The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-02-27
Industrial and Trade Notes.


The Hadley Shoe Company which, until quite
recently, has confined its business to this state
is reschinR into new territory. last week re-
cavinc large order from Missouri and one
from Michigan.
Chandler e. Taylor last week booked orders
Tor a carload of engines for Philadelphia, Pa.
carload for Portland, Ore; a fortv-horse-
power OUTFIT for Los Angeles. and . 100 horse
power engine for Springfield, Mo.
L. V. Boyle & Co., dealers in hardwood um-
Der. who have their mills located at Obion,
Tenn. but make their headquarters here, last
year handled 10, 800. 900 feet OF hard wood lum-
Der and 1000, 900 feet of soft woods
The Acme Milling Company have one of their
large mills ming steadily and will start up
the other in few days. They find sale for
their entire product. and have made satisfactory
ARRANGEMENTS with tho roads to ship it.
Indianapolis 10 now to have frst-class enter
prising manufacturing company which will
make speciality of toilet articles. The E. c..
andrews Company, with capital of $40 900,
Will at once commence the manufacture an
extensive scale of toies articles, oils and chem
icals.
9. G. Foster & Co. have fifty men at work in
OF st. Clair and Mississippi streets The struc-
ture covers piece of ground 205 feet long by
100 wide, and when completed will be much the
largest planning mill, door and sash factory in
the city.
The two leading packing-houses here have
contracted for the production of tomatoes
fully 1000 acres of ground. The Van Camp
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more goods this year than in 1887. they nov
have ample room and every convenience for
rapid work
The woolen-mills are pressed with orders.
Gelseudorff q 90. are running the ir mill three
nights week until 10 o'clock p. NJ. and would
run every night were the employees able to work
80 continuously. 1t is many months since this
establishment has shut down, except on Sun.
Gay, working holidays and oil.
Now that the kilns at she Encaustic tile
works are heated by natural gas they are clean
ing up and whitevashing the establishment,
and everything has as clearly an appearance
does good housewives kitchen. Hundreds of
people have recently visited the works to
ladies'.
The milk-shake craze promises to excssd that
of the roller-skate craze of a few years ago. One
mandatory here has twenty men employed on
this class of work, and is now a month behind
In orders, which are coming In from all parts of
the country One order for fifty was received
on Saturday. from Maine. and another from
Texas, for 100.
Statistics carefully prepared show that the
drug houses of Indianapolis in the year 1887 sold
more goods at wholesale than did the drug
houses Of Cincinnati and the dry goods houses
sold nearly much did the Cincinnati dry
goods houses, and the Wholesale grocers drop
but little behind Cincinnati, and this year bid
fair to lead that city.
The packing houses are practically idle
Kngan e Co. killing but few thousand hogs
week. while the other houses are smut down en-
tirely. Kingan & Co. expect to resume opera
troubles is get fat. healthy hogs even by
shipping them from a great distance from here.
Some of those now arriving come from Me-
braska.
knight & Jillson are making extensive i'm
provements to their establishment. What has
heretofore been their store-room has been fitted
up part of their shops. They have put in
new engine and boiler. and machine for cut
ting gas pipe that weighs tons and will cut
pipe from four to twelve inches thick. 1t is
the largest machine of this character west of
Pittsburg.
The Model machine-work which about three
years ago commenced business here with three
men, has come to be an important mandatory,
giving employment to forty men. They build
an engine which is novel in its construction and
does excellent work. There are but eight NOV
ing pieces in the engine and ombned with the
sensitive soring governor makes engine
which can be run at speed high enough to run
electric light plants any other machinery
where great speed is necessary.
The present year promises TO be one of the
most prosperous with the machineshops located
here, In their history. The Atlas engine works
last week shipped engines into thirteen different
States, and the president of the company says
that they now have so per cent. more orders on
their books than at the corresponding period in
1887. Snker e. Davis are full of work, there
being great demand for boilers and the class
of engines they build. lockwood, Newcomb &
Co. have already shipped this year sixteen
saw-mills and have number of orders yet to
I'LL, largely for Southern and Western points.
The Eagle machine-work are shipping good
many saw-mlls, and have begun to manufact-
ure engines and threshers for this years trade
big scale. and at all the machlneshops the
greatest activity is reported
The Indianapolis rolling-mill has at last got to
running smoothly and free from break-downs
and turning out very superior steel rail. While
the productive capacity of the mill. it is thought,
will roach 200 tons per day, as yet 100 tons is the
largest tonnage,made in any twentyfour hours.
In this connection it is stated that S. w. Nor
gan. who has been practically general manager
of the affairs OF the company since the new mill
started up, 10 quite anxious to be relieved OF a
portion of his duties and that the superinten-
dency OF the mill will be offered to A. J. McIn-
tosh. who, through the De Paw settlement,
has become one of the largest stockholders of the
company and who would make excellent man
for that position. Mr.. Morgan will continue as
secretary of the company. position which he
has filed for q number of years very accsptably.
Attractions ut the Theaters.
One Of the notable theatrical engagement OF
the season is that of tho Held by the Enemy"
which begins at the Grand tonight
and runs throughout the week. with matinees
on Wednesday and Saturday. The play is con-
coded to be the best purely American drama yet
written, and to those who are unacquainted
with its originality and remarkable interest a |