 a. long time DSIOT6 you Will 1lAlu dlOtHSA
city in the country with such a pro-
fusion of wide streets, tree lined and
with parkings as this city has and
where the homes of the people are so
substantial and attractive. Few cities
have such an excellent school system
and such excellent municipal utilities.
But it is really needless for me to dwell
on these things for everyone in the city
knows of them and our friends in other
parts of the country are beginning to
realize them.
Some friends of mine from the east,
who have been on an extensive trip
through the west, visited Topeka re-
Gently and after driving around through
it they declared that it was one Of the
finest cities they had seen throughout
their entire travels