The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-28
MOVING TO CITY
Scores of Families Have Come
to Topeka.
Educational Advantages Cause
of Recent Influx.
FOR RENT SIGNS ARE SCARCE
Dwellings Are Not
Empty in Capital City.
Various Items of General In
terest in Realty Circles.

There has been an unusually heaV.
influx in population this month.
Scores of families have moved to To-
peka to take advantage of the edu-
cational facilities. This has stimula-
ted the business of the realty men, ana
has caused many rental sign to be
taken down. Now modern houses fof
rent are difficult to find, notwith-
standing the fact that 1912 thus Tar
has been a great home building year
There is now great demand for West
side properties, and new dwellings are
springing into existence In RAPID sue
cesSion in ElmhurSt, College Hill add1-
ton, and Melrose in particular. Ken
wood lots have also been selling. There
are but four lots unsold in Elmhurst.
the addition which but a comparatively
sho& time ago was nothing but an IN
termingling of coWpaths.
There is a rumor afioat that the
Tonel<a Railway company will extend
their line on Eighth avenue as far as
summit street before next May II
the installation is made West side pro-
pertv will sell like hot cakes.
binding in Pinehurst in the spring
among them being A. A. Frantz, Whc
will erect a bungalow on the Fairholm
estate.
Recent Sales.
The Clearinghouse Realty company
reports considerable activity. The
firm has sold a six room modern cot
tage Ito be constructed) corner of
Twelfth and Garfield avenues to c. R.
Miller, consideration $4,000 They an
nounce the purchase of twelve lots on
Grand avenue in Elmhurst between
Twelfth avenue and Huntoon street.
On this property will be started i'm
mediately the erection of three dwell
lings
The Clearinghouse Realty company
is building cottages for A Rodgers
& Co. at sol and sos Brooks avenue.
The firm has just completed six
room modern $4,000 dwelling at 1910
Garfield avenue for w. M Forbes x
Co. The feature of this house is the
roof of cement shingles manufactured
by a Topeka firm, the Portland Ce-
ciuded. A dwelling is being finished
in oak, and a sleeping porch is IN
cluded. A dwelling is being hulshed
at 117O Arch street, a $4,000 PROPOSE
ton. for the McCleery Lumber com
pany, and the finishing touches are
being put on dwellings at S25 and S29
street.
w W. Newman has traded a tract
of five and one-fourth acres of land
near Fourteenth and Long streets in
Belvuc addition, valued at $4,000, for
80 acres of land in Coffey county from
Ano Saueressig, a property valued at
$4,000. A cash difference was paid.
The deal was closed by Jones Brothers.
w. S. hammers has purchased six
room modern dwelling, with oak finish
and sleeping porch, from the Shawnee
for $4,000.
Recent Arrivals in City.
Transfer firms report the arrival of
many newcomers to the city. Fol
lowing are lists of recent arrivals re-
ported by these firms:
Merchants Transfer Col. F.
from Missouri, moved to PIT
Klein street; Mrs. A. Swim, from Kan |
sas City, Mo, moved to 1911 jack |
son street; r. Reeves, from Kansas
City, moved to 522 Buchanan street;
Dresie Brothers, moved to 1910 West
Sixth avenue; Katherine Woods, |
moved to 1109 Van Buren, street; W. |
H. Sanders, moved to 1910 North |
Quincy street; H M. Gill, moved to
1912 Western avenue.
Topeka Transfer Co.-The Rev.
Hanson from Chanute, |
moved to 1855 Mulvane street; NJ. W. |
Ba ker, moved to 1912 Mulvane street; |
J. L. Moss, moved to 7O5 West Seven |
teenth street; Electa A. Caldwell, |
from Michigan Center, Kan, moved |
to 915 West Tenth avenue; E. J. Long, |
from Fort Scott, Kan, moved to 1880 |
from Nickerson, Kan, goods in stor- |
age); George w. Anderson, moved to |
SIG West Fourth street; NJ. Dashler, |
from Beloit.
Building Permits.
Building permits issued this week
aggregated $20,S00. They are as fol-
owS:
E. G. Conklin, addition to dwelling,
1903 N. Harrison street. ............... 4OG
L. Polsam, two story dwelling, 227