The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-10-29

1t Is stated that ninety-two mauufactories in
Indianapolis and its suburbs are now supplied
with natural gas.
Kingan & Co. last week killed 500 hogs per
day, and on the first OF next month will in
crease to 4 900 a day.
electric lighting plant to jackson, Miss, for the
lighting Of its streets.
Parrot e. Tsggsrt, bakers. will this week move
into their new quarters on tho corner of Georgia
and Pennsylvania streets.
1t is estimated that indianapolis packers
are now carrying 800, 900 pounds of hog products
against 0 ,000 pounds a. the corresponding date
in 1887.
Hollwee G. Reese sold this season IL 200 gross
OF fruit jars against 1000 gross last year. 1t is
by far the largest business they have ever done
in fruit jars.
The Indianapolis Cabinet Company on Satur.
day shipped two carloads of desks to San Fran
cisco. This company is now turning out Fifty
desks per day.
have beer busy. The demands OF the canning,
starch and other classes OF packing-houses have
been unusually large.
The Mccoy Manufacturing Company has its
buildings on the West Side completed and will
this week get the machinery into position.
Work will begin early next month.
The mince-meat-naksrs have begun business
ou OIL cAtcublFe BCdit. LUG turec Iuduuihctorle9
expect 10 turn out about two million pounds of
meat within the next six months, which Ia the
usual length Of the season.
Coffin, Greenstreet g. Fletcher will begin
slauehterinR hogs on Nov. 10. They expect to
do 40 per cent. more packing this year than last.
The improvements they have made enable them
to largely increase their capacity.
The Sinksr-Davis Company is making an ex-
tensive addition to its boiler-works, which, with
the machine-shop. will, when the Improvement
is COMPLETED, cover nearly one square between
the Union tracks and Georgia street.
W. II. Coleman is running his stsve and head
ing factory day and night, using seventy-fve to
eighty carloads OF rough lumber per week. His
foreign business is 100 per cent. heavier than at
any time since he has been In business.
Lumber-deslers and plsnine-mill men report
their business still good Usually it drops of
after the middle of September, but this year is
an exception. IL is largely due to the fact that
SO many small houses and cottages arc being
built
A careful estimate shows that the railroads
have brought into indianapolis since March j,
3,46c carloads OF stone. 2. 060 for building pur-
poses. 1000 for the Union Railway Company,
and 1.500 thus far TOR the Washington-stre i'm
provement
Indianapolis elevators on Saturday last con-
tanned 484. 42S bushels Of grain against 476, 400
bushels for the corresponding period of 1887.
There are l36, GAG more bushels OF wheat, 81, 800
bushels less Of corn, 67,04l less of oats, and 224
less OF rye.
The furniture factories have better times
again, the dullpess of the last three months
having disappeared. Their orders come largely
from the Southwest and Pacific coast. Prices
at points Of consignment have adjusted them
selves to the advanced rates.
The canned goods packing season is about
over. The Van Camp company has put up 240.-
600 dozen cans. About one-third Of the product
is beans and peas, one-third corn and the
remainder tomatoes. The company is shipping
goods into the New England States and to the
West and Northwest.
The Indianapolis csr-works to-day and here
after will have q double force In their wood and
iron Departments. The works are now using
twelve carloads of lumber and six car loads OF
iron per day. The c., B. 4 Q. cars, work on
which is to begin to-day, will require ZOO feet
of yellow and 1000 feet Of white pine, and 200
feet Of oak. The pig-iron for the wheels alone
will amount to 4.S00 pounds per car, and the
four axles 10 each car will weigh l,56O pounds.