The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-12-29
REGION
Hartford City Has Not Neglected the OPP
portunity the Great Fuel offered,
While Dunkirk and Redkey Have Been Equally
Diligent and Successiul-Fairmounts
Growth in Population and Wealth.

1t<Ak " Aho o'4A 80
HARTFORD CITY, Ind, Dec. 2s.-When the
gas era opened and business throughout
the belt assumed An activity it had never
known before, this little town OF Hartford
City awoke and took an active and immedi-
ate interest in the industrial turmoil that
was going on about her. At that time the
whole number of it's inhabitants was 1900;
to-day. it's population Ia nearly five thou
eand. and the number Of Incorporated con-
Germs that has invaded its once quiet pre-
clncts is proportionately equal to those OF
any other city in the gas belt
Hartford City 10 in the very heart Of the
belt, and its gas isfound nearer the surface,
perhaps, than that of any other locality.
No dry we'll has ever been drilled, and no
salt water has been encountered. The
only pipeline leading gas out of the dis
trict is that supplying Fort Wayne. The
city Is underlaid with a splendid system of
piping, placed at q cost of 81 10000 The
business streets surrounding the square are
paved with blocks. while the residence and
suburban avenues are finely graded and
macadamiZed.
The increase of real estate values has
been at least 400 per cent. over the prices
of ante-gas days. The increase In the Vol.
ume of mercantile business has probably
exceeded this. Aside from the new con.
Germs which have been established here.
the older houses, many of them. have been
Obliged to double their capacity TO accom-
modate the enlarged stocks 1t has become
necessary TO carry. Improvement Is notice.
able on every hand here. The town 10
lighted by both gas and electricity and
supplied with pure drinking water by the
Holly system.
MANUFACTURERS.
Among the new concerns which have To-
Gated or have been organized here since the
discovery of gas may be mentioned the
following. 1t Is to be remembered. also.
that before the gas period there was car
ried on only the ordinary business of Q
small country village.
First among new financial concerns was
tho Blackford County Bank. organized
with a capital stock of $4,000.
The first company organized for the de-
~velopment OF the gas field was the Saia-
NOME Mining and Gas Company. 1t went
The Hartford City Washing-machino
Manufacturing Company employs $4,000
of capital.
The Linz Natural-Vas and Oil Company
The Hartford City Glass Company has
invested $4,000 in its works here. 1t en-
ploys $50 men and hasa monthly payroll
OF $4,000.
The Otlilty SaDeT COm has III III
vestment Of $50. 600 and employs fifty men.
The COPYRIGHT Hardware Company has
$4,000 of invested capital.
The Montpelier Gas. Oil and Mining
Company, in its extensive gas-developing
| operations, has S50,O zoo actively engaged.
The Crescent Paper Company has been
burned out. but 10 rebuilding upon the old
site. It's investment, previous TO the fire.
was S100. 0OO, but by the time 1t is completed
| and in operation it will PROBABLY have an
nj AnnhlA that amnnnG aS 1fQ
capacity is to be very much larger.
The Miligrove coil-hoop factory has q
capital of S., 1000.
The HOLSTER Pipeline Company exhaust
| ed $4,000 In it's early efforts. and is operat.
ing now ON an increased capital.
The Hartford City Wood pulp Company
manufactures pulp for paper-making. Its
capital is $4,000.
Association organized with q capital OF
Moore Brothers coil-hoop factory is a
partnership concern. It's capital is $4,000
and it employs twenty-five men.
S. G. Reeds hub factory manufactures
b. bs. spokes and wheel rims. 1t employs
| twenty men.
c. III. Hubbard employs sixty men In the
manufacture of spokes alone
Merideth.. Damen q Co. make barrel
five men.
The Jones Natural-gas Company operates
on o capital of $1,000.
The Trenton Gas Company has $4,000
The Hartford City Land Company Is Or
gauIzed with $50, 900 capital.
The Blackboard County Building and
I Loan Association has q psld-ln stock Of
e25O, 900.
The Indiana Mutual Protective Associa-
ton 10 q mercantile concern, regularly IN
coiporated, and organized TO facilitate
collections Its capital is $4,000.
The Oil City IMPROVEMENT Company has
q capital stock of $1,000.
The Northern Indiana Oil Company has
5000 capital
The Buffalo and Montpelier Fuel and Oil
Company employs . capital OF 500
operates on S25. COO.
The Storms Natural-gas Company has q
capital of $4,000.
The Hartford City Natural-gas and Oil
Company has $3.50 o. capital.
The Citizens Gas and Oil Company con-
ducts it's developments on q capital OF
SIS. 600.
The Montpelier Citizens Gas and Oil
Company is capitalized at $50, 1000.
At Upland. about four miles west Of
Hartford City. there is being erected q
smelter for reducing zinc ore. It will op-
crate six hundred ret0rts and employ one
hundred men. This concern will be rum
ming at full capacity within thirty days.
Dunkirk and Re key.
Dunkirk and Redkey lie on the southern
border of Jay county's oil belt. and in the
midst Of the gas field. They art
located four miles apart. on the Chicago 81
st. Louis railroad, and are becoming
important manufacturing towns. At Red.
key there are four wells which supply
three large glass factories. The mercantile
trade here has grown 100 per cent. IN the
last six months. and $50 new buildings have
been built this year not including seven
brick blocks which nave been constructed
tor business purposeA. A great deal of the
oil machinery for the Camden field comes
here and Is frsia ted on to its destin alton.
The freight receipts have trebled within
the past six months, and within tho veal
the population has increased over 400 pei
cent. The Bellalre window-glass factory
which 10 in full operation, employs seven
ty-iive men. at an aggregate expense Of S..
500 per month.
The Merrella Glass Company. operating
on q capital Of $4,000. makes crystal anC
cathedral glass. 1t employs fifty men and
has a payroll of 81, 500 per month.
The Bowling Green bottle factory has
INST completed it's works. and will be run.
ming 40 full capacity at once. 1t has q
capital of $4,000. and Will employ one hun
dred inen.
- .-l -