The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-05-06
A BUSY WEEK.
Convention Delegates Help in
Making Business Lively.
Delegates Pleased With Topeka
Will Boost City.
THEY DROP $4,000.
Visitors Spent That Amount
While in Topeka.
Items of Interest in Real Es-
tate Circles.

This week has been a busy one in
Topeka. The city has been crowded
with delegates to what was the largest
Sunday school convention ever held in
the state, and the capital city as re-
suit will receive some good advertising.
There were accommodations provided
for every one, and the visitors went
away with a friendly feeling towards
the city and its people.
incidentally something like $4,000
was dropped in Topeka by the visitors
looking at the convention from pure
ly business standpoint. However, To-
pekans are proud of their city beauti-
full and take delight in showing VS.
itors the attractive features OF the
convention city, The feeling of hos
pitality is growing and Topeka should
be better able to handle conventions as
the years go by on account of much
experience.
The merchants express themselves
as being of the opinion that there is
scarcely any other advertising me
dunn more advantageous than the
holding of successful conventions in
the city Relative to the increased
trade experienced this week due to the
convention merchants expressed them
selves as follows:
The Merchants Talk.
E. H. Crosby of the Crosby Brothers
Dry Goods company: 1--WE did a good
business while the delegates to the
State Sunday school convention were
in town, especially on Wednesday.
Shirt waists and suits were in demand,
and some of the visitors spent as much
as forty or fifty dollars"
W. W. Whitney, manager for the
Warren NJ. Crosby company: 1--WE have
felt the effects Of the delegates all
right Wednesday we had a nice trade
, in umbrellas, although our best day
was on Thursday. They bought suits,
leather goods and
shoes mainly
Arthur Mills. of the Mills Dry Goods
company: Many of the delegates were
| in our store.
1. W. Felix: I'VE sold to delegates
| especially small articles such as shirts
and ties
| c. w. Hanchette. manager of the F.
w. NVoolworth store: There were
scores of delegates in the store buying
mostly postcards and souvenirs.
The delegates also patronized the
| soda fountains and all stores where
postcards are sold, and strange to re-
| late the business of the moving pic
/ ture theaters and the Novelty and
Majestic likewise was increased.
! Thirteen New Dwellings.
| The prediction made in this column
/ a week ago that there WOULD be no de-
crease in building activity as regards
the erection of homes in the city was
| no idle dream. In the last week per
| mitS have been issued at the oIHce
| of the city fire marshal for the con-
struction of 13 new dwellings. and
| in spite of this f1gure-13-thei ndica-
| tions are that the record for next week
| will be equally as good.
| The most expensive of these dwell
Iings will cost only $4,000 and one of
them will be built at an expense of but
] $780, It is the working class of people
| that are building homes. and this indi-
Gates a prosperous prevailing condi-
| ton and that Topeka is growing.
4 There are other points to prove thai
i Topeka is growing. Secretary Guy T
/ Justis in speaking of the increase in
/ the work of the Topeka Provident as
/ ISOLATION says:
SIT indicates first, 1 think, that oul
L population is rapidly increasing an6
with it as is always the case there
| comes a large number of people who
are en- the border line of poverty
Eleven of the fifteen new cases We're
| families who came to Topeka during