The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-17

on the Belt road between Hsughville and
North Indianapolis the last twelve months
has been remarkable. One year ago the
only business plant between those points
was the Evans oil.mills. Now there are
the cerealine-mills. the coffin factory, the
cnemical-wOrks, the American Canning
Company and q planing-mIll. Blk manu-
Four company has put in side-tfacks. AT
the cerealine-mills are six tracks. varying
from six hundred to one thousand feet.
Electrical Notes.
The Jenney Electric Motor Company Is
SO pressed with orders that 1t is working
Its men until 10 p. NJ. nightly.
The Central Thompson-Houston Electric
Company is putting in q plant at the CO.
realine- works which will furnish 250incan-
descent and several arc lights.
The National Electric Headlight Conn.,
pany has leased for a term of years the
second floor of the new Dell Block, corner
of Georgia and Pennsylvania streets. The
demand for electric headlights neces-
sltates the company increasing its manu-
facture.
The Commercial Electric Company has
leased q room one hundred feet in length
by seventy in width in the Wright power.
house, and has put in several thousand
dollars worth Of machinery. j. II. Evans
is president, 3. L.. Hadley secretary, and
w. A. Evans treasurer of the company,
with A. II. Adams electrician.
Ex-Msyor Caven, of the Indianapolis
Light aud Power Company. is somewhat
discouraged at the slow progress made on
be located. The entire apparatus for the
plant. including the three 750-horse-
power engines, are ready to be placed
in position. Trouble Is experienced In get
ting stone and brick for the building. But
few persons are aware of 1t. but this is TO
be the largest electric plant in this coun-
try. with one exception. and in Its com
p%leteness In every particular ahead of the
one at st. Louis. which heads the list.
New Buildings. "a
l.. G. Cornelius is remodelin0 The DR..
Athon house on North Meridian street, to
be one OF the finest houses on that thorough
fare.
block on Massachusetts avenue, which will
be one of the most substantial structures
in the city. The walls of the first story are
twenty-five inches thick. "a
Contractor William Bassett has just com-
pieted ior the Indianapolis Electric-light
and Power Company q So wer 7UO feet In
length and two feet in diameter. the aver
aye depth of which is nineteen feet.
The laying of the foundations of the new
| Rbodius Block. on North Tennessee street,
will begin this morning. Eden 81 Son are
the contractors. and they have awarded
the iron work to Hetherington IL Berner.
Work on the Moore packing-houss is
| progressing slowly. and present indications
are that it will be the middle of November
before they can begin slaughtering.
Trouble in getting building material re-
CURED has delayed the work.
Milton Robertson. who purchased the
property of the Fourth Presbyterian
Church, corner OF Pratt and Pennsylvania
streets. is tearing down the church and
clearing the one-fourth of q square to erect
Il o1r,A lfrn IL rrnllanv ~ nraDn
Justus T.. Adams. whose yards are turn
ing out 100. 600 brick a day. says fifty mill
ion brick will DO used in indianapolis this
year. In years past 80. coo, O0 to S5.000.000
has been considered good work. He thinks
fully 80 per cent. more stone work has been
done than in any former year.
Two OF the new buildings of the cerealine-
mills are completed, ana most of the ma
chIDery In position. President Gents ex-
poets to have these in operation by the LIST
of November. Work on the other two large
buildings Is progressing rapidly. but it will
be Jan. ] before the entire plant IL in oper-
alton.
Sterling Holt is having plans and specif-
cations prepared for the erection in the
early spring OF a seven:story block on the
streets. The block will rave sixty-two and
n half feet front on Illinois street, running
back and taking in the ground occupied by
q stable on Pearl street.
Industrial Notes.
Wm. Burford. who does the State print
ing, has laid in thirty-two tons of paper to
print the election tickets on.
Chandler II Taylor last week shipped one
of their engines and sa complete. to
Nicaragua and another TO Jackson, Mich.
The new Burford printing and book
binding establishment will be run by a
slxty-horse-p power natural gas engine OF an
expense of only 75 cents a day.
Spiegei. Thoms & Co. are making I'm.
provements to their mandatory on South
East street. putting in one of Olsen's ele-
vators and other Iabor-saving devices.
HctheriDgton " Berner are to manufact-
ure the Herschell tiue weldlng-machlne, q
novel and recently patented invention
which bids fair TO come into general use.
The Duthie * Dageett Fine-tool Compa-
nv last week contracted for $1,000 worth of
new machinery, and IS obliged to enlarge
the works for the third time in the last
two years
Mr.. Bennett, president of the Indlanap-
oils Stove Company. says that they are
now ernpioyin 100 men. thirty more than
ever before. and still the works are behind
In filling orders.
Rotary Plow Company more rapidly than
they can be filled. and those interested in
the new invention are much elated over
the outlook for Its rapid introduction.
Harry Atkins. of the firm of 4. c. Atkins
* Co.. states that ct no time In the history
of the worss has the company been more
pressed. with orders In several depart
ments anight force has again been nut on.
The Howe Pump-engine Company finds
IL quite difficult to keep up with its orders.
1t builds q f~ire-eDgine complete. and lad
ders. hooks, etc.. TO 20 with il. and for small
towns il Is o very useful supply of fire ap-
paratus.
ID. +. Stone Il Co.. manufacturers of fine
cabinet wares, are so pressed with work
that one floor of the Mccormick Block has
BEEN leased for o store-room and the store.
room o. the maDufactory turned into shop.
room. enabling the company TO consider
ably Increase it's force.
Indianapolis is becoming famous as q
harness manufacturing point. There are
two establishments here which give EN-,
ploy nent To over two hundred men, and
the business of both Is steadily growing
There Is hardly q state III the Union &c
which they do not ship their goods. They