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TOPEKA 
 
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 KANSAS 
 
 A CAPITAL CITY 
 
 ILLUSTRATED 
 1911 
 
 Embraci)igthe Banks and Financial 
 
 Institutions^ Manufacturing and 
 
 yobbing Interests^ Public and 
 
 Commercial Buildings^ and 
 
 All Places of Interest in 
 
 and about the City. 
 
 PRICE ONE DOLLAR 
 
 COPYRIGHT APPLIED FOR BY 
 A. OWEN JENNINGS 
 

 INTRODUCTORY 
 
 IN presenting you with 
 this boolc it is not 
 alone as a souvenir, 
 but to show you by 
 actual iUustrations what 
 Topeka is, and what she 
 has to oflfer to the home- 
 seeker, investor, merchant 
 or manufacturer, and that 
 she is a Capital City indeed. 
 All of the views and engrav- 
 ings were made especially 
 for this book, and it is with 
 no little feeling of pride that 
 we present it to you, be- 
 lieving that it represents 
 the highest standard of the 
 photographer's, engrav<^r's 
 and printer's art. 
 Yours very truly, 
 
 A. OWEN JENNINGS 
 
 PUBLISHER 
 319 Boonfi//e Slrcet, Spring fieL/, Mo. 
 
 Press of 
 
 The Adams Brothers Co. 
 
 Engravings by 
 Topeka Engraving Co. 
 
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TOPEKA 
 
 KANSAS 
 
 Municipal Information 
 
 Population, 50,000. 
 
 2 Daily Newspapers; Combined circulation 55,000. 
 36 Other Regular Publications; Circulation 1,600,000. 
 
 72 Churches, 3 Y. M. C. A. Buildings, 1 Y. W. C. A. Building. 
 26 Public Schools, 225 Teachers, 6,700 Pupils. 
 
 Washburn College and Bethany College (1,200 Students), 6 Business 
 Colleges. 
 6 Hospitals; annual revenue $1,000,000. 
 9 Public Parks. 
 68 Miles of Paving; 355 Miles of Brick and Cement Sidewalks. 
 110 Miles of Sewerage System. 
 70 Miles of Water Mains. City owns Water Plant. 
 49 Miles of Electric Street Railway. 7 Miles Suburban. 
 4 Lines of Steam Railway. 60 Passenger Trains Daily. 
 9 Banks with Capital and Surplus of $1,300,000. 
 
 3 Building and Loan Associations. Assets $4,500,000. 
 
 29 Wholesale and Jobbing Houses, 376 Manufacturing Plants. Annual 
 Business of Over $22,000,000. 
 6 Flouring Mills. Daily Capacity 3,600 Barrels. 
 
 Topeka has the Largest Creamery in the World. Manufactures 8,000,- 
 
 000 Pounds of Butter, and Ships 50,000,000 Eggs Annually. 
 Topeka has the Largest Railway Repair Shops in the World, 4,500 
 
 Employes . 
 Topeka has the Largest Auditorium in the State, Seating 4,200; con- 
 tains $18,000 Pipe Organ. 
 110 Miles of Natural Gas Mains (10 and 25 cents per 1,000 feet). 
 Telephones, 10,000. 
 
 Topeka has an ideal climate. Altitude, 1,000 feeet. Ma.ximum tem- 
 perature, 102 degrees; Minimum, 8 degrees. Mean temperature during 
 the summer months, 74 degrees; winter months, 30 degrees. Precipitation, 
 35 inches. Sunshine 278 days in the year. 
 
 Comparison of taxes levied for city purposes only, based on 1911 levy, 
 per $1,000 of valuation: 
 
 TOPEKA 
 
 $6.30 
 
 Denver . . 
 
 12.84 
 
 St. Louis 
 
 9 58 
 
 Pittsburg 
 
 ... . 13.80 
 
 Boston . . . 
 
 . 12.81 
 
 Cleveland - 
 
 . 8.04 
 
 Cincinnati 
 
 ... , .8.01 
 
 Kansas City 
 
 Mo 6.20 
 
 iMilwaukee 
 
 . 7.2fi 
 
 Seattle . . . 
 
 7.40 
 
 Minneapolis 
 St. Paul . 
 Rochester . 
 Toledo . . 
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 Scranton 
 Atlanta 
 New Haven 
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 PATRONS OF THIS PUBLICATION 
 
 MANUFACTURERS AND JOBBERS. 
 
 W. O. ANDERSON & CO., Wholesale 
 Produce, etc. 206-20S Kansas Ave. 
 
 CAPITAL SHIRT FACTORY. 624 
 Kansas Ave. 
 
 CONTINENTAL CREAMERY. 200- 
 21S Polk St. 
 
 •CROSBY ROLLER MILLING CO. 
 Cor. Tenth and Washington. 
 
 DAVIS MERCANTILE CO., Whole- 
 sale Grocers. 101-107 N. Kansas 
 Ave. 
 
 CHAS. S. EAGLE, Cigar Manufac- 
 turer. 729 Kansas Ave.; 70S-710 
 Jackson St. 
 
 JENSEN MANUFACTURING CO. 700 
 E. Eighth St. 
 
 KAW MILLING CO. Cor. Monroe and 
 Curtis. 
 
 •OTTO KUEHNE PRESERVING CO. 
 N. Topeka Ave. and Curtis St. 
 
