The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-08-16
Palace Clothing Company Will
Make improvements.
Second Floor of Building to
Undergo RemOdeling.
new THREE-STORY BUILDING
Kresge Company of Detroit
Will Build Next Spring.
Other Items of Interest in
Building Circles.

The contract will soon be let for
the remodeling of the second floor
of the store building of the Palace
Clothing company. 7O9-711 Kansas
avenue. The masonry wall, which
makes two rooms on the floor in
question. will be removed, making
one large display room 50x10O feet
in size. John F. Stanton, the archi-
tect, has drawn the plans for the i'm
provements.
Iron columns and steel Orders will
be put in and a new steel ceiling with
mock beams. Large windows will be
put in at the west end of the build
ing.
According to the current issue of
the Construction News, published by
Fred B. Cooper. J. c. Holland & Son
will draw the plans for a three-story
building which will be erected next
spring on the sites of the Crockett
Mercantile company and Western
Union Telegraph buildings for the
kresge company, of Detroit, Mich. 1t
will be remembered that this Detroit
firm paid 100000 for the two prop
critics several months ago. The firm
will maintain a five and ten cent
store in Topeka
The Guild Windows.
The display windows of the E. B.
Guild Music store, 722 Kansas ave-
nue., which will be remodeled imme-
diately, will be elaborate. The heavy
plate glass windows will have marble
bases. There will be metallic ven
tilatorS with tile vestibule floor. The
doors at the back of the windows will
be fitted with art glass. The ceiling
of the windows and vestibule will be
finished with beams. The feature of
the windows will be two turn tables
large enough to admit of placing a
grand plano on each. They will be
motor driven. The window floors
and turn tables will be finished in
quarter sawed oak. The interior of
ivory.
Plans for the $500 school house
that will be erected at Granville will
be completed by the architect John
F. Stanton, by August "a. The pres
ent building is to be removed by con-
tract. Mr.. Stanton states that rap
id progress is now being made on the
Diver school building. The roof will
be put in Immediately.
The hot weather has by no means
had the tendency to increase the
amount of business transacted by the
realty men. However, the market
has not been at a standstil1. There
has been an increased demand for
rental properties on the part of those
desiring to move to Topeka for the
educational advantages.
Building Permits.
Permits were taken out in seventy
eight leading cities, according to Of
fetal reports to the Construction
News, of Chicago, for the erection of
1S,14S buildings at a total cost of
$66,S12,093. A decrease of 1265
buildings and S14,O54,54O, or II per
cent. There are notable exceptions,
however, to the general decrease
among them the following cities
showing gain for July:
Cleveland, SO per cent; Detroit, %:
Minneapolis. 10; st. Paul, rs; Dallas.
1872; New Orleans, AZ; Tacoma, 81;
Grand Rapids, IS; Topeka, 4S.
The following is a list of building
permits issued:
John Tasker, two-story dwelling
1926 Boswell avenue. ...-.............s2 50. $50
J. Morse, addition to dwelling, 1919
Lime street. /, 200
N. E. Tomson, two-story dwelling
1870 Jewell avenue. Authoritarian. 1000
Two small items. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
Total Observation-Disclosures. sc, 800