The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-01-11
Industrial Notes.

The KimberlIn Agricultural Implement
Manufacturing Company has moved in to
its new building, which Is 15O feet long by
forty wide and two stories high.
Nordyke & Mormon Company have Sc
CURED the contract for the erection of a
seventy five barrel flour-mill at Green
wood, Ind, for /. M. Thompson, of Frank
lin.
Fletcher IL Thomas, of this city, are now
putting up at Southern points number
of their heavy steam-power, compressed
brick making machines. They to-day ship
one to Aiken. 3. Z.
The Indianapolis Cabinet Company on
Jan. opened two new warehouses IL Lon
don, England. making three there now. q
warehouse In Amsterdam, one In Sydney,
Australia. and a large one in New York city.
The Wright Power Hall Company isNget-
ting its works in order to furnish power.
The Indians polis forge-works the Weber
Straw-goods Company and the Sensitive
governor works have already located In
their building.
The Van Camp Canning Company is fill
ing MP three acres of low ground adjacent
to the ground on which its packing houses
rest. reaching to the river. This will give
comes necessary.
Herman Lauter will in the early spring
begin the erection of another large bu lid
ing. to be built of brick. two hundred feet
long. eighty feet wide and four stories high.
In this building will be manufactured
wooden mantels of all descriptions.
In the natural gas territory north of here
q number of brick anuf acturing yards
are to be established the coming summer
Parties who propose doing 1t are now nego-
tiating with indianapolis manufacturers
to furnish the needed machinery,
Hetherington g. Berner have commenced
shipping the iron-work for the new Union
Station, which the Vandala company is
building at Terre Haute. This establish
ment 10 furnishing an iron front for large
block which Is being erected in Spring
field. o.
The Indianapolis Stove Company has
moved into the building recently occu-
pied by Wiles & Coffin. Wholesale grocers
The upper stories are utilized for the manu-
featuring of tinware. At the foundry 1t is
expected more work will be turned out
than last year.
The planing-mills and door, sash and
blind manufactures which have been shut
down for couple of weeks. most of them
undergoing general repairs, resume opera
tions this morning. making up stock in ad-
vance of the building season, which prom
ises to be an active one.
The Nordyke g. Marmon Company has
just closed o contract for an electric light
plant. with power for same, to be erected
In connection with o mill they are building
at Saltillo. Mexico This mill. when COM
pleteu Will nave DAILY capacity or LOU
barrels of -four and 1000 bushels of corn
goods.
The Udell woodenware- works start up
In their new building this morning. usin z
the new engine and boilers for the first
time. With the enlargement already made
to the plant the help will be increased 80
per cent, and when the new building is
completed the number of employees will be
doubled.
The Eagle Machine-works Company is
about to increase its force of men prepare
tory to stocking MP with threshers. stack
ers. portable engines etc. Not for years
has their stock been as low. which ia true
with all manufactures of harvesting ma
chinery. trade last June. july and August
being highly satisfactory.
The packinR-houses are experiencing
some trouble In getting hogs, receipts the
last week having fallen off largely. Kim
gan ~ Co. have dropped down to killing
four thousand hogs a day. and Coffin.
Fletcher IL Co. are killing but q few hun
dred day; but both establishments have
killed more hogs since Nov. than in the
corresponding period of 1890.
The Citizens Street-railway Company is
using oil for fuel UNDER It's boilers, w hich fur
nishthe steam for the engine W hich runs the
motors, dynamos. etc. A tank-car is placed
on one of the spur tracks of the Union Rail-
way Company just west Of the works an