The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-04

now give employment to two hundred men,
and are pressed with business.
The Indiana Canning Company is q new
enterprise in which merchants on South
Meridian street are interested, George
Stout being ut the head of the syndicate.
They have purchased ground on the
corner Of the Belt road and Grand View
avenue. Haughville.
Indianapolis is becoming quite noted as q
point for the manufacture of excelsior.
There arc two excelsior manufactures
the Globe and the Indianapolis. and be-
side the home trade, which requires sew
eral tons of excelsior daily. the works shRp
in large quantities to adjoining States and
the Northwest.
Contractor Twiname has the walls for
the new armory of the Indianapolis Light
Artillery nearly ready for the roof. The
building IS 150 feet long by 60 wide. and
located on the corner of Seventh and Mis-
sissippi streets. Eventually it is proposed
to make 1T one Of the most complete armo-
RES in the West.
Business with the United States en-
caustic tile has improved greatly
the last thirty days. Within the last week
the company has received orders for thing
from a dozen different States. where tine
buildings are beng erected. and lts
manufacture is in demand. The works
employ l60 persons.
Nelson, Morris 81 Co. have under con-
temptation the erection of o large building
here, in which to engage In dressing cattle
and shipping on a large scale. and it is
highly probable that tine company which is
building the new pork-bouse will put up q
second building in which to slaughter
cattle the year round.
Haugh, Ketcham g. Co. have made q deal
by which they secure five acres of add
tional ground from the Peoria ~ Eastern
Railroad Company. the securing of which
will enable them to carry out their original
plans of erecting a main shop some 500 feet
long by $50 feet wide INT have ample
ground as surroundings.
Indianapolis manufacturers are gettinga
good hold In Chicago. Last week the
Eagle machine-wOrks closed contracts to
furnish one of its new balance-yalve en-
gines. l60-horse power. to the Calumet Ele,
vator Company, another to the HembOld
machine shops. and three OF less capacity
to breweries located In Chicago.
j. II. Gharaty. purchasing agent of the
Big -Four, says that his removal to CincIn-
natl does not by any means denote that he
Will cease purchasing railway supplies
here. as he tinds that many classes or the
goods they nse are sold more reasonably In
indianapolis than at other points For
that reason he will continue TO make his
purchases largely here.
p. b.. Coffin, secretary of the indianapolis
cabinet-wOrkS. when asked If business was
good with them, remarked: Il think So"
and opening his shipping book it showed
two carloads OF desks shipped to London.
England, one car load to Mexico. one to
San Francisco, one to Portland, Ore, two
to Minneapolis. and FIVE carloads to st.
LOUIS during last week.
The last six months has been the busiest
with the Indianapolis cotlin-wOrks since
they were established. They have been
doing as much as is usually done in O year.
so great has been the mortality. Much of
the time the men have worked overtime.
The products of this establishment are
shipped. after supplying the home market.
largely to OHIO and Kentucky.
The Indianapolis Frog and Switch Com
pany but recently completed an $50, 600
contract for one of the cable roads of New
York city, and on Friday the company was
notified by telegraph that a large contract
TO furnish crossings. frogs and switches for
the Third-avenuo cable road had been
awarded to them. and a member of the firm
left at once for New York city to close the
deal