The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-05-13
Real Estate Men Make Elaborate
Plans for Future.
Would Give Topeka Benefit of
Missouri River Rates.
Neutrality-suspicious.
Club Will Add to
Present Quarters.
Other Items of Interest to Live
ly Citizens.

One of the most enthusiastic meet
ings Of the year was held by the old
real estate exchange or the Topeka
Real Estate Dealers association at the
Commercial club rooms this after
| noon. At this meeting the organiza-
| ton was completed and the associa-
ton started on its feet for the first
round of the fight Of Topeka for great
er influence over the state and coun-
try.
One of the important actions of the
| association was to appoint the chair
| men of the committees to serve the
coming year. These committees COW
er the whole work of the exchange
and will serve as a great auxiliary to
| the Commercial club this year.
In this discussion. which did not
end until late this afternoon the i'm
portance of the transportation to and
from Topeka was given a big place on
the program. It is the fond hopes OF
the real estate men to get in on the
Missouri river rates now in effect and
proclaimed as a big drawing card by
other cities in this part of the west.
In his talk before the club yesterday
Mr.. McKeand from Oklahoma City
told of the influence gained and the
prestige obtained through the safety
of these rates. It is the hopes of To-
peka to enter into this Missouri river
zone and claim rightly some of the
mammoth amount of business trans
acted.
AS it is now Topeka is between
places" What the business men want
is to have Topeka made a place.
Make Topeka stop over" as well as
any of the other enterprising cities in
the west.
The matter of advertising the town
was also given considerable time. This
committee will be headed by N B.
Burge who has a number of schemes
whereby the city can be advertised
| mostly for residential purposes. Al
ter Topeka obtains the population
then is the time to claim the factories
and the industries-is his slogan. Mr.
Burge has worked hard for this part
| of the commercial work and by hayA
| ing authority over this big commi %se
he will have a chance to make good
| his suggestions.
The committees appointed this
Membership-w c.. Stephenson;
arbitration-W. A Neiswanger; APP
praising-E r. Barnes; rules-W. H
Maxwell; egis1ation-Scott Hopkins;
auditing-A. C. Reynolds; transporta-
tom. W. Kelley; advertising-N
B. Burge; civic improvements-W. J.
Rickenbacher.
Councilman C. E. Jordan from the
North Side has a proposition UP his
sleeve that will increase the efficiency
of the Commercial club on their
| adoption of the noon day lunch hour.
| Mr.. Jordan is at the head of the claims
and accounts committee of the city
| council and as the members of this
committee are all business men they
have very little chance to take time
| from their work and meet together
| for an evening of city work. In fla ct
no councilman has time for this-this
| the fight for the commission form OF
government. However, Mr.. Jordan
will make arrangements with the
Commercial club making it possible
for him to meet his committee at the
rooms during the noon lunch hour and
at this time transact city business.
This is a new scheme-one that has
| not appeared before the Commercial
| cIub-and it will make way for any
number of meetings that might be
held in this manner. Since the hint
from the North Side councilmen a
number of the council chairmen have
pect for a continual run of city meet
! ings at the Commercial club during
the noon hour is bright.
| It is getting clearer every day-the
future needs of the Commercial club
are going to include top floor OF the
| Commercial building. When these city
council committee meetings become
prevalent it means that the one private
! lunch room will be occupied contin-
| uaIly There are any number of Com
| mercial committees who are meeting
every day and they have to phone
reservations number of days ahead
| of time. The out of town representa-
| tives of different companies are also
| demanding space for executive confer
| ences and the rooms are cranped.
The Commercial club is rapidly filling
| long felt want-and now they are in
want themselves-in want of breathing
space. AT a meeting of the board OF
directors of the Commercial club this
afternoon the matter of taking over
the two rooms across the hall from the