The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-21
AN ACTIVE week
Great Showing Made I'm Build.
ing Permits.
They Aggregate More Than
Thirty Thousand Dollars.
BUILDING OUTLOOK IS ROSY
Topeka Architects Are Now
Busy Drawing Plans.
Realty Men Expect Lively
Spring and Summer Season.

There was a squirt in Topeka build
ing permits this week. the record for
the single week-more than $4,000
would be fair showing for an entire
month Of February. January showed
a marked increase in permits over the
same period of 1913, and the record
for this month will be above normal
although there was q slump the fore
part of the month.
The permits in the last week call for
the erection of seven new dwellings.
five Of which will be erected by the
Shawnee Agency. The most preten-
tious Of the homes is that which A. L.
Stone will build at sol Taylor street.
It will be q two-story structure en-
bracing many novel iseas.
The big item in the permit list for
the week is that which gave authority
to remodel the s. 8. Kresge property
at 619-621 Kansas avenue, formerly
the Western Union Telegraph COM
pany. These stores were mere shells
and 1t has been necessary to tear them
half down. The actual work OF re-
ed building will have frontage of
fifty feet, and will be decided inn
provement on the avenue.
Some Building Gossip.
There is much building talk MAX
ing the rounds. 1t Is probable there
peka this season, but it is certain that
1914 will be a period of activity in
home building, and there are several
new business structures being planned.
Among the latter is the Office building
of the Kansas Childrens Home socie-
ty in the 900 block on Kansas avenue.
Topeka architects are busy now
preparing plans. They have told the
reporters of some of the homes and
buildings they are designing but they
tuD
that will not be made public for the
time being.
The local realty men are looking
forward to a busy spring and summer
season. Much property is expected to
change hands in the next few months.
Fred B. Cooper has the following to
say in The Construction News rela-
tive to the building situation:
Building Situation in Kansas.
Roam around a little, converse
with the architects of the state, rub
shoulders with your friends. the con-
tractors. the engineers and the f1nan-
ciers Of the country and hear what
they have to say. The pessimist is
quiet: the optimist exuberant. The
architects are designing, the contract
ors figuring. And best of all the plans
and specifications for many large jobs
to come up this summer have already
been prepared and will soon be ready
for figures. Ask any competent con-
tractor about the immediate future.
Bonds are being voted for the erec-
ton of new school houses in every
part Of the state. Many lodge build
ings and churches, as well as hun
dreds of store buildings and resi-
dences are on the budget for 1914
and, in fact, contracts are being
awarded. daily, for the work. Build
ing in Kansas, at present, is much
better than it was last August. Larger
. buildingsNbut not so many of them
are being erected. and there are ten
times as many plans underway as
there were at that time."
Building Permits.
Following is a list of building permits
issued this week:
s. 8. Kresge, remodel business build
ings. 619-621 Kansas avenue. e.......... .$17, 900
Shawnee Agency, one-story DWELL
Ing, 1173 West street. 2O0O
Shawnee Agency, one-stOry dwell
ing, 1723 Quincy street. 1,400
Shawnee Agency, One-story dwell
ing 414 West Sixteenth street. ....... 1000
Shawnee Agency, one and three
fourths story building, AS West
SIXTEENTH street. eet....................... 1000
Shawnee Agency, two-story dwell
ing 1900 Tyler street. 1900
A. L. Stone, two-story dwelling, SOL