The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-01-04
Business Will Be Good i'm 1913,
Say TOpekans.
Recent Favorable Conditions
Indication of Prosperity.
LAND MEN and OTHERS TALK
Indications Point to Big Year
i'm Building Permits.
Kansas Avenue and Other
Property Is in Demand.

Bankers, merchants and real estate
men join in the prediction that the
year 1913 will be a prosperous one
for Topeka from a business. stand
point. A spirit of optimism exists
such as has not been exhibited in
many months.
There is strong demand for Kansas
avenue and residential properties, and
every indication points to a big year
ings for spring erection have already
been planned, and a number of i'm
provements of note in the business
district of the city. Chances are that
the 100000 addition to the Topeka
postoffice building will be the means
of swelling the permit figures for
1912.
Business conditions have been ex-
cellent in Topeka in the last two
months, and it is the expectation of
the business men that they will con-
tinue to be favorable throughout the
months to come. All records have
recently for volume of business The
Topeka Rebate association has been
setting a new mark.
There is a good demand for money.
THE demand is strong now" said j.
R. Burrow, president of the Central
National bank. Bankers can pick
their loans and the business is of
purely legitimate kind
Predicts Banner Year.
every Indication points to sue
cessful year for 1913 business said
J. Will Kelley, secretary of the Com
mercial club today. Topeka ought
to have an extraordinary year in
business if recent trade is an indica-
ton. Every industry in the city is
running at it's full capacity. With
reason why this shouldn't be the ban
ner year in the history of the city
Undoubtedly several new indus
tries will be brought here in the year
which will add to the city's pay roll
and business generally
1--WE find in talking with business
men, said N. B. Burge, the realty
man, that there is a general dispo-
sition to look ahead with a great de-
gree of optimism. Our company is
going right ahead and will invest
money in the business this year.
1.-The factory aid plan has put Topeka
right up to the place where she will go
ahead more than at any time in past
history That proposition will work big
things for the city. Mr.. Kelley should
have a lot of credit for getting behind
this thi g.
1.-The expert opinion of our leading
financiers, manufacturers, and deal
ers,'' said w A. Neiswanger of the
firm of Wilson & NeiSwanger lis
that the year 1912 will be one of the
most prosperous in the history of the
nation. 1 can see no reason why To-
pelxa, the one near-perfect city in the
state of Kansas from the standpoint
of homes and other elements that are
desirable should not receive its full
share of the prosperity in trade.
Improvements in progress at the
present time are indicative of more to
follow. Among the improvements of
note that should be mentioned is the
remodeling of the Crosby Brothers
= will I1Qx frnT1 toe 0f
one hundred feet and a floor space
second to none in Kansas.
The recent raise in the wages of men
employed by the santa Fe in their
shops which will mean the putting of
100000 more in their hands is a good
thing for Topeka. Conditions look
promising for the real estate men,"
Real Estate Men Talk.
Conditions seem excellent for a good
year for the real estate men, said c.
J. r. Smith, manager of the Barnes
Real Estate company.
Things never looked good to me
as right now" said A. A. Rodgers of
the firm of A. A. Rodgers & Co. I'VE
are going to have very prosperous
year. 1 can't see but there is plenty
of money.
There is much demand for Kansas
avenue property. In the last week one
man offered a fabulous price for the
lease of a two-story building on the
avenue for twenty-five years. He was
an out of town man, and had to leave
the city without finding what he was
looking for
Prospects look good to me- said
Stanley Medlicott of the Shawnee
Agency. II anticipate that a large
amount of business will be transacted
by the real estate men in 1913,' said
c. B. Wingett. president of the Topeka
Real Estate Dealers association. 1.-The
prospects look fine" said L. F. Gar
Iinghouse of the Clearinghouse Realty
Co, There is no reason on earth why
we shouldn't enjoy a splendid bust
ness