The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10
ON CHICAGO HEIGHTS.
Eastern Lot Owner Finds His Property
Covered With an Orchard.

An eastern man who paid $4,000
for sixty lots in Chicago Heights has
just found that a farmer has taken
possession of the lots and others in the
addition and covered them with a fine
orchard. Mr.. c. P. Bolmar, agent for
the Vermont owner. made the dis
covery.
tons to the city sprung up like mush-
tionh to the city sprung up like mush-
rooms in a damp cellar. Hardly a
week passed that there was not a new
addition plated and the city grew to
an immense size if these additions were
to be counted as part of the city,
and investors IN the eastern states
poured their money into the Golfers Of
their agents in Topeka to be invested
in these additions.
The Chicago Heights addition to To-
peka lies about ten miles northeast OF
the city and there is quite a stretch OF
good farm land Intervening RMS ad-
dition was laid out and the lots sold by
H. D. BOOge, most OF them BENG SOiu
to eastern investors, as in this case.
The plat shows the addition to be a
thing Of beauty and the investment
looked mighty good on paper The
streets of the addition are continue
lions of the streets of Topeka. Kansas
avenue is marked out in large letters
and traverses the suburb, paralieled by
Quincy street Topeka avenue, ana q
number of bOulevards named for Other
streets in Topeka.
Ttbe eastern investor who has paid
taxes on the lots yearly since he came
into possession of them insisted that
Mr.. Roluar make a personal 1nSpec-
ton of his holding in Topeka MI
BOlnar true to the trust imposed IN
him made tour of inspection this
week and found that the lots are en-
closed on the farm property OF M L.
George who has planted them IN or
chards which have been bearing MN
aDDles and peaches for a number OF
wears. and the streets are crossed by
rows of fine fruit tees. There are no
lines to indicate the location of the lots.
and the. addition has passed for years
as tha farm property of the man who
is occupying the place at this time, and
who insists that he knows nothing OF
the claims of the eastern owner.
At the time that the boom was at
its height the authorities went to MT
Rooge the owner of the addition, and
threatened him with prosecution, Tor
the reason that the addition did not JON
the city at all, and that the deal came
mighty near being optallllllg money 55 y
under false pretenses. The bluff did
not work with the owner OF chicago
Heights who calmly informed the IN
surgents that there was no mlsrepre-
sentatiOn on his part, ana opening one
Of his advertising circulars pointed TO
line in small print stating that the ad-
dition was nine miles from the state
house. And as he stated it in Ian
e.rage@ more forcible than elegant, ne
referred the purchasers to the fact
that "anv fool should have known that al
the addition is quite ways out. as
Topeka was not a New York city.
The lots upon which Mr. Eastern
Investor has been paying taxes faith
fully for nearly twenty years are
worth about SO each, just about what
fhev were worth at the time they were
sold for $3.50 apiece.
chicago Heights is only one of the
r,o17T- additions to the city of Topeka
which were laid out about this time.
and which are now owned by eastern
Investors or have been sold for taxes.
The things which Mr.. Bolmar's client
saws when he receives the report from
his agent in this city viii probably be
1.-ortl7 hearing. for he has been worry
ing some of late over the fact that
there has been no increase in taxes
such as he had expected when street
having. sewerage and other city i'm
Drovements were commenced