The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-19
P. H. Skinner Is the First Man
to Erect House There.
VIII Be Strictly Modern; All
City COnveniences.
MANY MORE WILL BUILD
White Way in Pinehurst Com
pIeted; in Use Soon.
Much Development to Be Made
in Pinehurst This Year.

P. H Skinner, q contractor formerly
of Allen, Kan, now a resident of To-
peka. will enjoy the distinction of erect
ing the first home in Pinehurst- He has
already built his barn. dug a we'll and
g cistern and started the excavation
for his bungalow on Rosslawn Estate.
The Skinner home will face Delma1
road, the main house is to be thirty
five by thirty-one ON the ground floor
exclusive of porches. There are to be
six rooms and the bath. The laundry
| will be in the basement. The Skinner
/ bungalow will be modern throughout
| The plans for making it so are of IN
terest to those who may desire to erect
| similar homes in Pinehurst.
Mr.. Skinner will put one and half
horse power gasoline engine in the
| basement which will pump soft water
from the cistern to the tank in the at
tic, giving water pressure for bath
room and water service pipes through
out the house where needed. The same
gasoline engine will operate q vacuum
| cleaner. The machinery will be station
airy in the basement while the suction
pipes will be extended to all rooms
where the light hand Instrument and
necessary hose may be attached at
4aeasure. All the heavy drudgery. I'M
avoidable about a home will be done by
mechanical devices operated by that
gasoline engine.
In sinking the well Mr.. Skinner OBJ
at depth of nineteen feet. the water
standing four and half feet in the we'll
now.
Yes we are going to make this our
home" said Mr.. Skinner, we are max
ing it as convenient as possible. We
will set out about eighteen fruit trees
of various kinds. enough for family
use, break out a garden patch, fence
IN enough ground for the horse and
COW pen and allow the alfalfa. to grow
i Il -
less the alfalfa, so well rooted, will pro-
duce enough hay to practically feed his
two animals.
The SINNERS are to have a splendid
home: This, the first residence to be
started is the beginning of a wonderful
development to be made in Pinehurst
during the year.
Piles of saEd and other material have
been placed conveniently on the tract
ready to begin the construction of g.
thousand square feet of granitoid
walks to- be placed along the entire
front of every estate.
Tho Gilmore Construction company,
which has the contract for the con-
Struction of walks Will begin work as
soon as the frost is out Of the ground
and rush it through to completion. The
Pinehust lighting system is practically
completed and will be turned on March
l. The pedestals, the poles and the
lamps add a touch Of dfstictive beauty
in the day and at night whom the sys-
TEN is turned on the eleven 2 1000 candle
power lights. food the entire Pine
hurst tract with light Persons or OBJ
jects may be seen anywhere in Pine
hurst. As soon as the weather will
permit the grading gangs will be busy
grading streets to a common level.
over half of the estates have been
sold in the west part of Pinehurst. Many
of the owners CT Plnehurst estate are
contemplating the construction of
homes this spring and summer The
Elmhurst Investment company is push
ing the work Of laying out. grading
streets and otherwise improving the
property.
Intense interest in PInehurst estates
is evidenced by the continuous line of
inquiries about the possibility of Sc
lecting or purchasing the estates as
fast as they are laid out.