The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-13
Plant of Jensen Manufacturing
Company Sold Today.
j. q. Cherry Company of Cedar
Rapids the Buyers.
KANSAS AVENUE SALE
Large Building, 916 Kansas Av-
enue, Sold for $1,000.
Another Forty Families Move to
the Capital City.

The biggest business deal of the week
locally was the sale of the plant of the
Jensen Manufacturing company to the
]. G.. Cherry company of Cedar Rapids,
Ia, a large concern handling creamery
machinery and supplies, and one of the
largest jobbers selling the creamery
machinery manufactured by the To-
peka concern.
The deal has been pending for several
months, but not until today was II
closed. w. G. Dickie, president and
manager of the Jensen company, is the
only one of the present stockholders or
the company who will remain with the
new company. He will have full charge
of the plant in Topeka which will con-
tinue to operate.
Will Operate Here.
'"The factory will manufacture special
heavy machinery said Mr.. Dickie to-
day. 1.-The Cherry company manufac-
lures a certain line of machinery and
with the machinery the local concern
puts out will have a complete line of
creamery goods.
There are IS men employed here at
the factory, and we could use more of
them, but the difficulty lies in getting
skilled mechanics who can be depended
upon. We have been selling goods all
over the United States and Canada, and
under the new arrangement expect TO
ship to Australia, South Am erica and
other parts of the world The name of
the local plant will remain the same
for the time, being at least. The con-
Germ has been spending $4,000 an
nualIy in Topeka in salaries alone"
A Large DeaI.
What was possibly the largest real
estate deal closed in the last week was
that of the two story building at GIG
Kansas avenue owned by George P.
Lux to A. w. Benson for the consid-
GRAFTON of 81, 300. The Topeka Auto
Tire and Vulcanizing company will
continue to occupy the first floor of the
structure. The second floor consists of
a six room fat
Extensive improvements will be
made by the purchaser which will in
clude new front, and the possible ex-
tension of the building as far back as
the alley.
The sale price was $500 in advance
OF the amount for which the building
was offered for sale year ago. This
increase in price is considered due to
the fact of the erection OF the new
Mills building and the prospects of
there being thoroughly modern fire
proof building put up at the corner of
Ninth street and Kansas avenue by j.
c. Gordon.
The deal was closed by W. ]. Rick
enbacfef
George M Noble and company have
sold four lots in Highland Park to
GSOTSe \. E1DS, WHO Will erect d
bungalow. The consideration for these
lots which are on Massachusetts
avenue was $500.
The Wingett Land company has sold
the J. w. Haughey home, one of the
old landmarks of Topeka, at 715 Blu
for $4,000. The property aside from
the house consists of two and one-half
lots and a good barn.
J. A Smith and R. D. Perry have
purchased tracts in Quivera Heights a
mile west of Washburn and expect to
build in a short time. This land con-
sisting of thirty-two tracts ranging
from three to six acres was put on the
market about Is months ago and all
but eight of the tracts have been sold
Several new homes are being built in
the district. The land is being handled
by the Wingett company.
Coming to Topeka.
Another forty families moving to
Topeka have employed local transfer
companies to handle their household
goods This goes to show that the
story of the influx of people into the
capital city which was printed in the
real estate and building column of this
paper two weeks ago was not simply
"happenstance," and the proof of the
statement as given above is shown by
the accompanying list of persons who
have moved to the city.
Aside from other portions of Kan
sas the people moving to Topeka, have
come for the most part from Missouri,
Colorado, New Mexico and Illinois.
Counting five persons to family the
rate of influx in the last two weeks
has been 5000 per year. but this does
not include the scores of persons who
arrive in the city every month who
come with no possessions other than
suit cases or trunks. and do not have
70 1,e-f1 n
their hauling.
Arrivals In the City.
Following are the names of those
who have moved to Topeka and the
towns from which they hail as report
ed by the various transfer companies:
Topeka Transfer Coplpany-G. L.
Gordon. who has bought the College
Hill bakery, has moved from Holton,
Kan, to 1910 Central Park avenue; R.
L. Devoe from Osawatomie to 1902
Clay street; j. T. Harley, who has pur-
chased the old Mason place north of
the city and expects to erect a fine
bungalow, has moved from New Mex
leo; Mr.. Leeman from Lawrence to 313
East Second street; G. V. Lyman from
Pittsburg, Kan, to 413 Western
avenue; w. w. Cameron to 1434 Harri
son street; William B. Anthony from
Burlingame to 1927 Polk street; B. G.
Long from Leavenworth to 1925 Buch-
anan street; o. D. Bittick from Hutch
inson to AL Monroe street; H. c. Fox
to 211 East Fairchild street; William
O'Leary from Newton, Kan, to 493
Sumner street. Oakland: G. E. Hath
away from Leavenworth to 1921 Lane
street; Mrs. Jennie Jones to 317 East
Eighth street; N E. Werner from Dem
yer to Oakland; Mrs. Fred Badger
from Muscotah, Kan, to 223 Polk
street
The Johns Transfer and Storage
company - James Donahue from
Northwestern Kansas to 1243 Lincoln
street; George Knapp from Usage City
to 1900 East Eighth street: w. w.
Lyon to 231 Polk street; F. K. Knettel
to $50 Monroe street; w M. Mize from
Sioux City to 3o3 Woodlawn avenue;