The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-06-01
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present BIG FARCE. COST HALF MILLION. OLD AWNIN
Will
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Be Principal Speaker Be Increased North
New Plans for Santa Fe General
Office Building.
Six Stories to Be Added to New
Structure.
COST HALF MILLION.
New Offices Are Now in Course
OF Construction.
Rumored That Shop Offices May
Be Increased.

The new Santa Fe general Office
building, for which immense concrete
foundations have been built, will IN
doubtedIy be fourteen stories high
Although the original plans were made
for eight stories and the contract for
a building of this size has been let to
Bennett & Allen of this city. it is
known that the officials are compIet-
ing plans for 4 much larger building
and the new structure will be sent up
into the air fourteen stories.
1t is figured by the Santa Fe that
with their constantly increasing Office
force in this city and their general
Office work radiating from this city.
this mammoth work are absolutely
necessary. When the plans were made
for the eight stories and the contract
let il was planned TO use every bit OF
this space with the forces now located
in Topeka
However. since the work on the
building has commenced the officials
in charge believe that il would be bet
ter 70 have a few Of the upper stories
Of the building vacant to be used as
necessary TO add onto the structure
later and plans for an additional six
stories to the original eight stories
were commenced at once
from the present SDSCIIlC6LIDL-S
building will be completed TO the four
tenth story on the plan Of the orig
fnaI structure The building now in
course OF construction Is being built
of reinforced concrete with terra Gotta
face and freproOf throughout. The
upper six stories to be added according
to the new plans VIII also be of rein
forced concrete with with same finish
Cost Half Million
It Is not known at this time what
will be the cost Of the new addition
The original Office building was let to
sS50,000. It is figured by the officials
that before the building is completed
it will cost over 4 half million dollars
at least
with this news comes the rumor
that the shop Office building now in
shops will also be sent up into the air
TO the seventh story. 1t was original
" planned to make this a three or
| four story structure Although the
officials say that there IS nothing
known OF the plans for the shop Office
structure IT Is believed that this viii
| be completed to six stories However
this will be built after the general
office building The shop office is nov
being built and has reached the third
When President Ripley OF the Santa
F-e went through Topeka the other day
he gave out the announcement that his
corpan intended spending at least
$4,000 on a new paint shop addition
( to the immense shops in this city He
stated at that time that this new paint
shop would probably be commenced In
| a month. Plans for the new building
are being drawn up at this time and II
/ IS thought that thew will be ready Tor
| the bids in a few days
Crowded for Room
II is we'll known that the Offices OF
the Santa Fe in Topeka are overflow
! ing and overloaded with work The
general Office building, a mammoth six
story structure at the corner Of Ninth
and Jackson streets is crowded until
/ it is necessary that other offices be Sc
cured As a result in almost every
block along Kansas avenue from Tenth
avenue north there is a Santa Fe de-
! partment of some ktnd-conductfne
their work many blocks from the gen
eraI office structure
With the AtchiSon. Topeka & Santa
Fe growing as It has in the last few
years. extending thier lines. improving
their service and rapidly developing
into the greatest railroad system in
the world It is natural that their gen
eraI offices in Topeka should be en-
IarEed and built to accommodate
more employees
All Of the departments are slowly
growing, the heads are hiring more
clerks and the general wave Of pros
peritv has shown itself by the work
and the improvements in this city