The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-09-18

them in the future growth of the city.
The plan would probably tread on
the toes of some good citizens occa-
sionally, but any clear-minded business
man can see that it would add i'm
mensely more to the values of the
city's property. The working out of
plans and the adopting may take sew
eraI years. In time it would probably
be found that it would be necessary
to get a few acts thru the legislature
in order to give effect to some of the
provisions of the plan
Factory districts in a city plan and
residence districts can be clearly de-
fined. If union station for Topeka
is desirable. a city plan would probably
show where it ought to be. The earlier
a city adopts a city plan the less the
cost and the better the results. The
| plan would not only cover the present
limits of Topeka but would extend for
several miles in every direction. 1t
would not tolerate an addition to the
city of Topeka where streets did not
conform to the streets already laid
out. That is. by using a system and a
plan, we would at once do away with
| dangerous corners and intersections,
| such as Topeka has many today. With
the increasing automobile traffic there
are numerous intersections and
| dangerous corners that will have to
be Strengthened out and made safe"
1T is not the idea to rebuild Topeka
in year. Mayor Corwine says. mo
great immediate changes will take
place An adopted plan, backed up
by public sentiment, which is as strong
as law, will save costly mistakes in the
future"
My Dear Prospective Buyer:
| L have just been. wondering if you
| got located yet. You know you called
me up the other day and asked me to
give you list of the properties I have
for sale. I was very glad to do that,
but really. it works a hardship on me.
| Y on see the other day 1 did that for a
lady and the first thing I knew she
was trying to get around me and buy
direct from the owner. My real estate
list to me is what groceries are to the
grocer. 1t is my stock in trade. I'm
proud of it and 1 like to show my
goods to the ones I think are really
interested in what have.
/ I don't want to scoId you, but YOU
DID something twice that seemed a
little unfair. You promised to come
in and see me again about some prop
erty about $3.50 p. m, and I waited
until 6 o'clock and never a word
Again you called for a Sis appoint
ment which you didn't keep, and kept
me from attending to some very i'm
portant matters. I know you didn
intend to inconvenience me, but if you
would keep your appointments it
would help me to keep mine.
There is one thing I want to say,
and that in a friendly way. Whenever
lyou want to know about a certain
piece of property which 1 have and
you desire to telephone about it, dom
be backward about saying who you
are. If you are in earnest you will
not hesitate to do that, because you
know that I, being a rea1tor, am not
| going to impose upon your time to
Hook at properties which I know very
well you do not want.
I am in this business to give you
service, to earn an honest living, and
to help to make this town a better
place for all of us to live in. If I do
a good deed for you, don't hesitate to
tell your neighbor, and if don't won't
you please tell me. Yours truly.
REALTOR.
Property values on buildings con-
structed four to eight years ago have
increased tremendously. according to
J. L. Hersh, assistant secretary of the
Capitol Building & Loan Association
but nothing to compare with new con-
struction.
The association made Is loans in the
last week totalling $4,000. Topeka
has always been known and has at
tracted home owners, Hersh says, fol-
the simple reason that real estate is
lower here than any PLACE else OF
equal size. This is partly due to the
fact that lot values have not increased
during the last ten years to speak OF
and that lot values thruout the
city are much lower than elsewhere.
Hersh does not forecast any reduc-
lions in prices. basing his observations
on the fact that wages will not be re-
duced and materials will not be re-
duced appreciably because of long
freight hauls and the cost of handling
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