The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-10-11
Houses Are Building in All
Parts of Topeka.
Good Rental Properties Here
Are Hard to Find.
THE FALL INFLUX Is HEAVY
In Two Weeks Forty Families
Have Moved to Topeka.
Local Realty Men Report Large
Number of Sales.

! The approach of the winter season
! is not causing a slump in home build
/ ing activity in Topeka. Permits have
J been issued since the first of October
| for the erection of nine new dwellings
! at an aggregate cost of $16,65O. 9th
er permits bring the total for the same
! period to S21,295.
| Real estate men report that the de-
| mand for dwellings containing from
| four to six rooms is greater than has
/ been the case for several years. Moth
| ing but modern or partly modern
| dwelling will satisfy the average fam
/ lily nowadays, and this is the reason
that there are for rent signs on sew
eral hundred run down houses in To-
peka. One realty man said: 1T has
been three years since there has been
as heavy a demand for desirable rem
tai properties"
The constant influx of population
| into the city is making the good
houses scarce. The transfer firms in
| Topeka estimate that they have ham
died the household goods of forty FAM
lilies that have moved to Topeka IN the
last two weeks.
Compliments Topeka.
The current issue of the SoutheIn
Engineer, a paper with a large circu-
lation over the country, gives Topeka
some good advertising through an ar
ticle by w. c. Bullen on the plant OF
the Topeka Edison company. The
following is an extract from the ar
! ticle:
Topeka is often referred to as the
| hub of Kansas since it is the COM
merclal, industrial and political CEN
ter of the state. Its claim to promi-
nent position among the rapidly grow
ing manufacturing cities of the CEN
trail west was SubStantiated by the last
census, according to which the man.
ufacturing interests increased % per
cent. during the five years, 1904 to
1909.
THE inhabitants of most western
cities use electric current literally and
for this reason the increasing demand
for central station service that rem
dered by municipal light and power
plants. as the case may be, serves as
an accurate index to city'S growth.
The Topeka Edison company has eX-
perienced a rapid development, espe-
cially during the last few years. In
1903 the total number of customers
was 2,SO0, and up to the middle of
1852 in less than three years. The
accompanying photographs show
some of the more important features
of the company'S station which, like
most western enterprises, has had to
make several additions to the original
installations and still others are con-
templated at present"
Recent Realty Transactions.
Sales reported by Clearinghouse
Realty company: A seven room mod
ern dwelling at SO Garfield avenue to
H. r. White, consideration $4,000; a
five room partly modern bungalow at
921 Brooks avenue to V. c. Wilsey,
$4,000; a six room dwelling at PIT
Elmwood avenue to Miss Lydia Haven,
$4,000; a five room ngaloW-mod-
ern in every respect-at 227 Elm
wood avenue to J. H. Harmon, $4,000;
a four room partly modern dwelling
at 315 Park avenue to Anna Bullen-
kamp, $4,000: a five room modern
bungalow to Mr. MCDANIEL, $500; a
six room modern dwelling at 1140 Gar
field avenue to George Stutzman,
$1,000; a five room modern bungalow
al 81 Park avenue to c. w. Shaw,
$4,000; a five room modern bungalow
at 233 ElmwOOd avenue to Harry c.
Jones, $500; five room modern
bungalow at 223 Park avenue to Geo.
w. Anderson, $4,000; five room
modern bungalow at 319 Park avenue
to Robert E. Gish, $4,000.
Shawnee Agency: An eight room
modern resdence-finished in oak
and including sleeping porch and 9TH
consideration $4,000; a six room mod
ern dwelling at 222 East Euclid ave
nue. to c. J. Maunsen. $2,250; a five
room bungalow at 1175 West street to
Edward H. Fappe, $3.450.
William Forbes & Company: A
seven room modern dwelling at 1923
Central Park avenue from William
Kahrs to Martin Oswald, consideration
$4,000.
Arrivals in Topeka.
Following are lists of newcomers to
Topeka as submitted by two transfer
firms:
Merchants Transfer company: J.
P. Johnson from Kansas City, Mo,
moved to 1912 Lincoln street; J. w.
Linegar, moved to 401 Winfield street;
F. J. Mitch. from Kansas City, Mo,
moved to 312 East Sixth avenue; 3. \.
Turpier from Abilene, moved to ZOE
Topeka avenue; Henry Able from
Eueda, moved to 1143 Clay street; F.
NJ. Short from Horton, moved to 301
West Twelfth street; B. F. owen from
Salina. moved to AS Van Buren,
street: \. D. Tower from Beivue,
moved to POI The Drive.
Topeka Transfer company. J. S.
drummer from Lanson, moved to 205
East Seventeenth street; Job Little
from Salina, moved to 1885 West
street; J. G.. StutzmaIi from Oklahoma
City, moved to 1140 Garfield avenue:
John kautz from Tarkio, Mo, moved