The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-08-12
so in S. B. A. HOME
Total Expenditure for Home
Has Reached 100000.
First Building on Site West of
Topeka in 1919.
TuREE EIQEpRnnE PHI nINCH
THREE FIREPROOF BUILDINGS
Heating Plant Was Built at
Cost of S15O,OOO.
Sixty Persons Are Residing at
the Home Now.

Sixty persons, thirty-five children
and twenty-five aged, are residing in
the home of the Security Benefit as
ISOLATION, located west of Topeka on
number of persons using this privilege
is increasing and the property of the
home is being improved.
There are at present three fireproof
brick buildings at the home, to house
the children and aged and a modern
heating plant. The dormitories for
the children and aged contain con-
venient facilities for enjoyable living
conditions and also dining rooms The
dining rooms are spacious and will
care for the occupants of dormitories.
The heating plant, which recently
completed at a cost of abut S150,0O0
will be large enough to heat all build
ings, which will be erected at the
home. 1t contains a laundry with
marble floors and living quarters for
five employees of the home. The chill
dren's dormitory contains marble
floors.
To Build New Hospital.
The contract for the new hospital
of $50 beds will be let in Deoemb er
and construction will be started early
next spring. Only one wing with ca
pacity of fifty beds will be erected at
that time and the complete structure
will be built a conditions warrant.
Another children's dormitory will be
III dbOuI Two years
at a cost of about $4,000.
The children of school aga now at
tend the Wanamaker school, located
short distance west of the home and
young persons of high school age at
tend Wasburn rural high school. A
school will be built at the home in a
few years when more complete plans
are worked out. Thousands of dol
lars of voluntary contributions have
been received for the home and it is
planned eventually to put it on an
endowment basis.
Build Hard Surfaced Roads.
Four road gangs are now laying o.
400 feet of hard surfac ed roads each
week at the home. When these are
completed there will be three miles of
hard surfaced roads on the property.
The approximate cost will be about
$4,000. The roads are of rock and
are tarvia finished. Coal and other
supplies are row being hauled to the
buildings from the spur on the Rock
Island tracks and all materials for the
new hospital viii. be hauled over this
road.
A lake 500 square feet is located on
the property and is well stocked with
fish. A bathing pool will be built
south of the site of the new hospital
in the near future.
First Building Erected I'm 1919.
The first building at tho home was
built in the spring Of 1919. 1t was
built with funds received voluntarily
from members. The home is now
financed by a small assessment re-
ceive0 from members.
Topeka is receiving much advertis-
ing from the home, according TO
James M. Kirkpatrick, national presi-
dent of the association. The Security
Benefit ASSOCIATION is the first bene-
ficiary society in the United States
to build a home which will include
dormitories Cor both children and aged
and a hospital, says Kirkpatrick.
Other beneficiary societies are now
laying similar plans The total ex-
penditure on the new home has now
reached the 100000 mark. Kirk
patrick believes that in a few years
2,00o persons will be enjoying the
benefits of the home.