The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-08-31
Eighty-Fiye Thousand Dollars
in Permits This Month.
OF This Amount $4,000 viii
Be Put in Dwellings.
ARE MOVING TO TOPEKA
Many Families Arriving in
Time for Opening of Schools.
Excessive Heat Has Caused
Letup in Realty Market.

Eighty-five thousand dollars IN
building permits have been issued by
the fire marshal in the month or
August This includes permits for the
building of twenty-five dwellings at
a total cost of $4,000, or an average
Expenditure of about $4,000.
= The largest item IN the hst was IoI
the rebuilding of the Potwin school
building at an expense of $15,S42. The
most costly residence is that when
w. J. Drury, superintendent OF the
Santa Fe shops, is having erected al
1894 Mulvane street. 1t will cost
The weather has been too hot for
any great amount of activity in the
realty market in the past week HOW
ever a number of transactions nave
been made that are worthy OF men
ton.
Modern Houses Are Scarce.
There is much inquiry as to prop
erty on the part particularly OF out
of-town people. According to w. u
Stephenson of the firm of Stephen
in rental properties, modern houses
TO rent are scarce in Topeka He says
that in the past week or two many
persons have moved to Topeka to take
advantage of the educational facil1-
ties. The transfer companies state
that they have handled the mousse
hold goods of many newcomers IN
the past month
There
for Highland Park property in the
last three or four weeks. In that
time the one firm of George NJ Noble
& Co has sold more than thirty lots
in the park.
some Recent Sales.
A A GODDARD has purchased three
lots on Jewell avenue in College Lawn
addition from A. w. Greenwood for
the consideration of S1,225.
Sales of Shawnee Agency: A four
room cottage on Madison street in
Shawnee Place to Q. Silvers, consid-
Grafton $1,000; four lots in Arlington
Heights and a three room cottage and
barn to Frank Sach for $1,000; six
room dwelling, corner of Seventeenth
and Monroe. streets, to Luther Bar
rett, $2,25O.
The Barnes Real Estate Co. has
sold six acres of land beyond Soldier
creek, between Kansas and Central
avenues, to William Knoer. The con-
sideration was $500 an acre.
Here is an item that should be of
interest to local realty men, Tt con-
Germs Louis Il. Daley, formerly of To-
peka, and is taken from the New
York Herald:
Louis 3. DALEY of the United States
Realty and Improvements company
and manag ger of the Whitehall build
ing has been elected director of
the Charles f. Noyes company and
on September l will take charge of
company Mr.. Daley has been identi-
fled with the real estate field for the
last ten ears.
DR.. Thomas A. MuIcahy is the buy
er Of the dwelling No. 14S West Nine
ty-second street
Recent Arrivals in City.
Local transfer companies report the
following recent arrivals in the city;
Merchants Transfer Co.
f. H. Hansen from Manhattan,
moved to the Devon flats; w. E. Nor
gan, moved to 7O3 Buchanan street;
Frank Brooks, moved to 1922 Quincy
street; Mr.. Campbell, goods in stoc-
age; Mr.. Terrence, moved to 1415
West Tenth avenue; Mr.. McKibben,
Brooks, moved to 324 Chandler
street; Eliza Downing, from Los An
geles, Calf, moved to 1415 West
street; Miss NJ. Rupin, from Chicago
moved to 100 East Sixth avenue.
Topeka Transfer and Storage Co.
w. Green, moved to 719 Chestnut
street; Ed II. Lynch from 1ndepen-
dence, moved to 1929 Clay street; DIR
Close from Eldorado to 915 King
street; Mrs. Fry, moved to sol West
Twelfth street; L. J. Crane moved t.
farm south of city; r. E. Scanned
from Leavenworth, moved to 1917
West Eleventh street. II. L. Quail
from Indianapolis. I. Hale from Chi
cago.
Following is a list of building permits
Issued this week:
garage, 1015 Buchanan street. ......S 81
John Williams. story dwelling,
40 East First street--..-...--........ ~
B. F. Allen two story dwelling, 936
National Refining Co, warehouse,