The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-07
Will Double Size of Topeka
Clothing Store.
Closes Lease Of the Chase & Son
Room.
PUT In A NEW FRONT.
Also Make Other Improvements
in the Rooms.
Chase & Son Will Move to
New Location.

l. W. Felix of the firm of Felix &
Co, mems furnishing goods. closed
long time lease on their present loca-
ton at noon today and in addition
| have secured the adjoining building,
| now occupied by Chase G. Son. The
| two buildings will be merged into one
| and the firm of Felix & Sons will
! double their floor space on Kansas
avenue and at the same time more
| than double their capacity and their
present stock of goods.
The buildings will be remodeled
| from end to end: new front Will be
placed in the entire building which is
now occupied by Chase & Son and
Felix & Sons, new steel ceilings and
| hard wood floors in each of the store
rooms and several thousand dollars
spent in general improvements ABOUT
! the properties. The new room at 6Zs
which was acquired by the lease which
| was signed at noon today VIII more
| than double the floor space of the
! Felix store and allow an abundance OF
room for the two departments which
will be added.
The fixtures for the new store
rooms will be the finest ever shown IN
Topeka and the clothes cabinets will
| be something entirely new. Some time
| ago Mr., Felix QeC1QeQ 10 duu d SIii-
drens department and another or
mems fine shoes provided that addI-
tional room could be secured. The
| contract which was closed today gives
| the firm long time lease on the
building at 629 Kansas avenue. owned
nv John Elliott, and the building i'm
mediately south of it, owned by y. +.
| Walker.
The length of the lease is such that
the firm feel that they can expend
several thousand dollars in making
| the property just what they want for
| their business. The partition between
| the two buildings will be removed and
| the store rooms will be made into one
| large room where one of the finest
| stocks of goods in the city Will be
| displayed.
| The firm of Felix & Sons is ia
| mifiar one in Kansas, as number OF
! large stores are operated under the
| name. At present the firm has a store
at Osawatomie, one oat Kansas lily
and another at Parsons. Three years
ago l.. w Felix decided that. Topeka
| offered an exceptional opening for
/ first-class mems furnishing goods store
and the present store at 63l Kansas
| avenue is the result.
| r w. Felix opened the store and has
been in charge since that time thougf
/ the elder Felix decided some time age
| that he would move to Topeka ane
| make this his home. Mr.. Felix. senior
now has in course OF CONSTRUCTION oii'
| of the model modern homes OF the cry
! and has decided to make Topeka his
| home in the future.
| From the day that the store was
established in Topeka the name o.
| Felix & Sons has been one which mas
| assured a square deal to every one ano
at the same time has shown the iates
I things in the lines carried The add,
| tional space which has been secured
| affords ample room for the lines wnicf
| are to be added to the Topeka store ane
promises to make the store one Oh 'h'
! foremost in the state
/ Mr. Felix was reticent about discuss
! ing the plans for the future out al
| mitted that the additional room ma
been secured for the purpose OF enlars
| ing the present store. we came tt
Toneua three wears ago. said Mr.. l
/ W. Felix. land were satisfied that there
was room for a first-class clothing anc
| mems furnishing goods store ana op
/ ened at our present location our ous
/ mess has grown steadily since tnat Time
4 80 we are firm believers in the future
| of Greater Topeka
"Our move today in securing an
| other room which more than doubles
our present capacity indicates our pc
| business has steadily grown from the
day we first opened our doors and we
| feel that the additional room which
we have secured will enable us 10
| more than double our business curing
the next year We are now having ouf
| plans made and expect to commence
remodeling as soon as possible which
NAV be the later part or this month.
Chase and Son to Move.
Chase and Son who are affected by
the lease of the room at 629 Kansas
avenue have secured another location
in the heart of the business district OF
the city and within rne next thirty
days will be established at their new
location which for the time being Is
| a secret. Chase and Son have been In
the shoe business in Topeka for the
past % years and aside from the dis
tinction of being the oldest shoe mer-
chants in the city are the Oldest In the
state.
| Mr.. Chase, senior. opened a shoe
store in Leavenworth in 1872 ano
eight wears later moved to Topeka and
opened a store at APT Kansas avenue
He remained in business at this loca'
ton for 16 years and has occupied the
present site for IL years. Mr.. Chase
expects to move from his present loca-
ton within the next thirty days.