The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-03-22
To Take Assignment Contracts
and Proceed With Work.
CHAMBER COMMERCE MEETING
Of Importance Announced To-
day i'm Letter TO Members.
l "SmOker" Tuesday Evening
The Convention City.
Over TwO-ThirdS Hotel Ma
terial Bought Year Ago.

The contract has been secured for
the construction OF THE Hotel Kan
san." at the corner of Ninth and KAN
sas avenue.
On Thursday the board of direc-
tors of the Kansas Hotel company di-
rected its officers to take over the
assignments of the various contracts
made by the Bankers Realty Invest
ment company of Omaha with the
North American Hotel company; au-
thorized the taking over of various
contracts made year ago. mainly
with Topeka firms. for cement. brick.
glass. etc, for material to go into the
building; and authorized the company
to go ahead with the construction st
once; the complete plans of the ten
story hotel were presented by Archi-
tect Fitzpatrick and adopted.
A supplementary contract TO be a
part of the other contracts was agreed
upon between the board of directors OF
the Kansas Hotel company, Architect
Fitzpatrick of the Bankers Realty In
vestment company and Arthur w.
Gross. vice president of the North
American Hotel Co.
This contract was drawn by Edwin
A. Austin. attorney. of Topeka. under
the direction of the board of directors
of the Kansas Hotel Company. MIR.
Austin having passed favorably upon
the legal matters and drafting vari-
Gus changes in contracts which were
severally agreed upon by the differ
ent parties
Architect Fitzpatrick returned to
n
pare duplicate plans as adopted. for
filing forthwith. with the Fire and
Building Marshal of Topeka and the
Commission of the City OF Topeka.
The Cha amber of Commerce is send
ing out today a letter to all members
about a smoker to be given at the
rooms next Tuesday evening.
In the letter is this important para
graph:
"The Hotel Kansan, the Big Topic.
"Proba bly, the most important sub
ject to come up at the smoker Tues
day evening is the subscription of the
$35, 900 to the six per cent Hotel stock.
to meet Topeka's pledge of 100000
for the hotel at Ninth and Kansas
avenues. A supplementary letter at
tached. prepared by the Officers of
the Hotel Kansan. gives the details of
the enterprise whose prompt compile
ton is SO necessary to make Topeka.
THE CONVENTION CITY of Kansas
and the Middle West"
| And accompanying the letter IL a
supplementary one about The Hotel
| Kausan now under construction by
! the Kansas Hotel company at the cor
ner of Ninth and Kansas avenue.
This letter reads as follows:
The New Hotel Kansan.
'It is generally conceded that the
! most important institution Topeka
/ needs now in the interest and neces-
| sity of making this the Convention
! City Is the Hotel Kansan. "A structure
now underway on the four lots at
| Ninth and Kansas avenue.
| This hotel will be a modern ten
story fireproof hosiery, with all ia
/ ciIities for conventions. COMMITTEES
meetings. cafes. banquets and halls OF
various sizes.
THE contract for the construction
Of the hotel building was let this week
to the Bankers Realty company Of
Omaha, the lots have been taken over.
the old buildings removed and the
excavations made. Work Will begin
on the foundation within few days
over tWo-thirds OF the material Tor
the entire completed hotel construc-
tion was purchased at the low prices
prevailing over a year ago. inciud nE
5000 barrels of cement at an enor-
nous saving under present prices
| Topeka has subscribed $1sS.O0o
The city was asked to buy 100000
worth OF per cent cumulative stock,
Thirty-five thousand dollars is yet to
be raised Then the Bankers Really
Investment company buys S1Oo, 600 Of
this same stock we have bought, at the
same price. par.
Now the Kansas Hotel company will
sell 100000 or more additional stock
In Kansas, outside of Topeka. for this
fhotel.
1.-THE one important thing that the
Chamber Of Commerce should DO at
once is to sell to Topekans this $4,000
NEEDED to make the pledges good
Icome out Tuesday night and be pre-
pared to subscribe 1t.
The $4,000 already paid In f.
protected by the American Surety cum
pany bond on file with the Bank of
Topeka. This bond guarantees the
speedy construction and completion Of
the hotel. or the return Of the money
,Topekans have already psid.
THE hotel will be built by the Eame
Onna ha people that had contracted TO
build it for the North American Hotel
! company. but this contract has now
been assigned to and accepted BY The
Kansas Hotel company, whose officers
and directors are:
Prank p MaeLennan. presid ent ;
H a Auerbach. vice president: G. g.
1 Elliott. secretary: David Bowie. treas
urer; George p. McEniire. Arnin
Fassler. George Godfrey Moore. H. n.
welty. II. D. Yoder and L. NJ. Penweri.
The koteI shares already owned
: and paid for IN cash by the above
. named men constitute over half Of
1.-The sI5o.o00 paid In by Topekans