The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-04
4 MANUFACTURING CENTER
Railroad Managers Opinion of Indian.
ap0lis as a Place to Locate.
Advantages of the Belt Road - Factories
Again Using Natural Gas-Notes Of
Prosperity from the Shops.

Joseph Ramsey, jr., general manager OF
the Big Four lines. in conversation last
week with q number of railroad officials
and capitalists, said that in his extensive
knowledge of good points for ~manufactur-
ers to locate he knew of mono which offered
euch Inducements as Indianapolis. it's Belt
the several inducements which the city
offered. Here was q road thirteen miles In
length. with double track, and on either
side the entire distance were ample grounds
well conditioned in every respect for man
ufacturers. The Belt road Is the connect
ing link of the fifteen roads centering here.
and freight can be forwarded to any point
at as low rates, If not lower, than from I'M
other railroad center in the United States.
Competition is SO sharp at this point that
if ,ppy. manufacturers are favored in rate
matters it is those of Indianapolis. Mr..
Ramsey added that there is no railroad
center in the United States where switch
ing charges are SO low, 81 per car covering
the switching charge on over 200 of the go
switches leading to the various private In
dustries In the city and Its immediate sub
urbs, and in most cases the railroads pay
this charge, making it easv for the shipper
OF COIDlkDCCs AL ID ouo w VIZ
fact that the Big Four owns n large per
cent. of such switches and to do any bnsi-
ness against the Big Four from such IN
dustries the switching charge must be paid
by the road favored with the business.
Industrial Notes.
The American Canning Company will
this week break ground for Its works in
North Indianapolis on the Belt road.
The Dugdale Can Company is in full
operation again. employing 80 people. The
mpan expects to manufacture 100000
tin cans this year.
The INDIANAPOLIS Veneer and Lumber
Company has begun the erection of its
buildings on the Lake Erie q Western
tracks north of the city.
The Parry Manufacturing Company last
week made Its first shipments of vehicles to
HAVANA. Cuba, where the company has es-
tablished q branch house.
On April quite a number Of manufact-
orles which. through the winter months,
used coal or oil for fuel under their boilers,
again turned on natural gas.
Dean Bros. on Saturday shipped to New
York city a novel vacuum pump. to be
in the manufacture of sugar from milk. 1t
is the first pump of this exact character the
works have built.
The Acme f~ouring-mills. which have
been shut dow for ten days. will resume
operations this morning. The HOosier mills,
which rave also been idle. resumed on the
first of the month.
When the new Cerealine-works are in
operation, to furnish these works and
others located here which manufacture
products from corn will require $4,000
bushels of corn q day.
The Potts Manufacturing Company Is
putting up twelve lines of shaftIng.. two
hundred feet long each, ut the Indiana
cotton mills. new part. which is said to
be very creditable work.
The contracts for making the excava-
tons for the new pOrk-house nave been
awarded to Browder & Shower at $500.
Contracts for the buildings will be let
within the next ten days.
TIE Laycock Manufacturing Company
has al, its new machinery in operation,
and is now working ninety men full time.
Most of it's manufacture of spring beds,
etc, is sold in the three States OF Indiana,
Illinois and Ohio.
The president of the Cerealne company
says that they expect to get their buildings
up and in operation by Aug. l. The Big
Four will put in switches which will hold
one hundred cars tor the works. as wenty-
five TO thirty-iive cars will be handled
daily.
Thomas Chandler, of the firm of Chandler
& Taylor. left last night for Mexico TO es-
tablish n branch house there. Last week
the works shipped two carloads of ma
chinery to Lower California. and three car
loads 10 Northwestern points. These shops