The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-18

readiness for the occasion. The new
| stock is being stored on the various
floors.
The Southwestern Furniture COM
pany has been delivering its $4,000
| order for show cases this week, and
| Monday morning work of putting them
in place on the first floor will COM
| rnence. The third and fourth floor fix
lures are practically complete.
Report of Fire Chief.
The report issued this week by the
/ city fire marshal covering the nine
months from March 81 to December 81,
1910, gives some interesting figures
| relative to the building activity in the
city in that period. It shows that 495
| buildings were either erected or re-
| modelled al a cost CT 81, 236, SAG. so, includ-
| ing 432 buildings of wood construction,
and 81 structures of stone, brick and
cement.
The report showed that II of these
| buildings were for Use as shops and
| factories, % as business buildings, 4
| as schools and churches, as public
buildings, $40 as dwelling houses, 81 as
barns and miscellaneous buildings.
The department made 2,713 inspec-
tions of buildings.
| Farmers Are Prosperous.
| The Clearinghouse company is build
| ing a pretty six room bungalow for Il
| farmer, A. c. Olson, who lives II miles
| southeast of Topeka. There has been
a noted Improvement in the quality of
/ farm houses which have been built IN
the last two or three years in Shawnee
county, and it is evident that pros
| pertty reigns, and the desire to have
| better homes is being realized The
home in question will be one of the
! finest in the portion of the county i'll
which it is located. Mr.. Olson owns $50
acres of land and has found farming in
| shawnee county a profitable business.
| The Clearinghouse Realty company
| reports this sale: An eight room house
at 1916 Western avenue, the property
| of NJ. r. Clearinghouse to c. G. Smith
of Oakley, Kan, who will move into
the dwelling next week.
This firm is erecting an eight room
modern dwelling at the corner of Ninth
| and Fillmore streets for Mrs NJ
| Weightman, who has sold her house at
| 1929 Topeka avenue to Arthur Capper
The latter has sold the property to =
M Blanchard viii will remove the dwell
ing to 1927 Polk street.
Long List of Sales.
The Wingett Land company reports
these sales: A five room modern cot
| tage in the 1900 block on Lincoln
street from c. H. Snyder to L. M
Bishop for the consideration of $4,000;
| a five room cottage at 1115 West
Eleventh street from Mrs. Charlie
Worral to George Smidt. who is now
remodeling the dwelling; a five room
modern cottage at 1886 Fillmore
street from F. E. Wilson to c. E.
Wood, farmer from Dover, for the
consideration of $4,000; six room
modern cottage at 10 Lane street
| from H. J. Lane to Mrs. Allie Harmon
son for the consideration of $3.50.
Forbes & Company have made
| these sales: A house at 134 Wood
lawn avenue from r. p Ripley to Otis
| Allen for the consideration of $500;
| two building sites on the corner of
| Ninth and Fillmore streets from Mrs.
ran, who will erect two new houses,
for $4,000; a property at 1249 Lane
| street from G. M. Cottrell to w. J.
! Lempenau for $4,000.
Prospects are bright for a lively
| building season in Highland Park. A
number of new dwellings are in con-
temptation, and land is changing
hands.
G. E. Lawson has traded his proper
ty on Virginia avenue which consists
of a dwelling and six lots to Eugene
Dunlap for a house and three lots in
Washburn place. Mr.. Dunlap and his
family arr now living in the Park.
Judge Lee Monroe has traded his
property on Pennsylvania avenue for
land in Ottawa county belonging to
Mr. Davidson of the Owl grocery.
Miss Lucille Atkinson and her faith
er have purchased six lots on Pennsyl-
vania avenue and expect to build in
the near future. Ward O'DeN is just
completing a four room cottage on
Twenty-firSt street. A. T. Waggoner,
the druggist, has moved into his new
home between Goldfnch and Swan
avenues on Michigan avenue. This is
one of the finest residences in High
land Park.
The Shawnee agency has made
these sales: An eight room dwelling
at 202S Clay street from J. c. Mad
den to ]. r. MacCormac for the con-
sideration of $2,300 four and a half
acre tract on East Seward avenue to
Thomas Keesham from John Hines
for So, 600; a dwelling at the corner of
Forest and Iowa avenues in Oakland
from Mrs. D L. Binns. to William
Early for $1,000; two lots in the Cor
don addition. corner State street and
Scotland avenue to Mrs. A. A. Hen
nessey. for S525; two lots on Throoo
street to A. V. Gordon for $500; a seven
room modern dwelling from to T. L.
Campbell in Auburndale for 81 0OO
Olinger & Eaton have sold the Fred
Pan residence at 100 Stephens avenue
to George James of Concordia, for the
consideration of $3.50. Mr.. James ex-
poets to move to Topeka. This firm
has also sold a tract of land in Gar
field Place on the North side to Mr..
Rodgers OF oakland: the j. T. Fritz
home at 1875 Lincoln street to A. S.
Hullng for $4,000; the Gundy property
at 403 Shawnee avenue to J. w. White
for $1.550; aid the Bliss property at
1O09-1011 Topeka avenue to G. F. Mil
Ter for $4,000.
NJ. C. Laswen, of Pottawatomie coun-
ty, has purchased the Caldwell place
north of Topeka. O. L. Riggin of
Oneida, Kan, has bought a home at
414 Locust street H. c. McElroy, of
Beloit. has bought the house at ACT
Fillmore street. c. H Witherell. also
of Beloit, has purchased a property at
1179 Clay street. G. G. Smith, Of Sen
eca, Kan, has bought a home at 1916
Western avenue. w. Z. Kyse mas
/ avenue and will bring his family from
Ma 1.cali1la Mo Ernralra q live