The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-11-27

traversed by the Rock -sland-Frisco
! lines.
I'VE are sending out daily to
steamship and passenger agents all
over the United Kingdom and to par
ties making inquiries direct, hundreds
of our booklets covering the resources
and possibilities of Kansas and other
| states. To give you an idea of our
special line of advertising which we
carry on this side I am enclosing a
copy of July 'Colonizer,' which is the
strongest emigration paper published
in England. Trusting that some of
your people have a first-class tract of
land suitable for the business 1 have
outlined and that they will make an
effort to enjoy a part of the business
from this side, believe me, yours
truly, A. JACKSON,
General European Agent"
Several real estate dealers ap-
preached on the subject believe that
there is room for hundreds of settlers
of the class mentioned in the above
communication in the vicinity of To-
peka. They are for the most part
young men who are eager to better
their condition in life-the kind who
are willing to hustle. There is great
demand for milk in Topeka, as we'll
as eggs, and produce of various kinds,
and with prevailing high prices there
is no reason why settlers would not
farms in the vicinity of Topeka which
would be available for breaking up
into small plots.
The Real Estate Dealers association
did not meet this week and the ques-
ton of paying a man to boost Topeka
and incidentally sell property in the
Rickenbacher addition has not come
up for final decision. There are
| number of the members of the asso-
citation who favor the plan, but the
for baf ie ind
sition is the cause of others taking
stand against the idea. at is alb
soluteIy impra cticable,' said c. G.
Blakely, president of the association.
1.-THE advertising you are giving To-
| peka in your paper is worth a dozen
such men" However, the matter is
settled, it is for the good of the city
that the organization is working and
they are DESTROYS of finding the most
effective means by which the capital
| city can be advertised.
| The Topeka Wooden Mills in Oak
! land is the first firm in Topeka or
vicinity to adopt an up-to-date auto
matte fire fighting device. 1t is being
put in at the factory at the present
| time. There is a main pipe with
smaller pipes branching off on either
side with sprinkle heads which pro-
trude into the rooms at intervals
along these sub pipes. The pipes are
|
This water is supplied from tanks. one
of which is in the main portion of the
building and is filled with water by
air pressure, while the other is locat-
ed at the top of the brick tower and
the water force is produced by simple
gravitation.
When the atmosphere has become
heated to the 155 degree point the
sprinkle heads are fused and water
bursts forth in spray fashion covering
installed eight of these devices. and
in some of the larger cities they have
been the means of preventing serious
fires.
Another system of fire protection
| has been installed on the Shawnee
Fire building. on account of the fact
that Immediately west of this struc-
ture is an old wooden building which
would seriously endanger the larger
building should fire break out. Win
| dows have been placed in the base
ment with metal frames and fitted
with glass five sixteenth of an inch
| in thickness. In case of severe fire
! the glass may crack into thousand
| pieces but due to a protecting steel
mesh it is prevented from falling in.
If it happens that the windows are
open at the time a fire breaks out,
when the temperature reaches GER
! tain mark a fuse is sprung and by
window slams into place. On the up
per wind ws of the west side of the
building metallic blinds are dropped in
the same manner, and on the south
side, wher~ the danger from fire from
the outside is not so great steel slid
ing shutters have been put in place
which are not automatically operat-
| ed, but by a crank.
The season of the year has come
around when it comes time for a log
ical slump to take place in the vol
ume of business transacted by the
real estate men. While the sales have
been affected to a certain extent by
a natural Discrimination on the part
of the people to buy heavily during
the late fall and midwinter season,
still the market has held up in its
activity well. The dealers report that
there is an unusual amount of inter-
est being taken in farm properties in
the vicinity of Topeka. particularly by
persons residing in other portions OF
: the state or in neighboring states. II
seems to be the general opinion among
the farmers that Topeka offers special
advantages for marketing the crops
December and January are general
" quiet months in real estate circles
2 but by February things begin to liver