The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-12
1IUNClE.
IadustriaI and Trade Notes.

Dean Brothers are building two large pumps
to be used in sugar-works at Marshalltown. la.
The Indianapolis Car Company is increasing
it's force, and expects to work seven hundred
men for the next year.
The Moore Desk Company reports its business
as being I'D to the usual standard. Its goods
find market largely in New York and the New
EnglandNStates.
The Iudianapol terra Gotta works are turn
ing out some fine work for q church at Manistee
Mich. and for the Terre Haute House, which is
being remodeled.
TIE Hadey Shoe Company has just put in
considerable new machinery, among other
things q button-hoie machine, which will make
COCO button holes in ten hours
Kingan & Co. this week commences killing
5000 hogs day. Coffin, Greenstreet & Fletcher
commence operations on Wednesday and will
kill about one thousand hogs day.
The United States stsel-wire nal-work are
turning ont 300 kegs of nails day, and are
pushed with orders. Last month nails from
these works were shipped to l32 points.
Indianapolis elevators on Saturday last con-
tanned 5l2 958 bushels Of grain against 5l3 $50
bushels, Saturday, Nov. 3, and against 539, I50
bushels for the corresponding date In 1857.
The American Paper Pulley Company reports
its business as being excellent Last week it
made large shipments of puleys to Pittsburg
and York. Pa; Cambridge, Mass, and Bing-
bamton. n. Y.
One of the officials OF thu Atlas engine works
says that they will this year turn out fully If
teen hundred engines. Last week seven car
loads of engines and machinery were shipped to
the Pacific coast.
The Pneumatic Machine Company reports its
business as good. It has recently received sew
eral orders for machines Those furnished
within tho last eighteen months TO the Pullman
| Company do the work Of over one hundred men
Armstrong G. Co. are pushing work their
new building and hereafter will do all the boiler
| work for The Sinker- Dae:s Company. the latters
| shops being fully occupied in furnishing natur-
| al-gas supplies and manufacturing engines and
| saw-mis.
DeTsmbls g. Cryan manufacturers Of cracker
machinery, are now building a machine for a
| bakery in Omaha, which will cost $1,000 when
completed. IL is one OF the largest and most
| perfect machines the establishment has aver
turned ont.
| The a men state that the season closes with
! not more than % per cent as much Ice in store
| as one year ago, and should the winter, as pre-
dicted. be mild, they cay Indianapolis people
| may expect to pay double the present price next
! year for ics.
Osgood & Thompson have their works in good
shape, aud are cutting large quantities of wal
| nut and cherry lumber into dimension stock.
| Several organ and fine furniture manufacturers
| in this country draw their supplies from this es
| tabishment
\
| the last year, Furnished 1900 desks to the
| United States govern ment, for the different do
| partments. and over ], 100 desks 70 foreign gov,
| eruments. The export business has been
doubled during the last year
| Inquiry among the furniture manufactures
! shows that they now have many orders, and in
| dcations are that they will have plenty of wors
| through the winter months. Railroad rates are
| being adjusted in such q manner that Indianap
| oils is again desirable point TO ship from.
Lounge manufacturers speak of their business
| rs again being good. For several months il has
| been rather quiet. indianapolis is the larees,
| lounge manufacturing point IN the United
States. There are seven manufactures. and
some of them employ one hundred or more men.
/ The electric headlight which the Indian apolis
| Decatur & Springfield Railroad Company hal
been testing for several weeks on one Of the 10
| comotives is proving great success. and it 1.
| lished here TO manufacture the headlights, dyna
| mos. and engines on an extensive scale.
Wool-dealers are feeling much better over
| the outlook. The stock held here has been con
siderably reduced during the last thirty days
but what is left cent per pound better price,
/ eau be realized than thirty days ago. An East
/ ern buyer has been going over this State ths
last few day., gathering in oil the large lots Of
| wool be could.
| The Indianapolis vsneerine Company has III
large aud convenient buildings completed sbe
1 the nav maehipsry Ia position. An casters
| gentleman, who Was here last week, says that Il