The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-03-01
Several Desirable Farms Have
Changed Hands.
The Forbes Farm Near Auburn
Brought $4,000.
PERMITS FOR TEN HOUSES.
The February Building Permits
Aggregated $4,000.
Industrial Survey of Topeka Is
Being Made.

This is the time of year when the
realty men naturally expect to do
big business in farm deals. Several
noteworthy transactions have been
closed this week. and other sales or
trades are in contemplation Indica-
lions are that numerous farms VIII
change hands, and that the prices that
will maintain will be in excess or those
of previous years.
w. NJ. Forbes has sold his 24O acre
farm a mile and half northwest of
Auburn to John Madden for the con-
sideration of $4,000. Madden will
raise stock; in fact. he bought con-
siderable stock from Mr.. Forbes. This
is highly improved property A TEA
ture is the excellent barns.
The old Woods farm three and one
half miles west of Wakarusa in the
Wakarusa bottoms has been sofa
through the w. NJ. Forbes company
to Roy Moore of Dickinson county
This is a one hundred and sixty acre
farm Forty acres of the property are
fenced in-hog tight. The purchaser
is a breeder of high grade hogs. The
PURCHASE price was SO, 500.
Pennick Farm Sold.
The old Pennick farm consisting OF
something less than eighty acres of
land near Menoken has been sold by
w. r. Lott to G.. o. Compton for the
consideration of one hundred dollars
an acre. This transaction was closed
by the same realty firm.
Weather conditions have not been
conducive to intense activity in build
ing circles in the last month.
AS soon as the weather moderates'
however, the contractors will have
their hands full erecting the dwellings
now in contemplation.
The building permits issued by the
fire chief in February aggregated
S25,47O. They call for the erection OF
ten dwellings at a total cost of $21, 400
The most expensive of these dwellings
is the one being erected by Pope w.
Allen at 77S-7S2 Fillmore street
Only one permit of any size has
been issued in the last few days. 1t
was to C. w. Charlson, who will erect
a two story dwelling at 500 Tyler
street at cost of $4,000.
Industrial Survey.
]. Will Kelley, secretary of the
Commercial club, has started the work
of making an industrial survey or To-
peka. 1t was announced some weeks
ago that this work would be under
Of the plan the Commercial Club
Bulletin, just off the press, has the
following to say:
club needs help in making this survey.
AS a starter he asks managers of fac
tories to furnish to him Immediately
the following facts regarding their
plants:
name of plant ownership.
ARTICLES manufactured.
Number of employees
1.-The annual payroll.
"Value of annual output
This information will not all be
made public. The general figures
covering the industries of the city
a whole will be published in book form
along with the names of the firms
manufacturing them.
''The social survey will include also
q list of good factory sites in Topeka.
Owners of property are asked to list
the grounds with the Commercial club
giving the location, the size of the
ground, the distance from railway
tracks and other information. Later
map of the city showing the available
sites will be, published and will be in
c1uded in the industrial survey book
let.
This information will be of value
as an advertising medium to Topeka
manufacturers and will be a matter of
information to out of town prospects.
Send your information to the Sec
rotary at once"
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