The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-11-25
MISS Topeka THANKFUL
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thankful. The merchant, the doctor
the lawyer the banker, and the
| candlestick maker all rejoice when
they think of the excellent trade they
have had in the past year. And the
thankfulness in Topeka today is not
animated by a mercenary spirit. There
are those who are glad that they are
alive and well and able to enjoy the
dinners that will be served from thou
sands of kitchens.
Day of Enjoyment.
Topeka people will celebrate the day
in many ways. Special services will be
held in the various churches where
appropriate thanks will be given. The
auto races at the fair grounds will fur
nish entertainment for some, others
will attend the high school-Wamego
football game at League park. and the
soccer football enthusiasts will watch
the K. u. team in contest with the
Santa Fe soccer players.
Dinners for Poor.
Through the efforts of the conf
Dental exchange 400 poor families
were made happy today by wholesome
Thanksgiving dinners. This is the
first time such a plan has been used
to bring happiness to Topeka's poor.
| The produce men say that the sale
of turkeys, ducks, geese, and chickens
| this year has broken record. one
firm sold LOO of the festive birds to
say nothing of the thousands OF
smaller birds that were disposed of on
| the market this week.
The city is normally free from crime
as the records at the police station
show. And Topeka is growing in
| citizenship, commercially, and indus
| trially.
Money in Banks.
| Sitting in his office this morning, J..
Will Kelley, secretary of the CONNER
statement from the banks and building
and loan associations of the city and
found many things that Topeka should
| be thankful for.
| These bank statements show that
approximately IS millions of dollars
are on deposit in the various financial
| institutions of the city. This s million
represents a healthy growth in To-
peka's business in the last five years.
| The comparison is made from the
statements of eight banks reporting in
1910 and nine banks reporting this
year.
The following table shows the in
crease:
Capital ..........:.s ee 900 74 1900
f beposifs 10 sssSs 1883 ssSss
Loans .............. 7,911,299 6,O44,177. 40
Add to the deposits of the banks the
| s7.700,000 in assets of the Topeka
building and loan associations and
there is approximately $1S,000,0O0 on
deposit in Topeka. To the business
men these figures spell success and
| growth. With such a showing the city
stands almost alone in comparison
| with other cities of a similar size in
| the country.
| In the last few months Topeka
stores on Kansas avenue have remod-
eled their buildings and fronts and
the main street of the city has a better
appearance today than ever. It is
| another evidence of the prosperity of
| the city on the KaW.
| A Few of the Thankfuls.
Resides hainO
roar of the guns in Europe here are
some of the things Topeka has to be
thankful for:
Two miles of ornamental lighting
system.
Eighty-fi miles of paving.
One hundred and twenty miles sew
erage system.
| Seventy-five miles water mains.
Two hundred and forty acres city
parks and Fairgrounds.
twenty-five public schools, three
parochial schools.
Two hundred and sixty teachers, s.
| 900 pupils.
Seventy-five churches-three Y. NJ.
c. A buildings-one Y. w. c. A.
Four hospitals.
State capitol, state hospital, indus
| trial school for boys, state printing
plant
Memorial building, costing 100000,
in honor of Kansas soldiers of the
Civil war.
Washburn college, Industrial Insti-
tute for co1ored boys and girls and
three business colleges.
General offices and principal shops
A. T. & S. F. railway.
Largest creamery in the world.
Two hundred and twenty-five man.
ufac curing plants.
Topeka manufacturing plants in
creased 81 per cent in eight years; an
increase of 100 per cent in employees
in factories in eight years.
Ten thousand people employed in
Topeka. Payroll $5,000,000 per an
num- Value of manufactured prod
ucts $4,000, 900, annually.
Thirty-three jobbing and wholesale
houses