The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-02

the last ten days received orders for seventeen
carloads of their goods TO be delivered within
sixty days.
ployment to 100 men, have the past year turned
out about ten desks per day. and have found
ready sale for all their production IN this coun-
try. The company will soon increase their pro-
ouctive capacity.
ID. e. Stone & Co. manufacturers of fancy
desks and tables, state that their books show
that last year they did 90 per cent more
business than in 1856 This spring they pro-
pose to enlarge their works and give employ
ment TO 100 or more men.
On Dec. 81 indianapolis elevators contained
4io.40 bushels Of grain, against 632. aoo at the
corresponding date in 1856. There are a, 436
more bushels of wheat in store than last year,
while there 1872, 40 fewer bushels OF corn
and lie, $50 fewer bushels of oats.
The Atkins saw-works have just closed one of
che most prosperous years in the history of the
establishment. During the year they have EN-.
ployed on an average 225 hands, and much OF
the time have been SO crowded with orders that
they were obliged to work overtime.
Dean Bros. have shipped air pump for agi-
tating oils to Houston, Tex They have
usual rush of business, and this week shipped
their steam pumps to Buffalo, N. Y; Keokuk,
Ia; Los Cerrilos N M; Baltimore. Md; Port
Huron. Mich; Columbus Ga, and Mount Yer
non, o.
Last year the Indianapolis Stove Foundry
Company turned out, in round numbers, H. 600
company are preparing to enlarge their works
and increase their production one-third. The
business last year was the largest since their
foundry was established.
The stock of ice at the close of the season last
year the lightest in any of the last ten years
preceding. One of the largest dealers says: III
we have six weeks of cold weather, and packing
ice is carried on to greater extent than last year.
the ice-dealers will enter the coming summer
with less ice in store than they had on March l,
1887 -
The 500 barrel roller mill and elevator which
is being erected in Auckland. New Zealand, by
the Nordyke q Marmon Company. is nearing
completion, and Nordyke e. Marmon's miller has
left here to start it in operation. Their season
now is equal 10 June here. G. e. Nordyke
writes from there shat they have strawberries
SIX inches in circumference.
The Jenney Electric Company received. dur
ing the past week an order from the Oakland
(Cal. Gas-light Company for an electric OUTFIT
for the lighting of the streets of that city. They
ALEC received from Greenville, Mich, an order
for plant for street and store lighting On
Friday last this company shipped to the PACING
coast two carloads of dynamos lamps and masfs
Tucker g Dorsey, to-day, occupy their new
building for the first time. 1t is eight weeks
since their establishment burned down. Two
weeks were required to clear up the debris and
in six weeks Peter REUTER-, the contractor, has
erected two-story brick building, resting on
stone foundation which is $50 feet IN length by
ITO in width. and eproof in its construction.
The Wholesale millinery house of Griffith
Bros, of this city, and their house at Dayton,
O., have consolidated, the latter, the parent
house. established in 1863. removing to this city.
Tt was at first ontemplated TO move tho Dayton
house to Cincinnati, but on considering the adj
vantaees likely to come to Indianapolis through
natural gas it was thought that this would be
the better point.
The Woodburn-Sarven wheel-works in
round numbers manufactured 1885, 900 sets of
wheels during the year 1887. The works
the steadiest of any year In their history.
and produced the largest number of wheels.
There have been years, however. when they
have made more money, as competition they
had to meet was less. About one-third of their
production GOES abroad
The Indianapolis cabinetworks begin the new
year with large foreign orders. The orders
product of the veneer and panel department for
the year 1883. In the year 1887 they turned out
5000 more desks than in 1856. In the year 1887
they used 900 pounds Of glue. In packing
desks over 100000 pounds of excelsior and 90.
900 yards of burlaps were used
dianapolis has been remarkable. said one of the
largest wholesale grocers on Saturday Five
years ago there three establishments
roasting coffees, probably turning out ]. 000 600
pounds of roasted coffees per annum. In 1887
there were seven establishments thus engaged,
four of them large concerns, and the seven es-
tabliabments turned out over 5000 600 pounds
roasted coffees. In fact there is but little sale
any more of green coffees.
Since Nov l the Indianapolis packing
honses have killed 25l. 900 hogs. against 258. 900
during the corresponding period in 1886. Lam
ders & Co kiliad 10. 600; Coffin. Greenstreet e.
Fletcher %, 0CD. and Kingan & Co. 2O4, 000 The
hogs slaughtered this year have averaged 240
pounds. against 255 last year. The decrease
shown is due to the shortage of the hog crop,
hogs having been shipped in here from a greater
distance than In any previous year to make the
number killad as great as it is