The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-05-10
NORTH SIDE NEWS
Western Wooden Mills May
Soon Be Occupied Again.
Plan Cold Storage Plant and
Carriage Factory.
MAY ALSO EQUIP WAREHOUSE
Topeka and Kansas City PeO-
pie Back Proposition.
Other Items of Interest on the
North Side.
MAY ALSO EQUIP WAREHOUSE

The Western Wooden mills, East
Laurent and North Madison streets
| will probably be occupied in the near
| future by a Topeka warehouse ana
cold storage company and a carriage
| factory backed by Kansas City people
| 1t is understood that $4,000 has peen
raised to support the Topeka PROPOSE
| ton, which will be new company
The Kansas City firm is said to be
worth 100000 in machinery and ma
| terial, etc.
Representative of this concern are
in Topeka today negotiating for the
building and according to good au-
thority the deal will soon be closed.
The Kansas people plan to manufac-
ture carriages and small vehicles. in
GLIDING baby buggies, go-carts etc.
sixteen men will likely be employed.
They will occupy the down stairs main
floor.
The second and third story will be
used by the warehouse and cold stor-
age company. Household goods VIII
be stored in the warehouse. The cold
storage. department will, of course, be
used to preserve fruit, etc About six
men will be employed.
The good shipping facilities of the
plant. offered by the nearness OF
Santa Fe. Union Pacific and Rock
Island railroads are great consldera-
ton in locating the new enterprises,
The building has been vacant 1or sew
eraI months since the wooden mill ma
chinery was moved to oregon.
A move is on foot to remove the
poles from the east side OF Kansas
avenue. and also to make 'whlte
way on both sides of the street Inc
white way idea is to have the bust
ness houses on both sides of the street
painted white. About one-thlrd OF
the buildings are already or that col.
or. Fred Voiland, president OF the
Civic club, is greatly interested IN pot1
plans The poles have been removed
from the east side of North Kansas
avenue and he and others wish that
toev he taken down from the other
side also. A petition for this improve
rnent NAV be circulated and presented
to the commissioners in the near Iu-
ture. -
voiIand saws that several of the North
Kansas avenue business men nave eX-
pressed Willingness to put II throueh'
While Rev. c. E. Foster, pastor AT
the Pentecostal Mission at Kious street
and North Kansas avenue was con-
Quoting services about 4:3O O'CLOCK
Thursday afternoon, he heard some
confusion outside of the bu1ld1ng. he
looked out and saw that an automoDlie
had run over little boy. He went TO
the spot and found that it was his own
little six year old boy, Melvin. It
hanpened that DIR. Plummer was making
a call in the neighborhood and saw the
affair He made quick examination
of the boy and found no bones broken,
but a bruised head, bad cuts and likeli-
hood of internal injuries. 1t is not
known how badly he is hurt. He was
taken to his home at 1928 Central
avenue.
w. A. Miller of Usage City was driv
ing the auto. He said that he was
turning the corner and could not stop
the machine in time to save the boy
after he saw him in the way. The lad
was on his way home from the Quincy
school.