The Indianapolis daily herald. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1865-1868, 1865-12-25
InainnnreIis Manufacturer.


must depend for future growth. upon manu-
featuring establishments. This i sclf-evi-
dent proposition. These manufacturing csiab-
lishments must b. erected and operated 10y
capital. Manufacturing labor mos; be employed
by capital devoted % manufacturing industry
Capital now exists in fhi- city sufficient 70 cx-
tend hen manufacturing Interests 10 any in
definite extent. II IL. posses.ors will withdraw
Il from speculation and devote II 70 that in
terc.i. II j. time % stop building business
houses and specializing ia real estate. except
In specicl eases, and Ia turn our attention h.
supplying the articles with which 10 stock
businc-. houses, aud giving employment TO
the labor that will need q occupy real estate.
our city can be made permanently CONNER
cial by first making il manufacturing city.
II has The element. Il such city. Build the
Crawfords,ille and Ninccnnes Railroads, AMI
we can compete ia manufacturing with any
city In the west And we feel painfully eer-
tain that umle.. our moncycd men, and we
have many u them. turn their attention and I
means Ia this direction. Indianapolis has seen /
is best days. There are many kinds I
Of manufactures for which there j. fine +
opening here and which would be safely in. /
vested In because there VIII forever be a home 4
demand for the articles manufactured. We
feel somewhat authorized 90 speak on this sub I
iect from the interest IN il wc have ever felt, I
the attention We hayr given IL. and the obscr- /
walton and experience by which We have been I
instructed In the premises.
When we came 10 this city, near twenty
years ago. there We're almost no manufactures /
here. Now there are many, aud we have aided |
somewhat in establishing them. How many
there are now. and what they are, IL would be
interesting 10 all to know. Desiring TO obtain
this knowledge, and knowing no other means
OF acquiring II but individual effort ON the
simple suggestion. Charles l.. Virgins, Esq.
OF the enterprisIng public-spirted firm Of
Case, Marsh 4 Virgins, volunteered TO procure
for us list Of our manufacturing establish
ments, with brief notes respecting them, -
that we might present 10 our readers. IN sue
cessive numbers Of the HERALD. view, /
though, of course. very imperfect one, OF the
extent and variety Of the manufactures Of our
beautiful and now rapidly growing city.
/. GRErNLEAF's MACHINE SHOP
And. first on the list, place, the ma I
chine shop of Mr.. GREENLEAF, No. 33j south
Tennessee street, established in 1860. We
give Mr.. GREESLEAF the head of the list, not
because OF the extent Of his establishment. but
because he Is our pioneer machinist, and one
Of our best, 10 whom il Is the custom 10 refer
all disputed points In mechanics. lie came TO
this city from Cincinnati, in 1850, and COM
menced. in small way, in an old frame shop
on the site where the Eagle Machine Works,
late the Washington foundry, ETC., now stand.
lie started his present not large establishment
In 1860; he employs eleven hands, five Of them
with families. some Of them Americans and
some Of foreign birth. Wages in his shop from
81 30 to - % day. Business is good. Ex-
poets to enlarge his establishment in the spring
II is driven 10y steam power.
,. UNION NOVELTY WORKS.
Next we notice the Union Novelty Works of
FRINK " MORE, No. - Georgia street. They
were established in 1863. by FRINK 4 SON
Here are made all kinds Of small castings; and
Machine work generally i performed. They
employ fourteen men. onc-half Of them married
Wages from - to - per day. Their business
Is prosperous, and extending. and they will
add three story extension to their building
in the spring. They run by steam.
3. PHd.NIN IRON FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
SHOP, No. $40 WEST WASHINGTON STREET.
These works were erected in 1859. by Wig
fgns and Chandler. Were destroyed by Feb
ruary, $50; rebuilt and enlarged the same year
by Chandler and Taylor. The establishment
is driven by water from the canal. Thirty
live hands are employed. most Of them Ameri-
cans, and two-third, of them married men.
They make castings and do machine work
generally; make cane mills, drag saws. etc.
Business i growing.
4. HETHERINGToN's MACHINE SHOP
This small establishment was started i'm 1863
at No. lsS South Pennsylvania street. by W.
Il. +. lIetherington He builds and enlarges
in the spring. and will do all kinds Of machine
work, repairing, etc. He now employs but
three men, one of them married. Has plenty
of work. Runs by steam.
). INDIANAPOLIS SAW FACTORY.
This commenced operations at No. 1876. South
Pennsylvania street in 1864: employs two
single men. Crowded with work. Builds and
enlarges IN the spring Thomas Farley is pro-
prietor.
&. PHOENIX BELL AND BRASS FOUNDRY.
This is the not large establishment Of STEP
FINS X SCHNEIDER, at No. 26, Union Railroad
track, erected in 1864; they employ five men,
three of them married; business good and in
creasing. and they build a large addition to
enable them to extend operations in the spring.
Make all kinds Of brass and zine castings.
etc.
=. METROPOLITAN MACHINE SHOP AND WAGON
FACTORY.
I'LL al
ington and Tennessee streets, came from
BEARD, through STARR. to CASE A MARSH
and then TO CASE, MARSH \ WIGGINs. its pres
ent proprietors who engaged i'm their present
business in 1854 They manufacture acricul-
tural implements. cane mills, drag saws
wagons. etc; they have rapid growing bust
ness. requiring constant additions of maehin-
cry, etc. They employ twenty-five men, one
half of whom are married Wages are from
81 90 to 50 90 per day steam power is the
motive.
:. HUB. LAST. AND SPOKE FACTORY.
This was started IN lSi7 a. peg and last
factory. by oSGOoD a CRAWFORD: in 1873.
was destroyed by fire; rebuilt and operated bv
OsGooD till lS1j. when the firm of OsGoop 4
SMITH was created which still continue. tho
! re-
burnt out in 1858. bat with railroad speed they
rebuilt and enlarged. They do most nro.-
porous business. and are unable to supply the
demand. Employ sixty men. half of them
married. Wages - - per day. Run bv
! steam. Location Ne 30 south Illinois street.
.. LAST AND BOOT TREE FACTORY.
Established in the fall Of 1850 on south ILL.,
nois street. one square south Of Union Depot.
by PHELPS. loNG \ KEMP. formerly en-
ployes Of osGooD. Their building is new.
their machinery driven 10y steam their bust
ness excellent. Employ fifteen hands Ameri-
can and German. paying them from s. - to
- % per day. About half are married.
10. CENTRAL PAPER MILL.
Built 10y J. MCLENE X Co. in ls,i3: injured
/ by explosion If boiler soon after: repaired snd
enlarged without delay; crowded with bust |
nes>. Employ thirty men. one-half married I
/ Water from canal. the motive power.
/ n. FILE WORKS. No. $50 SOUTH PENNSYLVANIA