The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-09
Industrial and Trade Notes.


Last year ], 536 carloads of stave material were
handled on the Carey switch.
In the first six months of the milling year
ending Dec. 81, the Acme Touring mills turned
out 2l2, GAO barrels of -four.
Captain j. A. HUMPHREYS, who was recently
burned out, has rebuilt his factory, and Will be
ready for business on Wednesday next.
A. D. Streight & Co. last yaar handled 4, $780,
600 feet of cherry lumber, large per cent. OF
which was sold to the Pullman Car Company.
The Closer elevator, which partially
burned few weeks ago, has been rebuilt, new
machinery put in, and is now ready Tor busi-
ness.
Chandler IL Taylor, in The year 1887, built Alb
engines. about so DER cent. of which were
shipped to Ohio and Pennsylvania to be used In
mining operations.
The Central Chair Company is now in shape
to do big business and this morning put i've
travelling statesmen on the road. the first safes
men the company has ever sea. out.
Haugh. Keteham g. CO. ara about completing
their contract TO furnish the iron-work for a big
hotel just built at Kansas City. In the structure
there are two hundred tons Of iron work.
It is stated that groceries were sold at
wholesale in Indianapolis last year than in Gin
cinnati. The favorable rates given by roads
centering here helped business good deal.
The United States ercaustic fireworks East
week made, a large shipment OF flooring tiles to
Nevada to be used In new insane asylum aud
some fine private residences going up there.
The Model Clothing Company is putting in
horsepower
works, preparatory to lighting their extensive
store with an elecrricight plant of their own.
indianapolis lumber dealers in 1887 sold 98
600 900 feet of lumber. In this statement is
not included the hardwood lum Der handled, but
simply the lumber used for building purposes.
The Hadley Shoe Company has increased it's
capacity to 100 pairs day. Heretofore sixty
pairs day was the average production. In the
early spring the compauys productive capacity
will be further enlarged.
The Tndiananoiis o. -wOrIs laat YEAR mann
featured 1900 barrels of glue, weighing 200
pounds to the barrel Most of their production
sold in this market to the DESK lounge and
furniture manufactures
The Byrkit Sheathing and Lathing Company
is to remove its headquarters from this city to
Chicago on the 1st of next N onth. assigning as
reason that the lumber interests greater
there than at Indianapolis.
Spiegel, Thoms &c Co.. who have been shut
down for three weeks to make general repairs.
will resume operations on Wednesday. This
year they will GO into the manufacturing of
fancy desks and book cases extensively.
Ice-dealers state that there is not spne-third as
mnch ice put up as at the corresponding date in
1887, and the winter has progressed 80 far that
they fear that the supply of ice next summer
will be considerably below that of last year
The C-spring Cart Company will shortly move
into larger quarters. They propose to build
10000 carts this year. Over one-third of this
nuHlber already ordered. One Southwest
ern' firm offer to Sell 5000 of these carts this
year.
Dean Bros. making duplex pumping en-
CINE for the Soldiers Orphans Home at Knights
town, Ind. 1t will have a capacity for pumping
thousand gallons per minute, and will be
capable of throwing five fire streams the
buildings.
INDIANAPOLIS coal-dealers have been making
heavy shipments of coal to Southern points of
late. G.. r. Root 6 Brothers last week shipped
112 carloads of block. thirty-four Of Pittsourg.
twenty-three of lump and six Of jackson to
Louisville, KY
The interstate law has lost all its terror to
the grain mon at this point. The year be gins
with sixteen regular erain-dealing firms, against
not included brokers or dealers handling grain
limited scale.
G.. IL Gillett 81 Co.. manufacturers of bent
wood wagon material, have expended several
thousand dollars lately improving their works.
Among other things they have added a saw-mill
This establishment ships largely to Australia
and Mexico. and has large trade in New Eng
land.
The honiny-rnil men and starch manufaet-
urers still find it difficult to secure of the
grades they keep them moving. The
two interests are now consuming about $500
bushels OF corn a day. and would use 10, 600
bushels were it on the market at reasonable
prices.
The Builders and Manufacturers Association.
which had shut down for a couple of weeks to
make repairs and put in machinery, re-
sumes operations today full-handed. Last year
the association sold $500 door and window
frames, besides having large sale of other
kinds of its products
The Woodburn-Sarven wheel-works have COM
menced removing portion of their machinery
from the southern building South Illinois
street which they occupy. to their new buildings
on the west side of the river. The company ex-
poet that it will be two years before they get
all their new buildings up and are well settled
in them.
The Indianapolis cotton-nill has at last got
well upon its feet. Three years ago last Friday
the present owners purchased the property.
which had been partially burned, and rebuilt il.
They have been putting in new machinery and
now said to have the best cotton mill west OF
the Allegheny mountains. Possibly there are
larger mills, but in none is there much i'm
proved machinery. Last year they turned out
5, 400 cotton warps, aud expact this year to turn
out double that number. They find trouble
in disposng of their production
This Weeks Amusements.
The original Lights of London" George r.
Sims's popular English melodramma, will be
the attraction Enelish's the latter part of this
week. It will be given elaborate scenic pro-
ducton, and a strong cast including nearly all
of the people who were in the original cast. The