 THOMAS PAGE, Mid-Continent Mills. 
 Cor. Norris and Quincy. 
 
 SHAWNEE MILLS. 235 Kansas Ave. 
 
 W. A. L. THOMPSON HARDWARE 
 CO. .511-513 Kansas Ave.; 506-510 
 Jackson St. 
 
 TOPEKA ICE AND FUEL CO. Cor. 
 First and Jackson. 
 
 TOPEKA MILLING CO. Cor. Crane 
 and Adams. 
 
 TOPEKA STEAM BOILER WORKS. 
 Joseph Bromich, Prop'r. 113-129 
 Jefferson. 
 
 WESTERN FOUNDRY AND MA- 
 CHINE WORKS. Cor. Second and 
 Jefferson. 
 
 AVHITEKER BROS., Wholesale Pro- 
 duce. 100-102 N. Kansas Ave. 
 
 CHAS. WOLFF PACKING CO. Foot 
 of Quincy. 
 
 RETAIL INTERESTS. 
 
 THE CROSBY BROS. CO. 717-719 
 Kansas Ave.; 712-716 Jackson St. 
 
 EMAHIZER & SPIELMAN FURNI- 
 TURE CO. 519 Kansas Ave. 
 
 HALL STATIONERY CO. R. F. 
 Moore, Mgr. 623 Kansas Ave. 
 
 C. R. MILLER, Wall Paper. 114 W. 
 Eighth Ave. 
 
 MILLS DRY GOODS CO. Mills Build- 
 ing, cor. Ninth and Kansas Ave. 
 
 R. F. MOORE, Mgr. Hall Stationery 
 Co. 623 Kansas Ave. 
 
 PALACE CLOTHING CO. 709-711 
 Kansas Ave. 
 
 SHAPIRO. & ENGLISH, "The Out- 
 look," Ladies' Cloaks and Suits. 733 
 Kansas Ave. 
 
 REAL ESTATE, LOANS, INSUR- 
 ANCE, ETC. 
 
 I. L. BETZER, Real Estate. Room 
 A, New England Building. 
 
 JNO. F. CARTER, Loans. Aetna 
 Building. 
 
 J. F. CASEBEER, Real Estate. GOl- 
 2 New England Building. 
 
 HOME REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. 
 
 C. A. MOORE, Life Insurance. Cen- 
 tral National Bank. 
 
 GEO. M. NOBLE & CO., Real Estate 
 and Insurance. 435 Kansas Ave. 
 
 PIONEER MORTGAGE CO. Farm 
 
 Mortgages. Mulvane Building. 
 
 JNO. Q. RO'VCE, Loans. Aetna Build- 
 ing. 
 
 STANDARD LAND CO., Real Estate. 
 435 Kansas Ave. 
 
 THE STRAUSS AGENCY, Real Es- 
 tate. 1061/2 West Fifth. 
 
 B. H. TALLMADGE, Pueblo-Rocky 
 Ford Land Co. 315 New England 
 Building. 
 
 R. L. TINKER, Real Estate. 322 New 
 England Building. 
 
 C. B. WINGETT, Real Estate. 109 
 West Sixth. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 E. E. AMES, Vice-President Central 
 National Bank. 700 Kansas Ave. 
 
 ARNBERG & BLOOM, Tailors. 525 
 
 New England Building. 
 L. G. HEAL. 422 New England 
 
 Building. 
 ARTHUR J. BOLINGER, Lawyer. 
 
 501 Jackson. 
 W. F. BOWEN, Physician. SOI West- 
 ern Ave. 
 A. W. BRONSON. Central National 
 
 Bank. 
 J. R. BURROW. President Central 
 
 National Bank. 700 Kansas Ave. 
 CENTRAL NATIONAL BANK. 700 
 
 Kansas Ave. 
 
 F. W. FREEMAN, Vice President 
 Merchants National Bank. 501 
 Kansas Ave. 
 
 A. A. GODARD, Lawyer. Shawnee 
 
 Fire Building. 
 SETH A. HAMMEL, Physician. 811 
 
 Kansas Ave. 
 
 D. J. HATHAWAY, Manager J. 
 Thomas Lumber Co. 721 N. Kan- 
 sas Ave. 
 
 EDWIN HINKEL. 407 and 408 Mul- 
 vane Building. 
 
 INDEPENDENT TELEPHONE CO. 
 812-814 Jackson. 
 
 JOLLEY & BLANCHARD, Grain 
 Dealers. 401 New England Build- 
 ing. 
 
 WM. MACFERRAN, President The 
 State Savings Bank. 601 Kansas 
 Ave. 
 
 TOPEKA PANTATORIUM. 115 W. 
 Seventh. 
 
 PERKINS FASHION STABLES. 112- 
 114 W. Fifth. 
 
 JNO. H. RINEHART, Physician. 612- 
 614 Kansas Ave. 
 
 FRANK C. SQUIRES. Architect. 628 
 Kansas Ave. 
 
 A. A. ROBINSON. 900 Tyler. 
 
 STATE SAVINGS BANK. 601 Kan- 
 sas Ave. 
 
 THROOP HOTEL. Cor. Fourth and 
 Kansas Ave. 
 
 WASHBURN COLLEGE. Cor. Euclid 
 and College. 
 
 F. W. WATSON, Nurseryman. 401 
 N. Topeka Ave. 
 
 J. W. WRIGHT, City Treasurer. 
 City Hall. 
 
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