The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-05-29
That Is Now Wholly Owned py
Topeka People.
Twenty Citizens Join Together
and Take Kimbal Interests.
8 THOUSAND DOLLARS
Raised Through Guaranteed
Notes of $4OO Each.
Free Organ Recitals to be the
First Results.

The great Auditorium pipe
one of the finest in the world, anu INC
very best between Chicago anu o"i'
Lake CITY. is now Topeka property
This WAS settled by the f1nal results
of the directors of the Pipe organ as
sociation this morning in securing 'iie
twantieth name necessary for the sue
cess of the plan to keep the orsa'. ~
our own hands and prevent lorecioS
ure on the part of the w. w. hiiiioa ;,
company who held an Indebtedness y.
So. 200 against the instrument dDou'
81 900 having been previously paiu a'
part of the purchase for lnstaiiatioii'
freight, Insurance, etc.
The Kimball company few months
ago offered to turn over all their
right, title and interest in the organ
If the people of Topeka would pay 80
600 in cash, the sum of $1,000 oelng
deducted from the Indebtedness, the
amount to be paid by April ISL.
This date went by and only hfteen
names could be secured. Fallure
seemed to be staring the directors IN
the face; Quite a numner ae oh Oh peop,S md
were willing to pay 500 eacn ana
agreed to do so. but that would not
do. 1t was not possible to secure
eighty people who would put up Sloo'
The plan was devised to secure tWen-
ty people who would each endorse 1our
notes of 500 each at per cent inter
est running one, two, three and 1our
wears. The Prudential Trust company
agreed to handle all the money ana
guard the interests of each one OF the
syndicate. hold the property IN trust
and turn 1t over to the city when the
twenty people were reimbursed
through the medium of profits from
entertainments or receipts from sub
Scriptions.
The time was extended to May 81.
During the last few days the COM
mittee from the directors with valua-
BILE assistance from Mrs. ]. w. Gong
undertook to secure the f1ve addltlonal
names standing between the success or
the failure to hold the great organ 1or
Topeka's benefit.
The committee yesterday secured the
names of John r. Mulvane, Joab Null
vane and Charles Wolff. Mrs Gong
this morning secured the signatures
of Mrs Willis Norton and Mrs. c. q.
Foster, completing the score
The Queen Esther entertainment
which will be given in a short time
will reduce the notes coming due the
end of the first year and the subscrlp-
tions offered of 800 each. and other
amounts, will also be applied to re-
duce the first notes.
If the association can make $4,000 and
interest each year there will be no
money to be paid by the endorsers of
the notes.
Otherwise they must pay the; diff
ference each year to the banks or any
individuals who supply the cash to dis
count the notes at par which will be
done without trouble.
Here are the names of the twenty:
w. w. Mills.
w. F. Jensen.
Frank P. MacLennan.
Crane & 90.
w. F. Roehr.
Scott Hopkins.
Crosby Bros.
j. w. Robinson
John f. Frost.
Frank NJ Bonebrake.
Thomas Page.
]. w. Going.
w H. Davis.
G. w. Parkhurst.
Horace L. Hail.
John r. Mulvane.
Joab Mulvane.
Charles Wolff
Mrs. Willis Norton.
Mrs. Angie " Foster.
The association will soon provide half
hour noon free organ recitals, local
and other organists alternating for one
to three recitals weekly.