The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-12-06

The CONTRACT IS AWARDED
First Of the MUM Flats Wil
BE Built Now.
Families Continue to Move to
the Capital City.

Decision has been made by the
board OF directors OF the Kansas
Children's Home society to erect IN
ONCE building at e18-Sz0 Kansas ave.
nue., the construction work to begin
as soon after the first OF the year as
possible. An architect will be EN-
ployed and plans and specifications
prepared as soon AZ possible.
The details Of construction cannot
be given. but the building will prob
ably be Of brick ana two stories high,
built In such q manner that 1t will be
possible at later date to add another
two stories. Pledges have been made
for the building fund to the amount
Of thirty thousand dollars. but just
what the structure will cost cannot be
stated at the present time.
The building will be 50x160 feet in
size. It will be subdivided into store
rooms on the first floor and Office
rooms on the second floor. The head
quarters of the Kansas Children's
Home society will be In the building,
but there will be rooms to let This
will bring in the organization a per-
manent income. The present quar-
tiers on the fourth floor of the Com
merce building are inadequate.
A meeting OF the board Of directors
Of the society will be called soon for
the purpose OF comforting with the
afcnltect9 VINO care TO submit plans.
Those Mum Flats.
The plans for two new flat build
ings which DR.. L. H. Mum will have
erected on the corner of Fifth and
Polk streets, and in connection with
which Frank C.. Squires is the archi-
tect, will be completed and ready for
the bidders about December 10, ac-
cording to the current issue Of the
Construction News, published in To-
peka- The contract for the first Of
four flat buildings which will be
erected for DIR. Mum on this site was
awarded this week to r. s. Emert.
However. the work in this particular
residence and Transforming it into q
flat building. The estimated cost Of
the remodeling work il $500. The
other new buildings are expected to
cost $500 each. There will be stone
foundations and frame superstructures
The residence OF A. A. Armstrong
at 1112 North Van Burn street has
been remodeled by E. J. Olander.
Plans are in preparation for q ST.
by r. H. Wade at 100 Spruce street
next spring.
Topeka Makes Good Showing.
While there has been a good deal
of grumbling recently by Topeka mer-
chants on account of the unreasonable
weather. the bank clearings for the
week ending December 4, according
to Bradstreet's report published else
where In this paper. show a gain Of
5.4 per cent over the corresponding
period OF last year. Topeka's bank
clearings IN November Of this year
were $s.sss.s 3s as against $6.s1s.1so
Although the winter season is near
at hand there is still an influx OF
population into Topeka. Local trans
Ter companies report that they have
handled the household goods Of nu-
merous families moving to the city in
the last two weeks.
Arrivals in Topeka.
Following are lists of newcomers
as submitted by two transfer COM
paniee:
Merchants Transfer company-James
Runneals from Onaga, moved to 535
Topeka avenue; d. e. Miller from Che
topa, Kan. moved to 618 West Fifth
street; E. A. Palmer, moved to 1856 Lin
coin street: H. A. Miller, moved to 211
East Eighth avenue; p. A. Fairbanks,
ID. F. Deman from Hutchinson, moved
to 1872 Fillmore street; ]. w. Cafes
from Kansas City. Mo-, moved to I'LL
Taylor street: b. Krass, moved to 400
Kansas avenue.
Topeka Transfer company-Curtis
Kellham from Kansas City. moved to
1884 Tyler street; E. H. Meador, moved
to I'll Huntoon street.
Building Permits.
Fo..owing Is a list of building permits
issued this week:
A. Marburg, one-story stone and
brick garage, 6z-s2s jackson street.$4.soo
be used as a dry cleaning eetab-
nent. 216 West Sixth avenue.... 40
John Rosenbaugh, one-story DWELL
ing. 107 North Madison street. -
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 100
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