The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-23
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW
Recovery from the Prostitution of
the Summer Is Slow.
Idle Will Resume Operations
lDf This Morning.

Dropping in upon the various industries
IL is fourd that the recovery from the bust
ness prostration is slow. The Indianapolis
chair works, which have been running spas
medically the last few weeks, will resume
operations this morning and President
Helwig hopes that there will be no more
shutting down, at least until the holidays.
Chandler & Taylor, who usually work about
$50 men, now have put thirty-six at work.
Last week they shipped carload of ma
chinery to Costa Rica, one to Guatemala,
and two to Brazil. The Atlas engine works
have two hundred men at work. President
Hanna has given instructions to keep the
married men with families at work as far
as possible They have some orders coming
in and are building some engines to be
ready when business does improve. The
Howe Fire Engine Company is experiencing
fair business, but not what it promised
to be six months ago. Last week they
shipped a waterworks plant to Ladd. ILL.,,
costing $1,000, and hand fire engines, hooks
and ladders to Radcliffe, Ia, Story City,
Ia, and one to Charlottesville Mich.
The d. e. Stone Furniture Companys
works are idle, and it is understood that
steps are to be taken to sell the property
to a newly-organized company. At the In
dianapolis cabinet works two hundred peo-
pie are at work, one-half the usual number,
and the receiver finds ready market for
most of the product. The Interior Hard
wood Company, Henry Latham president,
has thirty men at work, and so many fine
ly finished houses are in process Of con-
for complaint, the demand for their prod
uct being unexpectedly good.
Both wooden mills are working their
usual number of hands, running but eight
hours. At present they are running only
on orders, which come in just about fast
enough to take the goods as manufac-
wooden mills after all. So many have been
idle for three months that stocks are very
low, and with only a moderate improve
ment in business generally the wooden mills
would profit. The Indiana cotton warp
mills. Love Brothers, proprietors, have
their new three-hundred-and-fif horse
power engine in position, and by experts it
is pronounced the best piece of work of this
character in the city They have two hun
time. One of the proprietors states that
they are making no money in running now,
but so long they pay expenses they pro-
pose to keep in operation.
The pay rolls of the Parry Manufacture
ing Company on Saturday showed that
they had 230 men at work, about one hum
president says they are getting the ac--
cumuiated stocks we'll cleared out, and
their extensive warerooms begin to look
thin He states that they could do more,
but at the present time manufacturers are
scanning the credit of their patrons closely
and running no risks, as every manufac-
turing interest has TO stand on its own bot
tom and carry on business in just such
manner a. not to be dependent on bankers
for money TO pay hands or for material
Like many others, he is of the opinion that
the present will have one good effect; IL
will curtail the credit system and lead to
many doing business on cash basis and
the selling of goods proportionately lower
The Touring mills continue to have an
exceptionally good run of orders. EX-
port orders have fallen on, but domestic
orders have increased. The three larger
milling companies turning out about
200 barrels of flour every twenty-four
hours. A dull time is feared next month.
The bicycle companies are putting few
men at work. Proprietors say that while
they are receiving but few carload orders,
express orders and orders for a dozen
more are coming in just fast enough to
keep up a show of business.
The Evans linseed-oil mills will start up
this morning the busy season If such it
may be called, now commencing with them.
They have about their usual quantity of
aaxseed in store, but do not talk very
the coming year. The White River Paper
mill Company, which was burned out a
few weeks ago, has the buildings repaired
and is putting in machinery, expecting to
begin operations on Nov. /.
The packing houses are beginning to do
more. Kingan G. Co. are killing 1000 hogs
a day and the Moore Packing Company
three hundred. Both will increase opera
tons as the weather becomes cooler and
shipments or hOgS In mere increase. AT the
abattoirs some three hundred head of cat
tie per week are being slaughtered This
business will soon increase, as two such
concerns preparing to snip dressed
meats to Eastern markets. At the stock
yards business is not up to expectations
Receipts of both hogs and cattle are below
those of last year, and ii is feared that not
before the fall of 1894 will this branch of
business reach the volume of years past
The fruit and vegetable packing houses,
on Saturday, practically closed down for
the season, and all have found a ready
market for Their goods.
Nordyke & Marmon have just put in for
A. b. Gates q Co. a very complete mill
for the manufacture of buckwheat -four.
It's capacity is eighty barrels per day. The
company is obliged now to get it's buck
wheat from New York and Wisconsin. but
next year propose to furnish the seed to
farmers near by and raise the buckwheat
they need in Indiana.
- The furniture manufacturers are work
ing about thirty per cent. their usual force
and find it difficult to dispose of goods in
such q manner as to furnish cash to pay
men and for material With all manufac-
turers it Is trouble to sell goods if they
will give the purchaser his own terms as
to when the bills shall be paid,
Dean Brothers, steam pump manufacture
ers, will not attempt to start up in their
new shops until the outlook for iron in
dustrieS is better but content themselves
in their smaller plant until the situation
improves