The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-02-26
With Moderated Weather Sea
son Of Activity at Hand.
Real Estate Dealers in Optim-
este Frame of Mind.
WILL BREAK RECORD.
All Signs Point to 1910 as Ban
ner Year.
First Immigrant Has Started
From Scotland for Topeka.
SUNDAY.

Cold weather of the first of the
week was the cause of a poor show
ing in respect to building permits is
sued, and actual sales made by the
realty men, but even the zero atmos-
phere did not stop the construction
work in the city altogether. The big
90 foot Boom" at the site of the new
Mills building continued to swing the
Orders inta place and during the week
the steel frame has been going up as
through the influence of a fairy's
wand.
The moderation of the weather on
Thursday was the cause of hundreds
of workmen rvsuming their jobs. The
massive concrete bases on which the
new Santa F'o office building Will rest
are being put IN and much progress is
being made in the work of excavating
for the G. A. r. memorial building at
the corner OF Tenth and Jackcon
streets.
Real estate men say that the turn
ing of the season is at hand and it
IS only the matter of the moderation
OF the weather as to when the spring
business will be ushcred in with a
rush. There is more optimism among
the land men today than there has
been at any time this year, and that
is saying a good deal, as at no time
have they been looking upon pros
poets in gloomy manner.
Many Intend to Build.
Reports of hose who are intending
to build are coming in thick and fast
Topeka will bristle with new residences
by next fall. This is the way w. A
Neiswanger sums UP the situation:
There are people who tell me they
won't go out to look at property until
the weather becomes warm. Inquir-
ics indicate, however, as I stated the
first day of January, this will be the
biggest year for the real estate men
in the history of the city,
eve will show you something if
things open up in about week. was
the statement of n. F. Houston of the
Barnes Real Estate Company. The
''if'' was put in, as Mr.. Houston ex-
planned, because it all depends on the
weather.
In regard to prospective building T.
W. Reynolds of the Shawnee Agency
had an interesting report to make.
This company. which filled in the
property along Kansas avenue be-
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets last year and erected houses
thereon, and did the same thing on
Euclid street from Kansas avenue to
Monroe streets, has just completed the
filling in of the west side of Quincy
Nstreet between Seventeenth and Eigh-
teenth streets The firm has COM
menced the erection of three homes
in this block with the prospect of more
to follow in TIE near future. When
completed they will be from $4,000 to
$4,000 proper les.
The same firm, according to Mr..
Reynolds has begun the building of
two houses east of the Santa Fe shops.
In speaking of tn outlook for build
ing in the next few months, Mr.. Rey-
nolds said ne believed that there is
more building of homes in sight than
at any time during the history of the
capital city. He reported that there
more demand also for houses already
built than at any previous time.
Houses in AuburndaIe.
The Clearinghouse Realty company
expects to erect dwellings in Auburn
dale, near Central park and in Potwin
in the course of a few weeks, although
the plans of the contemplated build
ing operations have not as yet been
perfected. The members of this firm
are firmly convinced that the spring
and summer building season will mean
prosperous times for the real estate
men, contractors and laborers. They
state that in their dealings with other
men in their sphere of work they find
that this opinion is prevalent.
Building permits granted during the
week follow:
II. KefHeld. 14O6 Buchanan
street. IL story barn. .;...$ $50
MahIon Bishop, one story
dwelling, 1141-114S Brooks
avenue. 1900
story frame dwelling -. 1900
F. Hartman. 1860 West street,
~ story barn. ........... $50
o. f. Early 40S East Sth ave,
one story dwelling. ....... 700
Charles Darnen. 1913 Park
ave. 1 Il story dwelling. 1900
Total for week. $3.50
Amount 0f parTnitS previously
recorded for month. .........5 $1,000
Grand total. ..........s6 2.sSO
Mr.. Nelson's Home.