The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-03-01
Bond Registrations This Year
Breaking All Records.
Amount to $4,711,S0S.49 Janu-
airy and February.
YEARS TOTAL 28 MILLION?
Would More Than Double Any
Previous Registration.
Big Highway Construction Pro-
gram-WOrk Resumed Today.

After-the-war prosperity and inn
provement bonds have hit Kansas cit
les and counties Bond registrations
for January and February amounted
to s4.711.SOS.49, of which the Febru-
ary registration comprised sS.079.-
9s2.51. In spite of the fact that Feb
ruary is the shortest month Of the
year, the registration for the month
just ended was by far the greatest
record for city. county and district
bonds ever known in Kansas.
Just as Kansas towns and cities are
preparing for record building booms.
so the cities and counties are plan
ming to keep pace with unprecedented
internal improvements. Millions of
dollars worth of paving and perma-
nent road work has been planned for
the coming summer. Contracts for
this work have been let in many com
munfties and the year will see the
greatest development Of internal i'm
provements ever witnessed in this
, state.
Start Road Work Today.
Highway building which has been
tied up on account of the winter sea
son again will get under way this
/ month. In several cases work sus-
pended during the winter was resumed
today. A number of giant hard sur
: face road and city paving contracts
; are yet to be let. With bonds ap-
proved and marketed. the various
! communities will be able to get their
work we'll under way before arrival OF
the midsummer season.
february's great record for bond
registration is accepted by Fred W.
Knapp. state auditor, as an indication
or unsurpassed improvement activity
Tor the state. The months record OF
$3,O79.sS2.5 bond registration is
slightly more than ten times the show
ing for the same month one year ago
In spite. of the fact that the arnistice
had been signed, the 1919 February
bond registrations totaled only $3O2.-
492.ll. The 1000 per cent increase is
believed to indicate a general tendency
to extend public works to overcome
the wartime lull.
Years Total OF Be S2s.27O.s5O?
The new year started off with an
enormous bond registration. The list
ing of 81 ,631. .s25.9S worth of bonds in
January was a phenomenal record for
the opening month of the year.
Should the record of January and
February be maintained during 1920.
a total of s2S,27o,s50.s4 worth OF
bonds would be registered during the
present calendar year. This is more
than double any previous years record
for Kansas
Only few of the big highway and
paving issues in Kansas were regis
tered during February. Some of the
really big ones include. 100000
Sedgwick county road bonds, sos 900
Wichita city paving bonds, S15s.O0O
Wichita city internal improvement
bonds. s135.000 Harper city paving
bonds, and $160.000 Augusta city paw
ing bonds. Issues for a number. OF
other cities and counties where big
improvement contracts are to be let
this spring. will be registered in the
next few months
, Believe 1t Will Continue.
) There is a belief that the heavy
: registration will continue thruout the
year. In many communities bonds
! will be registered late next fall in or
der that contracts may be let and pre-
liminary work started. This plan may
be successfully carried o1t. especially
2 where winter grading and culvert
! building is done in preparation for
permanent highway building