The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-06-03

You have, going through Topeka,
Two or the greatest continental lines
IN the world; one of them has done
more for Topeka than any individual
OF BODY OF business men, and would
Undoubtedly with her great interests
mere be only too glad to cooperate
WITH the business men of Topeka to
bring the 'pleasure-seelxing' people to
the town.
noticed, while in Kansas City,
that great improvement has been
made in their streets, parks and bouIe-
wards. and really they arc a pleasant
slght for a stranger to view, but having
seen them once, there was nothing to
attract You back a second time. 1t is
d1Herent with Denver--she has the
same beautiful parks and boulevards
as kansas City, but her surroundings
are different, and I notice that the
touring public invariably want to stop
or at Denver, even If they have been
there several times before. Topeka
could easily, in short time be COM
petltor to these two towns for this very
attractive branch of business
1T would not be such serious mat
ter for Topeka to create an indebted
ness of three or four million dollars to
develop its parks and boulevards, be-
cause I firmly believe that the returns
would be in large large excess of the
Indebtedness before the bonds had half
sation, the quick action Mayor Speer,
of Denver, took towards developing
Denver into the City Beautiful and
you can obtain all the statistics re-
lative to its rapid development from
the Commercial Club of thai city. and
1 trust that you will, as you say you
viii, get them and present them to the
people of Topeka. There is no reason
that I can see, having visited a great
many so-called beautiful cities, why
Topeka should not lead the country as
a beautiful CITY,
Stotts Approves Plan.
II believe that the idea of Mr.. Pat
tison is a good one" said Park Com
missioner Stotts today "Pattison is
a wideawake travelling man, who has
travelled extensively and is in a posi-
ton to know what he is talking about.
I'VE should make Topeka the mid
die stopping off place between the east
and Denver. With attractive boule-
wards and parks here the people would
stop Off Topeka would get the same
kind of a reputation as n city beauti-
full as Denver now enjoys. Thousands
of dollars would come into this city
as the result of these people stopping
off here The fact that the Santa Fe
shops are here and the general offices
should help bring the people here"
The supplement which the CONNER
cial club has published in the State
Fair premium list speaks of Topeka
as "a city of beauty and homes"
at is difficult to imagine a city with
more advantages than Topeka, the
capital city of Kansas reads this ar
ticle. LAS the center of the social and
political life of the state, as city of
schools and colleges amt as an i'm
portant financial and business point. |
Topeka cannot be excelIed by any city |
of its size in the country.
E0ToOaLra iS nif of hooY,fu |
homes. Furthermore it is the Their |
mometer of the life and prosperity !
of Kansas And with its ever activity |
in grasping for higher places in the |
financial world it is pulling to the
front as a commercial center.
"A healthy climate. a modern city, |
beautiful homes and locations for |
homes, unexcelled educational advan-
tageS, the nucleus of the spirit and life
Of the state, and brisk financial con-
else could human be-
Ing wish in life?
Advantages of Topeka.
Every one wishes to better his con-
though he is comfortable
and happy. Some cities are cold to
the man without capital and influence
Others have no place to put It, To-
peka has city limits of rubber and |
her census returns have been placed |
IN wheels-the new conner may have
no rear OF OlSIurDlng ner-She Is ready /
TO respond to the least jerk of the
throttle. There is always a place for
another. With the moral mental and
physical life of the state centering in
Topeka the young man, the man of
means and the man with ambition has
every opportunity to erect his own
throne. Topeka isn't jealous-she
sn't selfish. The blue sky above is
punctured with the ambitions of her
beneath them the
ground groans under the foundations.
This isn't f1owery talk-it IS the true
spirit of the capital city, shaded and
-erraced, Topeka has few rivals in the
The visitor to Topeka always
has one comment to make after see
ng the city-'What a beautiful, what
L clean, what charming city, To-
Deka was laid out for the future-and
not for the benefit of railways or COM
nercial highways Its municipal i'm
Drovements amount to hundreds of
thousands of dollars annually. The
class of people living in Topeka has
fallen in line with the plans of the
ounders-magnificen homes, i'm
nense state, city and corporation
buildings and municipal pride-all
have combined to assist nature in
shaping the beauty of the city,
CASHES CHECK; LOSES MONEY.
Row and SOzo n3caDraar from, T1ortaIs