The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-14
There Is Lun in Building and
Realty Activities.
Spring Season Expected to
Open With q Rush.
FLAT BUILDINGS THE RAGE
Scores Of Dwellings Will Be
Erected in the Spring.
Building Trend Is Towards the
Outskirts of City.

The old saying that it Is darkest be-
fore dawn will apply to the present
realty and building situation in To-
pelka. A few sales OF property have
been reported this month. but there Is
but little activity in building circles
due to weather conditions. However.
q spirit OF optimism prevails. and indi-
cations are that local contractors Will
be rushed when the season fairly opens
in the early spring-at least those
builders who make a speciality OF erect
ing dwellings. Land men, too, expect
to turn many a sale as soon as the
weather mOderates.
Scores of dwellings are already being
planned and will be erected early IN
the spring. Activity in apartment
house construction will be feature
in 1914. Indications are that more than
nalf a dozen of these buildings aggre-
eating more than $4,000 in cost will
be put up in the next few months.
Fiat Buildings Are Popular.
Flat building is characteristic Of the
construction tendencies In big cities;
mere it is simply an indication that the
town is growing. There has been
lively demand for apartments In fiat
buildings in Topeka Five years ago
the Devon was the only building OF any
size Of the kind. but since that time
q half dozen or more strictly modern
structures have been erected.
DR.. L. H. Mum is having a group OF
ner Of Fifth and Polk streets at an ag-
gregate cost Of approximately $4,000.
Mrs. C. w. Jewell will build an ex-
pensive two story brick veneer build
ing soon, and others will follow this
season.
ed in the near-in sections OF the city
the tendency in home construction will
be towards the outskirts, particularly
On the west.
Build Along Gage Park Line.
The completion of the Melrose-Gage
street car line will mean that there
will be activity in Melrose and Pine
diction that within four or five years
dwellings will line the car track all
the way out to Gage park. Several
new houses will be erected in the Mel
rose addition in the spring. The sound
of the hammer will be heard In Elm
be the scene of operation. Highland
Park will be among progressive Sec
tions.
The Shawnee Agency and tho Gar
linghouse Realty company which build
dwellings and sell them on the INSTALL
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again in Topeka home construction.
These two firms put up approximately
two-fifths of all the houses built In
Topeka in 1913-and 1913 was an active
period in the erection Of dwellings.
Two Active Topeka Firms.
The Shawnee Agency expects to build
scores Of dwellings in Shawnee Place,
west Of the Western League park;
Broadmoor. in the shops district, and
Garfield Place. on the North side. The
Clearinghouse Realty company will be
active in Edgewood, the rapidly devel-
oping addition Immediately west OF
Potwin. and elsewhere.
1t is predicted that at least half a
dozen dwellings will be built this year
in Lakewood Park addition. Several
Of these will be constructed by w. j.
Rickenbacher, the promoter OF the
line to within two blocks of the addi-
ton will make this property more
valuable.
Recent Realty Sales.
The following sales of property are
reported by the Clearinghouse Realty
company: A six room modern bunga-
low at 209 Elmwood avenue, Edge
wood addition. to c. X. Elliott. con-
sideration $500; six room modern
bungalow, 211 Elmwood avenue, to G.
G. Elliott; a six room bungalow with
garage and sleeping porch attached
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$4,000. The Elliotts are brothers and
live side by side. Their respective
wives are named Bess and were great
friends before marriage. They are all
Topeka people.
Shawnee Agency: A five room house
at 334 Green street in Oakland from
J. L. Massie to Mr.. Hedstrom. consid-
Grafton $1,000; a five room dwelling
at 21O North Lake street from William
/ Haven to Andrew Shafer, $1,000.
Jones Brothers have completed the
trade of an eighty acre farm four
miles north Of Howard in Elk county,
owned by w. H. Hickcox. for a six
room dwelling at 415 Cedar street
owned by G. H. Bowman. The values
were $500 in each case. The proper
ties consequently changed hands on
even terms.
| A. A. Rodgers & Company have sold
an eight room modern dwelling al
| 1923 Western avenue to John Kresie
| a retired farmer of Mission creek
| whose sons are now managing his 64o
| acre farm.
w. J. Rickenbacher has sold q IL
room dwelling at 317 East Seventh
street to Lucinda NJ. Emmerson fol
$4,000; also dwelling. at 2125
| Quincy street in Lakewood Park ad-
dition to Sam Comstock, $500.
Recent Arrivals in Topeka.
| A number Of families moved to To-
| peka recently. Following arc lists OF
arrivals furnished by two local trans
fer companies:
| Merchants Transfer company
D. Russell from Denver, moved to
1905 West Eighth avenue: Henry