The Topeka state journal., 1913-06-21
Topeka SCORES
Local Firms Recognized in Let
ting Big Contracts.
Sell Supplies for Use at State
Institutions.
CONTRACTS TOTAL $500, 900
OF This Amount $4,000 Is
Spent i'm Capital City.
Means $4,000 Year to Big
Topeka Dealers.
CONTRACTS TOTAL $500, 900

| OF approximately 100000 to be
| spent for provisions at the state
charitable and penal institutions in the
next six months, $24,746.37 of the
amount will go to Topeka firms which
| letting this week of the board of con-
troll and state penal board Figures
| compiled this week show that Topeka
wholesale, 5obbing and retail houses
will realize about $500 year from
| the state on these contracts-nearly
one-tenth of the entire contract.
| The big contracts landed by Topeka
| business firms this week were signifi-
| cant for several reasons. First there
was the keenest possible competition
| for the contracts and more than 1OO
| big wholesale houses were after the
! business. Second, the nice fat con-
tracts showed that the Topeka firms
were in position to meet outside
! competition and that Topeka as a
wholesale and jobbing center is a town
to be reckoned with by the institutions
| of larger cities.
Many Firms Recognized.
Two Topeka firms-the Davis Mer-
] camille company and McCOrd-kiStler-
/ gathered more than $4,000 worth of
contracts on bids submitted to the
state this week.
| The Mills Dry Goods company and
the Topeka Woolen mills each landed
more than $4,000 worth of the state s
business on the dry goods lettings and
the Crosby Brothers company passed
/ the $1,000 mark.
penal and charities boards let to two
Topeka firms-the Famous and Cros-
by observation-disclosures the entire shoe
contract for the next six months
While the total figures ran less than
$1,000, for hardware supplies for the
institutions, yet the bulk of that busi-
ness was awarded to three big Topeka
firms-W. A. L. Thompson company,
Fema hizer e. SDielman and Kitcheu SS
Marburg.
To the Otto Kuehne company was
given the contract for the pickle sup
ply for six months.
The contracts for supplies for the
next six months at the state institu-
tions totalled about $4,000 OF that
nearly $4,000 worth of the business.
Big Grocery Contracts.
This is the big list of grocery con-
tracts that went to the Davis Mercan-
tile company:
90 doz gallon cans canned ap-
pies, at $1.95 doz. .....--.......$ 1875
"a, 500 lbs. navy beans. at .o433
cents 1b. 1904 SO
19, 900 lbs. Lima beans, at .052o
cents h. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES sSSOO
doz. 1880
boxes candles, at $7.75 box -. 1925
152 doz. cans cherries, at $2.65
doz. 311.6o
1b ..................... 7776
"a doz. cotton mops, at 81 doz... $500
11O doz. cans cove oysters, at
s1.55 doz. Observation-Disclosures. 17o5O
"a doz. green gage plums,
at s1.s4 1885
floz 45360
165 lbs. shaving SOAP at 211hc Ib. 3547
515 lbs. baking soda at sc lb.... 25.75
o
3Oc gal. 76S 90
$50 gal. sorghum, at 44c gall. 1920
131 boxes laundry starch, at
80 box 366so
5000 lbs. light brown sugar, at
04o7c Ib. .............. 244.2O
$40 lbs. Pearl tapico. at 41sc b.. 1855
so barrels cracked wheat, at
$3.50 bbl. 544O0
doz. whisk brooms, at 85c doz. 5.95
Total s., ,4s7 81
To the McCord-Kistler company, was
given this long string of contracts by
the board of control and penal board:
35 boxes bath brick, at &c box..$ 1895
102 cases breakfast food, at $1.50
case, 153.OO
90 doz. scrub brushes, at Soc
doz. - 1880
doz brooms at $2.45 doz. 1925
II barrels soda, at $40 bbl....-. 1920
8 barrels soda. at 81 bbl-....... 1900
| 1 300 lbs cream cheese, at tic lb. 221. 90
/ case Colorado lime ............ 3.05
25 lbs. citron, at 13c h.. 1925
300 lbs coffee. at 19c lb..... 800
2,942 doz cans corn, at SAC doz-.. 1882. .SS
$3.50 lbs. cream crackers, at SIC
| lb. .... 403.12
1900 lbs. Graham crackers, at
SIC Ib. .................. s125
40 cases Grape Nuts, at S2.64
case. Observation-Disclosures. 1o56o
So pals jelly, at soc pail ... $3.50
S5 cases lye. at $3.50 case. 1850
16 cases matches. at S2.25 case. $500
143 barrels oatmeal, at $4.96
Dbl. 6Os. %
l 800 lbs. dried pears, at SAc lb. 166.25
1877 barrels salt, at s117 bbl...... 1929
$500 lbs. sal soda, at .0710c h.. 1886
boxes Sapolio. at 1928 box. 1884
125 boxes securing soap, at $2.49
i box NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 271.25
165 lbs. shaving soap, at 211sc
lb. 35.4I
25.5OO lbs. soap chips. at OSLO
lbs. Observation-Disclosures. 1.277.55
SO cases toilet soap, at $3.70
case Observation-Disclosures. 255.3O
166 cases toilet soap, at s5.65
case. ....... e37 Sc
33S boxes soap at S212 box 716. .56
boxes soap, at $500 box. $3.50
$3.50 lbs. plug tobacco, at 1880
h. Observation-Disclosures. 1,534O5
To the Topeka Spice Mills was
awarded a contract for $50 pounds
spices at 19 cents pound total. s47.50
The Otto Kuehne company landed
two grocery contracts. One called for
bel and another for 81 barrels medium
pickles at sS.75 berrel. total, s665.25.
Dry Goods Dealers Score.
The following dry goods contracts