The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-08-19
Industrial and Trade Notes.

The Parry Cart Company, whose works,
undergoing repairs, have been idle for sew
eral days, will resume operations this
morning.
Busby& Co. the firm that leased Elevator
ID. OH Virginia avenue. after it was rebuilt
are handling from thirty-ive TO forty car
loads OF grain "a day.
The Atlas Engine Company is building a
fISt-claSs l50-hOrse-pOwer engine. and two
large boilers, Tor the Lewis-Porter Furni-
ture Company's works.
The ice men are talking of ice being
scarce, and predict that large quantities
will have to be shipped here should Sep
TENDER and October be as warm as usual.
The Dugdale Can Company is turning out
$4,000 cans a day. The establishment has
thus far sold S,OO0,0 900 cans, which were sent
chiefly to Missouri, Kansas, Iowa and Hi
nOis.
Kingan 81 Co. will to-day commence
killing 1900 to 1000 hogs a day. For some
weeks past they have slaughtered only
1000 a day On account of prices ranging
high.
= The Nordyke & Marmon Company has re-
ceived an order for q rOller-prOcess mill
outfit, to be shipped to Paris. France, and
has "a second order from Dublin. Ireland. for
a similar outfit.
+. C.. Atkins & Co. are now working the
largest force in their saw-works since they
were established. They are SO pressed with
orders In some departments the men are
working overtime.
The manufacturers of threshers and stack
ers state that their sales the past season
have been the largest since 1884, which
would indicate that the farmers are in good
condition financially.
The indianapolis car-works, which nave
been running light for u couple of weeks
past, will sometime this week begin full
handed. The company has secured two OF
three large contracts of late.
The Van Camp Canning Company will
this morning considerably increase it's
force. The work has dragged a little, the
nights having been too cool for sweet corn
or tomatoes to grow as rapidly as is desired.
A party who build street-cars in New
York will, i'm a few days. BIG in the city for
the purpose of seeing what inducements
indianapolis offers for such an establish
ment. In the New York works eighty men
are employed.
The brick-makers are satisfied with the
amount of their sales this wear and the
prices which have ruled. Up to date 90
100000 brick have been made In the city
II near by, and about 20 per cent. of them
have been sold.
c. III. Gillette has erected an additional
building, and will this week put in ma
chinery to enable him to supply orders for
brentwood material more promptly. He is
now employing seventy-fve men, and will
at once increase his force.
The American Paper Pulley Company
last week made a large shipment of pull
leys to Japan. The company is busy. as
the large number of towns and cities estab-
fishing electric-light plants create an act
i've demand for pulleys.
The WOodburn-Sarven Wheel Company
is putting up more buildings on the West
Side. and will, within the next sixty days,
have most OF ITS working force in the build
ings on South Illinois street removed TO the
new works on the West Side.
Creamer, Scott x Co. have q norton of
their carriage-works, corner of Ninth and
Yandes streets, in operation. They employ
fifty men and will further increase their
force rs the buildings they are 10 erect are
completed. The establishment will turn
out only fine work. and already it has
orders which will keep the company busy
well into the winter months.
The terra-cotta works are so pressed
with orders that for some time past the
force has been working overtime. The
company this week shipped a large amount
of its work to Staunton. Va. to be used on
q large building the Masons and Odd-fel-
lows IN that city are erecting. 1t is also
filling an order for Brooks & Ely. the
terra-cotta to be used ON a ten-story block
they are erecting in Memphis, Tenn.
The starch manufacturers, as well as the
~hominy-mill men, are complaining very
bitterly of the injustice to them caused by
the east-bound rate on grain products.
They say that the difference in rate on corn
and that of corn products would be the
only margin they would care to make on