The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-19
Indu.trial ana Trade Notes.


Wiles & Coffin are to occupy the Knippen-
berg Block, corner Of Georgia and Pennsylvania
streets.
The indianapolis glue-works are running light
just now, the product being but 10. 900 pounds a
week. An Improvement IN business is expected
after New Years.
TIE Indianapolis Wheel Company reports Its
business fully up to that of the corresponding
period last year. and il expects, through the
winter to give employment 20 a full complement
Of men.
Bachman & Reeves are adding improvements
to their fio1ring-miil, on Madison avenue. They
are putting In new boilers, natural gas. and nu-
merous other things to increase their productive
capacity.
The Cleveland Fencing Company now occupies
the chop and foundry formerly used by the Rus
sell Harvesting Machine Company, on Bidwell
street. The company Is several weeks behind
in Its orders.
In operation slaughtered q, 1000 hogs. Coffin.
Greenstreet e Fletcher are not fairly at work,
but Kingan d Co. are slaughtering up to about
two thirds their capacity.
W. II. Coleman, manufacturer of slaves aud
heading, has been putting in now machinery.
The capacity of the factory has been increased
fully one-third. Last week he shipped thirty
carloads of finished stuff.
Local wool-dealers are now sorry that they
did not hold on to their stock of wool. One
dealer who has Is. 900 pounds was, on Saturday
last, offered 3 cents per pound more for his hold
ing than be could have got ten days ago.
I. B. Lsycock & Co. are pressed with work
since business has improved with the furniture
and lounge manufactures. They are now turn
ing out a ton and q half Of steel coil springs a
day, and then are unable to keep up with their
orders.
Last year raw furs valued at 1926, 600 were
purchased here and shipped. This year 1T is
thought the purchases OF that character will be
largely increased The Cleveland, Ohio. Fur
Manufacturing Company has established a
branch here.
Tanner g. Sullivan contemplate, in the early
spring, to erect a large building specially adapt
ed to their business. At prese Mt, there is no
building in the city suited for q tinners-supply
house. unless 1t be the Malo;t building, on South
Illinois street. occupied by the Van Camp Hard
ware and Iron Company.
The thres poultry packers will this week COM
mence filling their houses with tur-
keys, ducks and chickens, to be placed on the
market in the early spring. The three firms last
year. at one time. had fully 500, 900 worth Of
poultry Ia cold storage, and this year they pro-
pose TO SO into the business more extensively.
The indianapolis Switch and Frog Company
on Wednesday next will commence operations.
The starting of the works has been delayed on
account OF the piping for natural gas not being
completed. At the beginning the company will
employ but fifty men, but it expects to have
double that number within the next twelve
months.
Indianapolis elevators, Saturday last, con-
tanned 595, 496 bushels of grain, against 512. 95S
bushels one week ago and against 500, Clio bush.
els for the corresponding date of 1887. The In
dianapolis market report shows that the eleva-
tors contain ,S5. O02 more bushels of wheat than
one year ago while there are So. S27 bushels less
OF corn and 1854 bushels less Of oats.
The Indianapolis Car Company is pushing
things day and night. 1t has an order for 1000
ears for the Atchison, topeka & Santa Fe road
filed to within seventy cars, which will be COM
pleted within the next four days. After that
work they will begin on 900 box cars the COM
pany has contracted to build for the c., b. d
@. road. When this order is filled, 1000 cars
for the Union Pacific road will be built.
The signs being against a good supply Of Ice,
two or three parties who intended TO enlarge
considerably their ice-house capacity are NOV
ing slowly in the matter. Last winter the crop
was so bountiful that the dealers here nearly
doubled the capacity of their storage. Tom
Taggart, however, may get q corner on the prod
uct this winter. 10 the early fall he purchased
from Mrs. Butsch the holdings Of two large ice-
houses, and he is the only party who has any
large amount of the article TO carry over.