The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-14
The Moving Germ Has Begun
to Work in Topeka.
Realty Men Say Much Property
VIII Change Hands.
WELL DEFINED MOVEMENTS
Peculiar Tendencies That Char
acterize Growth of City.
Things That Are Interesting
the Land Sellers.

The moving germ has begun to
work. 1T is a sure sign that spring
is not very far off when city folks
begin TO hunt for homes stated a real
estate dealer today.
COT course he continued, 1.-THE real
rush hasn't started yet. and won't start
for a few weeks. but it won't be long
before the moving vans will parade the
streets to the tune of the carpet beater
and the whir of the vacuum cleaner.
Come in Thick and Fast.
Whenever we get warm day the
inquiries begin to come in thick and
fast on the part of those who have
caught the spirit of restlessness. AS
nently there will be a large amount of
business transacted by the land men in
Topeka. I base my guess on the fact
that really good rental properties are
now scarce, and that there is a de-
mand for better homes.
There are two well defined move
ments in the growth of cities nova
days It is evident in almost every
American city. One movement is to-
wards an increased number of apart
ment houses. and the other in the OPP
poSlte frecuOn-tOWardS homes in the
open country. Both tendencies are to
be found in Topeka, represented by
Two classes of people
Two Glasses OF Men.
In the first place there is the sal
AIRED man who is more or less uncer-
tain as to his plans. He wants to live
we'll, but hasn't the time or money to
keep up a home in the style that he
would like to maintain it He turns to
the apartment house, where he obtains
comfort and q certain social standing
that he couldn't get with the same ex-
penditure in a home of his own.
Then there is the other kind of
fcIlO In n 4I-s
who invests it in land or in a home. He
is usually more or less old fashioned
in some of his ideas and hopelessly do
mestic. He wants plenty of elbow
room, a chance for a garden and a
place to keep chickens and a COW, per
haps. In the larger cities you can
spot him in a moment as the dyed-in-
the-wool suburbanite.
THE apartment house has produced
q type peculiar to itself. You remem-
Der the old saying about the deviTs
work for idle hands That is about
what has happened to the new apart
big cities. She is very modern. bIase
stylish. on a tolerably small salary. If
she eats in the apartment house cafe,
she hasn't a thing to do"
Land Moves in March.
THE first of March is the time the
farms begin to change hands and tfe
farmers begin to become restless said
a prominent member of the Topeka
Real Estate dealers association. It
Topeka there are a great many retired
farmers. SO in this city these people
naturally begin to find the moving
germ starting its work early in Feb
ruary-
IN winter people rent rooms in close
in flats and other properties, but when
the warm weather starts in they rent
houses in the outlying residential dis
tricts. That is the reason that there
are moro vacant houses noticeable il,
the winter season than in the sum-
mer time"
The transfer companies in the CITY
report tn there are already slight
signs. of the moving germ having be-
gun to work. They say that there are
more people moving to this city than
was the case two weeks ago, and that
in another month they will probably
be kept busy moving the household
goods of those who are coming to the
capital city and few Of those who are
leaving.
Dealers Arc Hopeful.
The realty men generally are ex-
ceedingly optimistic in their manner
of speaking OF the prospects for a
lively business when the spring season