The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-01-30
Industrial ana Trade Notes.

ing, afternoon and evening.
Industrial and Trade Notes.
The Lilly Varnish Company has largely in
creased its capital and will at once increase its
productive capacity 80 per cent
Chandler & Taylor have since Thursday
morning last shipped thirteen of their self-con-
tanned engines. five OF them going to Pennsyl-
vania.
The American Paper Pulley Company, of this
city, now furnish pulleys for seven of the lead
ing eiectric-light manufacturing companies of
this country.
Knight Il Jillson last week sold TO the Broad
Ripple Natural Gas Company twenty carloads of
pipe. and the Steel pulley works sold four car
loads to the same company.
h1ngan q Co are killing but half of the day.
Owing to the difficulty of getting hogs and the
duiiness of the foreign markets the company is
not disposed to push business.
Fletcher q Thomas last week shipped ono of
the Quaker brick machines and one of the At
las Engine Compsnys engines to Tacoma, w.
l., and another to Atlanta, Ga.
Tucker & Dorsey have just placed in their
mandatory Jenney electrc-light plant, and
VIII this week commence working overtime to
enable them to catch up with back orders.
The United States Stee-nail Company is pre-
pairing plans for extensive building, TO be built
on nye acres OF ground recently purchased on
the corner of tha Belt road and East street.
lockwood, Newcomb & Co. last week shipped
two large ssw-mills to Washington Territory,
and have since the first of the year received
orders for three large mills to go into Southern
States
On Thursday last the indianapolis car-works
shipped train of ,hirty-ive cars to the Chi
cago, Burlington e. Quincy road. and on Friday
train of thirty cars to the Atchison, Topeka
d Santa Fe.
The orders which the Atkins saw-works have
received since Jan. l would keep them busy for
sixty days. The hours OF labor in the shop have
been heightened. ~ d the pay of the men proper
tlonately increased
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Touring mill to the Morristown Milling Compa-
nv, at Morrstown, Tenn 1t is said to have the
largest capacity of any mill which has been
erected In the S-u.h
Coffin. Greenstreet & Fletcher have decided to
increase their business this year largely. They
WIZ send representative South to look after
,Ineir interests Heretofore they have paid but
little attention to Southern markets
One of the largest ice packers estimates that
the seven firms which go into packing ice
extensively have already put up 130, 900 tons.
Two or three of the packers will put MP addi-
tlonal buildings should the weather continue
COOL
IL. G. Atkins has gone to Pittsburg for the
purpose of ascertaining how the manufactures
there are fitted M. where natural gas is used
under the boilers. This company will use
natural gas as soon as the pipes reach their
works.
1t is stated that the Hoosier Drill Company,
In which Mr.. Westcott who has just purchased
the Broad Ripple Natural Gas COMPANY is one
of the principal stockholders, serious contsm-
plates removing their works from Richmond to
Indianapolis.
Brainard Rorison. general manager of the
Jenney Electric Light Manufacturing Company
in this city, has been West, visiting several
larger towns and cities which wish to light
their streets with electriclight towers similar
those which light West Indianapolis.
The Broad Ripple Na.ural-gas Company ex-
poet to reach the United States Encaustic tile
works with a branch line by tomorrow night.
The works are piped ready to commence using
the gas at once. 1t will be the first manufact-
nrIng establishment to use natural gas.
The indications are that the efforts to organ
ize company to manufacture the Alfree -four
Ing mill, which was formerly manufactured by
Sinker. Davis & Co.. will be successful. Within
$4,000 of the capital stock required has been
subscribed. If the plant is established it will
employ seventy-ive to one hundred men.
In the show windows of Schraders glassware
house, on East Washington street, is shown the
plan for the new Mccormick building, to be
erected In the spring on the southeast corner of
MARYLAND and Pennsylvania streets. The build
Maryland. and will have rooms for four large
stores of six stories each.
The Atlas engine-works have taken off
temporarily their night force in the machine
shops. which they have been working for some
months past, to enable the foundry department.
to catch up with castings The weather has
been SO severe that the new foundry Buildings
could not be completed, but when they are
ready for occupancy there will be no trouble on
this score.
c. H. Gillette, manufactures of brentwood sup
pneS, proposes In the early spring to largely in
crease the capacity of the works. He now oc-
cuples what IL known as the Shaw Carriage
Company buildings entire, but his orders
coming in in such numbers that he has not room
to employ men needed to meet the demand for
his work One Cincinnati carriage works has
placad orders with him in the last week that
will keep them busy for several weeks.