The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-08-29
Local Realty Mon Say Popula-
ton Il Increasing.
Additions Have Been Launched
and Residences Built.
GOOD HOUSES HARD TO FIND
There Arc No Homes for Rent
Near Washburn.
Westminster Place Is . New
Topeka Addition.

There are Indications on every hand
that Topeka has enjoyed substantial
scarcity Of good rental properties. and
the large number Of dwellings that
have been erected this season it 10 as
sured that Topeka has shown at least
the usual substantial gain. The rec
ords Of the transfer companies show
moved to this city since the first of
the year.
Real estate dealers in Topeka are
fully convinced that Topeka is making
Generally speaking the realty mar
ket has been dun In Topeka this sum-
mer. The people who buy high priced
properties have been inclined to hold
their money.
The firms that sell houses and tracts
on the installmcnt plan tell q different
story. They have been working over
time building houses this season, and
many Of theee dwellings have been
sold long in advance Of completion.
Many Houses Built.
J. A. Jessop of the Shawnee Agency
said today: 1T has been the best July
and August that this firm has ever
had. We have sold thirty-five houses
in two months. and we have been
steadily building houses since the first
of the year. The houses have all been
sold. At the present time we have
fourteen homes in course Of construc-
tion'
The Clearinghouse Realty company
also has a number of dwellings, under
construction. and has found business
brisk.
Half the lots in the Park Line addi-
ton west of the city, which was
launced by the Shawnee Agency this
summer, have been sold.
"FOr Rent" Signs Scarce.
There is an increasing demand for
rental properties In Topeka In speak
ing of the demand on the part of the
families moving to Topeka to take ad-
vantage OF the educational facilities at
Washburn college. W A. Neiswanger Of
the firm of Wilson & Neiswanger, said:
People who expect to locate near
Washburn college will have difficulty in
finding houses to rent The desirable
houses have all been taken.''
Westminster Place.
A new addition has been launched in
Topeka-Westminste Place, fronting
Huntoon street and lying between Bos-
well and College avenues-and the plat
filed at the county building.
The addition in question II a piece Of
land that was left out Of College Place
addition when that was put on the mar
ket. 1t was plated by e. F. Stanley
and Wilson & Neiswanger. This makes
the sixth addition for Topeka this sea-
son-a mighty good sign that the capt.
tai city is growing.
Westminster Place has been divided
into seven tracts, and on these modern
dwellings, will be erected. In fact two
attractive modern bungalows are build
1ng-one by Wilson & Neiswanger and
the other by Ralph Myers, q Washburn
college graduate of last June.
Recent Realty Sales.
Wilson & Neiswanger report these
sales: A sfx-room modern house at
122S West street. from Mrs. Maude era
ham to e. g. Wagner, price $, 500; q
seven-room house at 1120 Tyler street,
from z. J. Brown to I. ]. Lane, s., 500:
lot 4, Westminster Place. to Ralph
Myers. $500: two lots adjoining 1852 Col
lege avenue to Edwin Brookens, 81 900:
~ lots at the corner Of Mulvane street
and Twelfth avenue to Miss Haynes.
Sales Of the Cottrell Real Estate COM
pany: A five-room modern dwelling at
1914 West Seventeenth street. from e
Burfeind to H. ]. Clark: two lots on
Qu1nton boulevard to p. n. Kistler.