The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-24
Hospital Permit Brings Figure
to Nearly $4,000.
WORK STARTED ON MONDAY
st. Francis Hospital Improve
ments Are Underway.
Perfection Metal SiIO Co. Makes
First Shipments.

The item on the building permit book
at the Office of the city fire marshal
| which calls for the erection of the ad-
ditions to st. Francis hospital will
swell the permit figures for this week
to approximately $4,000. The permit
has not actually been issued but will
be included in this weeks list.
Work of excavating for the hospital
improvements started this week under
the supervision of Frank Spencer &
Son, the contractors. The contract
price was 1916, which does not in
clude plumbing, wiring or heating. The
total cost of construction will probable
be more than $4,000. The figure will
be brought up undoubtedly to 100000
or $4,000 when the equipment is COM
plete.
While several newspaper stories of a
general nature have been written about
the improvements at the hospital the
details have not been given. There will
be new south and west wings 44X43 and
25x56 feet in size reSpectively-and four
stories high. The material used will
be reinforced concrete and brick. The
floors will be of cement and terrazzo.
Hospital improvements.
The first floor of the south wing will
include the main kitchen, cooks pam
try, main diet kitchen, and refrigera-
tor room, helps kitchen. On the Sec
Ond floor of this wing Will be six pat
tents rooms and diet kitchen. The
third floor will be provided with four
rooms for patients, a ward room, and
a diet kitchen. An even half dozen
rooms for patients and a diet kitchen
will constitute the fourth floor. On the
top of the south wing will be an at
tractive roof garden.
The first floor of the west wing will
consist of five rooms for patients and
corridors; on the second floor there will
floor five rooms and on the fourth
floor four rooms for patients and
chaplain's room. This will give total
of 35 additional rooms for the use of
patients.
New Standard Oil Building.
Contractors forwarded their bids on
the new Standard Oil companys one
story building adjoining their plant on
East Seventh street to Chicago the
latter part of this week. The contract
will probably be let next week. The
building will be of reinforced concrete
and will cost approximate
ly $4,000.
First Shipments From Factory.
The first carload shipments from the
new Topeka firm, the Perfection Metal
Silo company which is operating in the
buildings formerly occupied by the
Smith Automobile company, has been
made. and consisted of four silos with |
II
Ond shipment was of four 800 ton silos
which went to Glazier, Tex.
F. c. Kenyon, manager of the con- !
Germ said today: I'VE have orders in |
advance for several months. Soon it |
will probably be necessary to work day |
and night. There are 80 men now en- |
p1oved at the factory. This number |
will probably be increased to so this |
season. and by next season we expect |
TO be working 100. Fifteen of the men
we're brought here from Kansas City.
and several! of them have their fami-
les with them.
when the season advances we will |
be able to turn out about 80 silos
week. Our machinery is of the most
modern type. We are just installing
1ew electrical welder that is different
rom anything yet seen in this part of
he country.
I'VE expect to ship at least 500 silos
his sea son. They sell at an average
If $500 each. This is a Kansas firm
md while our field is the southwest we
Expect to put special stress on pro-
riding stockmen and others in Kansas
With our product this season.
officers of the new firm are: Presi-
lent. c. E. Gault; vice president, Frank
Ironkhite; secretary treasurer, J. D.
dulvane; superintendent, H. r. Leland;
manager, F. c. Kenyon; general sales
hanger. c. P. Buck.
Building Permits. II
Following is a list of building per- |
nits issued this week:
\. G. Briggs. remodel and addi-
ton to dwelling, 1874 Lime Streets $50
|. l.. and NJ. S. Mccoy. two-story
dwelling, BOG East Eleventh street. 1900
Annie NJ. Greenwood, two-story
dwelling. 117o College avenue. 80 $500
V. Wells, remodel and addition to
dwelling, $40 West Seventh street. 1000
Clark. business building and
dwelling. Alb Morris avenue........ $500
I. S. Gordon, addition to dwelling,
626 Tyler street. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $50
edition to ST. Francis hospital:
figures given in permit but esti-
mated cost ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS $4,000
Y. L. Osborn, History dwelling,
1G7 East Euclid avenue. 1850
Ohm Hoffman, auto garage, 312
Quincy street. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 22S
:. W. Laubach, auto garage, 1900
Western avenue ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IS
1rs. King, remodel and addition to
dwelling. 1916 Clay street. 800
. E. Fink, barn, So Swygart ave-. 200
go