The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-20
Local Realty Association Will
Be Reorganized Tuesday.
Will Elect Officers and Form
uIate Plan of Action.
MORE GINGER NEEDED
Real Estate Dealers Should
Work for City's Good.
Items of Interest to Sellers of
IS Topeka Property.
MORE GINGER NEEDED

The thing that is particularly inter-
-esting the realty men is the reorgan-
tzation of the Topeka Real Estate
Dealers association which has been
dormant the last few months. A large
meeting of the land men will be held
Tuesday noon at the Commercial Club,
when officers will be electe,, and some
plan formulated which will inject some
ginger into the organization.
The thing that has caused dissension
in the ranks of the members of the as
ISOLATION in the past six months is the
fact that a number of them have not
been following strictly the rulings of
the association as relating to commits
sions. The rate of commission which
the members have been authorized to
charge was five per cent on the first
$4,000 and two and one-half per cent
on amounts over and above that figure.
Cases have been cited in which MEM
bers OF the association have cut the
rates
Work for Good oc City.
It has not been decided by the mem
bers of the association in what manner
the rate question Will be handled, but
there is a feeling that all of the realty
men in Topeka should be members of
the association and working together
for the best interests of the city.
1t Is not at all unlikely that the as
sociation will agree on some defirite
campaign of work which will tend
tOWdTuS making 1Opeka a better city
in which to live and will incidentally
help the Individual members in a
roundabout way.
The merchants have live organiza-
ton, and the jobbers and manufacture
ers of the city likewise and the need
is telt for an organization of land men
which will really accomplish some
thing. A force of officers should be
elected next Tuesday which will push
things. and see to it that the members
have no reason for losing their in
terest.
Every organization has it's ups and
downs as far as its sphere of useful
ness is concerned and the local asso-
citation has just been down and almost
out, but the ups will come if all the
realty men of the city get together and
work for the general good of the city.
1t has been suggested by one of the
members that 1t would BIZ an excellent
idea to hold a little get tcgether' din
ner at the Commercial club some even
ing in the near future to talk over
things in general in a friendly manner
Sales of the Week.
The Clearinghouse Realty company
report these sales: A six room modern
cottage at 100 Clay street from w. H.
Hari1ins to O. T. Linquist recently a
resident of the northern part of the
state for the. consideration of $4,000;
two lots on Euclid avenue near West
street from H. B. Wright to w. S.
Hancock for 800; two. lots at $40
Underwood avenue in the Melrose ad-
dition to A. K. Sutton for $3.50; four
room cottage and two lots at 1918
Polk street to r. K. Ral for $500;
a nine room residences at 1514 Garfield
avenue from Mrs. NJ r. Clearinghouse
to j. F. Billings for $4,000; a six room
dwelling at 1871 Garfield avenue to w
NJ. McCaslin for $2,100; a five. room
dwelling at All Lincoln street from j.
r. Carter to A. b. Dick for $2,T5O.
A. d. Jones and company have sold
a four room cottage at 1105 Brooks
avenue from w. w Beard to J. A.
Payton forth consideration of 81, 200;
lots No. 1875. and 127 Liberty street
from William Peterson to w E. VOL
folk for. $500; two lots on the north
west corner of Eleventh ana Locust
streets from F. G.. Berridge to Mr.
Radford for $500.
Sales of the Barnes Real Estate
company: A dwelling at 631 Jefferson
street from Peter McKeaInon to Henry
Schneider for $2,10O; dwelling at 621
Lime street from n. r Fouch to
George Kelly for $1.4O0.
Building Permits.
Following are the building permits
issued this week:
C. A. HARLAN Furniture Co, two
story warehouse, zoos Adams St. s 4, 900
w F. Conklin, addition to dwelling,
42S Lincoln St; .......:.-.-...-........ 1900
George w. Sheppard, two-story
dwelling, 800 Morris Ave .......... 2,S75
George W. Sheppard, two-story
dwelling, s25 Morris Ave. .-......... 2,375
DR.. F. H. Scholle, addition to dwell
ing at 1895 Topeka Ave. ............. ,000
Miscellaneous items. 1.075
Total.....:............................sis,82G
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