The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-02-17
DARK. THEN DAWN
Market Is Quiet, but the Out
look Is Favorable.
Scores Of New Homes VIII Soon
Be Erected.
ACTIVITY IN FARM PROPERTY
Prospects of a Bumper Crop
VIII Make Business Better.
The Turning of the Tide VIII
Soon Come.
ACTIVITY IN FARM PROPERTY

Darkest before dawn is the man
ner in which a realty man described
the resent condition of the local mar
ket- The land market has been com
paratively quiet in the past week, as
is always the case at this time of year
but notwithstanding this fact num-
Der Of properties have changed hands
There are several realty firms that
are now combining with their business
the erection of dwellings which they
sell on the installment plan In fact
this has become flourishing slde me
for these firms, two of which punt a.
least 100 homes in 1911
I'VE expect to do a bigger business
than ever in 1912" said a representa-
tive of one of these companies. As
soon as the spring weather SoHu lio rs,
will permit we expect TO pesln "a = . .
erection of a number OF houses. AS
a matter of fact one firm that ooes
this kind of business took out perIllIs
this week for the erection OF louI
dwellings costing $l'2oo 10 sl'4oV
each.
Tho tendency in the coming build
ing season will be to get out into the
outlying districts where property IS
cheap. and space plentiful
In tbe mast three or four months
several new additions have been laid
ont and the owners will set forth their
peculiar advantages to prospective
buvers this coming spring.
An addition east of the Topeka IN
dustriaI Institute, between East Fifth
street and East Sixth avenue, com
prising 90 lots, is known as Freeman s
The plat of this addition was filed
with the register of deeds on NoVem-
Der ? by NJ. w Freeman, colorea
man.
of which was filed a few days later
Riches addition lying between
Quincy and Monroe streets and Euclid
avenue and Fifteenth street was re
plated There are AZ lots in this
The plat of the Jewell tract was
filed February IS. This comprises 80
25-foot lots and is bounded by Chan
der street on the west and Wood
The last tract to be filed this week
was the Lakin tract. This property is
cred a few months ago for park pur-
poses.
Farm Properties VIII Move.
There is expected to be a good bus
mess in farm properties to begin about
the first of March. Every one is look
season. and for that reason a much
as anything the farmers are con-
templating buying.
This week the Naples property
west of the city. consisting of 40 acres
was sold to o. W. Blanchard for
The people of Topeka must put
their old houses in repair said A. A.
Rodgers of the firm of Rodgers, Davis
& Co. The demand for good houses
for rental purposes is greater than
the supply, but the people are in
sisting on having a better grade of
dwellings than formerly and will not
rent old houses that are not in re-
pair
First House in Pinehurst.
Thirty-two of the 50 tracts in Pine
hurst have been sold. The first house
on the property is in process OF build
moved to Topeka from Allen, Kansas,
is putting up & $4,000 bungalow on
West Sixth avenue towards tht center
of the property on the estate called
Roselawn.
Wilson & Neiswanger are just COM
pleting two bungalow cottages in
BrOadmoOr between State street and
Seward avenue on Ohio avenue. The
new bungalow at the corner of Hun
toon and Mulvane streets is we'll IN
der way and will possibly be finished
by March Is. This firm has COM
menced the erection of a two story.
room dwelling for A. c. McCray, at
1916 West Euclid avenue.
Wilson & Neiswanger have sold IS
acres Of hill land near Martins Hill, |
NJ
New Haven, Conn, TO F. w. Bliss Of
Meadow Brook Farm at $1,000; also
the southeas corner of Tenth avenue
and Taylor street owned by Mrs. Lila
N Latham to W. G. Holloway at
S3.750.
Improvements are being made in
the interior of the building at SOS
Kansas avenue.
The improvements at the West
minister Presbyterian church were
completed this week. The interior
of the church now has a brand new
appearance The seating capacity of |
the church has been enlarged, the |
total cost of the improvements being |
about $1,000.
More WorI1men Now Busy.
While comparatively speaking there |
IS not much building activity at the !
present time, due to the pleasant !
weather of the past two weeks, it has |
been possible for considerable ex- |
terror work to progress, which means |
that a good many men who were idle