The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-24
Industrial Notes.

| United States.
Industrial Notes.
Evans & Co, proprietOrs of the linseed-
| oil-mills. have en- route In one train TWEEN.
fy carloads of taxseed from the North
| west.
One of the Indianapolis Touring. mills on
| the Goth of this month. had on its books
! export orders ahead calling for nifty thou
| sand barrels of flour.
| ID. NJ. Parry. J. +. Pratsand Addison BY.
| bee have taken an interest In the Standard
Bicycle Company. The plant is to be en-
larged and Its business pushed
| A new company 10 the Indianapolis brass
| foundry ana furnishers. TheeOmpany has
| leased q large room in the Wright power
| house. on South Tennessee street.
The Central Lscle Company is expend-
| ing several thousand dollars in putting in
new machinery preparatory to manufact-
| uring some new patters of bioyc
| The Sinker-Davis Company 10 building
J three smoke-stacks for the oerealine- mills
| of fifty four inches diameter, ninety eeJ In
| height, manufactured from No. 10 gauge
| iron.
| lvered eighteen large elevator cars to the
| Parry Manufacturing Company to ship
| vehicles In. The company now has sixty
| eight cars of it's own.
The bicycle manufacturers are building
| mp quiteoan extensive trade in the south
| trade OF States south of the Ohio river
amounted to but little.
The Oliver chilled plow-works COM
menced last week stocking up the Indian
| apolis distribu tin g- house. There will be
| 40 carloads shipped in here for the fall
| and early spring trade. a .s6a
Wright g. Wright last week shipped IN
| elevator and other hosting apparatus of
| large capacity TO West Virginia. This
| company has built up quite trad In the
| Virginias and Csrolinas.
The w omen's union laundry has proven q
| decided success. The plant Is now doing
| over 1870 worth of work week. and the
yoang ladies interested are realizing q
! handsome profit on their labors.
The engines which are to furnish the
| and Power Company were built by the
| Hamilton, o., machine works. of the Cor
liss build. each $50 horsepower. ssl.l 0.l
| d. Nj. Parry, president of the Parry Man.
ufacturing Company, says that not includ-
| ing the money paid for the 1879 acres of
ground the company has purchased. the
| plant, when completed, will cost 100000.
| The Indianapolis Glue Company il Civ
| ing a general Overbauiing to it's establish
| ment. taking out three old boilers. among
| other improvements and putting In that
number OF new ones with larger capacity.
| The Mccoy Company, successors to the H.
| Mccoy Company, of West Indianapolis,
| manufacturers of single. double and triple
| trees has received three orders this month
| for shipments to 60 to Sydney. South
| Australia.
The proprietor of the Indianapolis bolt
| and machine-works states that were he
| not to accept another order. Tor the next
| ninety days, he has orders now on his
| books to keep the works in operation that
| length of time.
| The Hunt soap works have become one
| of Indianapolis important industries.
| The laundries, the hotels and shops are
largely supplied with the make of this es-
Establishments, which gives employment to q
number OF people.
| The United States encaustic tile.works
| are still so crowded with orders as To he
j working over time. Last week the COM
pany shipped three carloads of it's prod
ucts TO Northwestern States TO go into pub
lie buildings now being erected.
The Western Paving Company of this
| city has been awarded the contract to lay
forty five Thousand square yards of asphalt
| pavement in Chicago, and will this week
| ship one of their heavy street rollers aud
| other traps necessary to Chicago.
| The Jenncy Electric-motor Company is
| putting in u fine plant at the Moore pack
ing-house. 1t is compound forty kilo
| dynamo. which is equal to a flfty-horse
| power motor. and will light three hundred
incandescens and number of arc lights.
The contractors building the Colonel
| Downing block on North Meridian, street
have contracted with the Premier steel.
| works for the steel beams. some of which
| will he thirty-seven feet long, and il re-
| Quires over $4,000 worth for the building,
which is to be practically fre-proof
| structure
| Knight g. Jillson are negotiating for q
long lease of the building recently occu pied
! by the Eclipse Bicycle Company. their
present quarters being too limited for their
rapidly increasing business. Present lndi-
cations are that this establishment will
| tins year do 80 per cent. more business than
| in any former year.
Business is improving with the manufact-
urers of slaves. heading. etc. W. II. Cole
! man is running his several manufactures
| full-handed and full time. The Standard
| Oil Company has resumed operations at
| it's works in West Indianapolis, and the
| less important establishments of this char.
acter are said TO be busy.
The lockwood Manufacturing Company
| last week tnrned ont the largest paper
pulley the works which are known rs the
| American paper wheel works, have ever
| constructed. 1t weighed l.400 pounds and
was tifty-two inches In diameter. 1t Is tn
| lie the main pulley for running the In
dianapolis Chair Company's works
William Haueiseu has commenced the
erection of tive-story building. having q
frontage on West Navy land street of thirty
feet and running back 10 feet The build-
Baker * Randolph IN addition To their
present quarters. which building will ad-
join the new building on the west.
The Indianapolis Chair Company has
| levelcd TO tho ground the buildings which
constituted the original plant and have n
! large force at work erecting in their place
building completing the plant ON IT'S
latest plans. making it the largest chair
mannfae turng-works in the country.
Six years ago Mr.. LaBadie. Frenchman.
began To manufacture bluing on small
scale, himself being able 10 ill all the orders
4 m.
large establishment. turning out bluing
Tor all tho Indianapolis Wholesale grooers,