The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-11-07
INDUSTRIES ARE GROWING
The Tariff Exercises Benign Influ-
ence Over Home Institutions.
Rapid Growth Of the National Card Company
Dean Pump Works-hore Men Employed
Notes of Industrial Progress.

Notes of Industrial Progress.
Manufacturing industries thrive well In
Indianapolis and give employment to
thousands of workmen under q protective
tariff. As an instance of this growth, the
National Playing-card Company was or.
ganized four years ago, and began opera
tions in part of the four-story building on
eating street. employing In the beginning
twenty-five persons. The pay-rolls on Sat
urday showed 453 people now employed,
about GO per cent of them women, and the
production of the works is now g, 900 packs
per day. There are thirty-ive grades of
cards which the company manufactures.
the principal difference being in the backs
OF the cards. The company gets its paper.
etc., from paper-mlll in OtsegO, Mich.
which ships regularly six carloads per
week. Most OF the inks used are imported.
The card they manufacture has taken
precedence OF all other cards manufactured
In this or foreign countries. The demand
for them ell over the United States Is large.
and every few DAYS large consignments are
shipped TO England and other foreign
countries. The cards have n large sale In
AUSTRALIA, where an agency was recently
established. The building they new occu-
py has Just been fitted up with appliances
to protect IL against fire, and the company
|. is contemplating the erection of another
ty OF the works. The new building will be
used as q stock STORM e. house. giving more
room in the main building.
A Prosperous Manufacturing Interest
The Dean steam pump mandatory In
this city has gained good reputation not
only In this country but in foreign coun-
tries, the establishment often having for
eign orders to fill. The firm consists of the
five Dean brothers, who, in October. 1870,
established their plant on Madison avenue.
The five came here from the East as poor
young men. but all were excellent mechan-
les. They at first leased the ground on
which they erected q small frame building,
and. with five other men. commenced man.
ufacturing pumps. They soon found good
demand for the pump they make, and were
obliged to enlarge their plant, and had &C
cumulated enough money to buy the
ground. They leased additional ground on
which they enlarged their plant and soon
had fifty men at work, and since that time
every few years they have been obliged to
enlarge, and their pay-rolls show 145 men
now employed at the works. They have
purchased a large piece of ground at the
corner OF First street and the Big Four
tracks on which they propose next spring
to erect one of the largest and most COM
plete shops in which to MANUFACTURES pumps
in the country. The company finds 1t dith
cult to keep up with it's orders so various
are the uses which the pump they manu-
facture is put to. Last week an order for
twenty largo sized pumps was received
from Detroit, the pumps to be used in boats
building there. A good order was received
from Ontario. Canada. The air-pump ard
condenser the firm manufactures are being
largely used on the lake craft. The works
have big trade in Mexico, and often fill
orders for South and Central America.
About Ready for Business.
The Indiana Car and Foundry Company
has got Its foundry. it's machins and black
smith shops in operation. employing $50
men, and on the 18th of this month expect
to begin building cars. having been award
ed two contracts for one hundred cars each
and third contract for two hundred or
five hundred cars, as it may see fit to build.
Prospects are good for other contracts, the
Big Four and the Cincinnati. Hamilton a.
Dayton each having given the company to
understand that they will get cars from
them to build. While this is not the time
when orders for oars are most abundant,
General Manager Fortiner thinks that after
the works are started there will be no
trouble In getting enough to build to keep
the works In operation with from $50 to 500
men. Material is arriving ct the rate of
four or five carloads day.
GOOD News for the Manufacturers.
John r. Pearson. assistant to the presi-
dent of the Indianapolis Natural.gas Com
pany. states that at no time since natural
gas was introduced here have the manu-
facturers been using 1t 80 generally as now
and he is very confident that no matter
how severe the winter none of the manu-
facturers will be obliged to cut of their
gas for lack of supply. During the past
year seventy-three new wells have been
| inch main laid from the wells to this city.
AS yet but few of the old wells show any
| preceptibly less pressure than originally
and where there is less pressure il is trace
able to sinking another well too near it or
| some other natural cause.
Industrial Notes.
The Acme Milling Company in October
| turned out A. SIG barrels of flour, about as
per cent OF which was exported.
The new cerealine mills have begun re-
| ceivlng corn, and already have some fifty
| thousand bushels In their elevators
| In the summer packing season, which be-
gan March l and ended Nov. ], Indian no.
| lis packing houses killed 234.645 hogs
| against 200. 900 corresponding period 1891.
Herman Lauter, furniture manufactures,
| is so crowded with orders that be is work
| ing q night force. When his new buildin q
| on the West-side is completed il will ena.
| bic him to double his present capacity.
The Indianapolis Harness Company ia
| about closing its business year, and
! one of the firm says that its sales ran
| fully 20 per cent. ahead of those of the pre-
ceding year. This company employs ITO
persons.
| Business is so good with the Deitz box
manufsctory that he Is working q night
| force part of the time. Besides having a
| large home trade, he ships his PRODUCTS to
many other points where starch, patent
| The Atlas engine works are full of or-
| ders and are en- pioying 46) men. This com
| pany has good trade OIL the Pacific coasf.
| 1t will build this year in the neigh borhood
| of twelve hundred engines and has dona
| q good deal of boiler work.
| A. A. Barnes proprietor of the IJdell
| woodenware-w works, IL erecting another
| large building to enable him to increase h Il
production. This establishment gives em.
| ployment to 140 persons, and not in wears
| has Ii been idle for lack of orders
| The National Electric Headlight Com.
| pany last week receiv ed an order from THE
| Philadelphia a. Reading road for ten more
| electric headlights. This company mas
! been testing two of these lights for se vera
weeks, with very gratifying success.
lin the month of October PARROT & Tao.