The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-11-04
Property Values on the "Ex-
tension" Are Increasing.
BUSINESS INTERESTS THRIVING
Many Business Houses Find IL
Necessary to Expand.
Those Who Made Possible the
Remarkable Transformation.

almost exclusively on kansas avenue
Now East Fourth street is blaze OF
transformed into a prosperous business
thoroughfare.
Property owners on this street have
shown a remarkable amount of push
and energy in making it possible to es
tablish an extension OF the great
white way system of Topeka from
Kansas avenue to the Santa Fe depot
That the effort is being well repaid is
shown by rapid increase in property
values and enlarged business interests.
New enterprises have sprung into ex-
istence and the business of old estab-
1ishments has been enlarged.
Many are the favorable comments or
the appearance of the street made by
incoming passengers on the Santa Fe-
Hundreds of people from the shops dis
tricts are now using this street at night
in preference to others when they wish
TO go to Kansas avenue or other points
in the heart of the city.
The lights are of the lame kind that
are in use on Kansas avenAa. 1ele only
difference is that they are slightly
higher.
There are some excellent stores on the
street and it will be but a short time
before there will be many more.
Rental values have scared as well as
property values, and the property own
ers are predicting that this will be a
most important business avenue in the
very near future.
The street cars which formally ran
from Kansas avenue to the Santa Fe
depot on East Fourth street now go
down East Fifth street and make the
return trip on the avenue via East
Fourth street. This gives the incoming
passengers the opportunity of getting
a splendid view of the white way when
they start for the uptown" districts.
TT would be well if the people in
other districts of the city would follow
h. 17rNIa IN, rNofv7 srf
the East Fourth street business men,"
said a Topekan today.
Albert F. Colson of the Throop hotel
took prominent part in circulating
the petitions for the white way.
There are three hotels between the
Santa Fe depot and Kansas avenue on
East Fourth street The Midland hotel
has recently been purchased by Mrs
Jones, who is making of it a fir class
house H b Lowe owns the ST
Charles and Annex at the corner of
Fourth and Jefferson streets with sixty
rooms. Mrs. E. E. Shoaf conducts the
we'll known Holiday hotel at Fourth
and Holiday streets. L. F. Anderson
recently opened a new restaurant at
500 naming it the Cozy.
The Hoffman Heating company at 11S
East Fourth street is a busy place. The /
firm serve as local agents for the Peck |
Williamson Underfed furnace
Gordon Brothers have their loan Office
at the cornor of Fourth street and
Kansas avenue. They have done much
in the last few months to improve their
corner. Gordon Brothers recently con-
structed two attractive brick store
rooms. !
The w. w. Gavitt Chemical works
are at 601-603 East Fourth street /
This institution is thriving. 1t manu-
features 20 articles for toilet and |
household use.
o. E. Mannis has a neat three-chair |
barber shop at SIS East Fourth !
street. The shop is popular with the |
patro IS.
who is moving to 527h Topeka ave-
nue., has been white way booster |
The Burns Furniture Co. has a
growing business in new and second /
street.
r. H. Morehouse, while not now
on Fourth street, has the interest of
the new white way at heart, as he was
for years one of the merchants Of the
thoroughfare. His contract as Santa !
Fe watch inspector prompted him to
move nearer the station. He has a
beautiful new store at that place.
The Palace Pool hall is clean par
Tor just off the avenue
w. L. Porch has an especially at
tractive house furnishing speciality /
store at ITO East Fourth street
Eli Ulamperl. one of the hard work
ers for the white way who runs a
department store occupying three
numbers. says that East Fourth street
IS bound to grow in popularity as a
business street. Mr.. Ulamperl was
quick to see the advantage of light as
an adjunct to advertising.
Coal dealers are well represented on
the street, and naturally business is
brisk at this time. The Tulloch Coal
company. J. F. Spohn, and G. G. Coff-
man have we'll equipped yards All
are enthusiastic over the white way
Mr.. SPAIN has just completed a new
concrete office.
c. c. Booher of the Booher Moving
and Storage Co, is one who helped to
make the white way possible.
Two of the oldest and best known
drug stores of the city are on East
Fourth street. Alex T. GibIer's store
is at the corner of Fourth street and
Kansas avenue. Mr.. Gibler has made
for himself a reputation as an accur-
ate filler of prescriptions w. H. Will
sons store at Ala East Fourth street
Is also we'll known. Mr.. Wilson being
one of the Oldest druggists in Topeka.
H. H. Genthe'S bakery at 113 East
Fourth street has been in continuous
Genthe makes a specially of old fash
toned rye bread.
E. G. Osborn is one of the most ac-
curate watch repairers in Topeka. He
is located at 422 East Fourth street.
s. A Morrison is one of the oldest
dry goods merchants of the city, hav-
ing been for years in his present To-
cation, sos East Fourth street.
One of the Owl grocery stores is on
the Fourth street white way. The
store is doing a flourishing business
and will be benefited by the blaze of
light.
Not That Kind.-'.If women want 10
vote like men, then let them stand UP m
the cars like men" But, my dear man,
they are not arguing for standing vote