The Indianapolis journal., 1893-06-26
Industrial Notes.

Hetherington a. Berner commence this
morning running their shops but nine
hours a day.
Chandler & Taylor commence this morn.
ing running their shops and foundry but
nine hours day.
The Bicy Gle chain manufsctory has dis
missed forty of its emp loyes and is work
ing the remaining force but eight hours.
Business with the National Starch Manu-
featuring Company Is beginning to i'm.
prove. Export inquiries are increasing and
the domestic trade IL Improving.
Both voolen mills are now running. but
are stocking up none; simpiy filling orders
they come in. When the orders fall Off
the mills will slacken their pace.
Wright a. Wright last week shipped Q
large boiler and o one-hundred- horse
power engine to Clay City for q new man
ufacturing interest at that point
II. II. McGaffey has been awarded tho
contract to build the new hotel at the lnga Ills
suburb. 1t is to be built OF brick, resting
on stone foundation. and three stories high.
The Abattolr Com pany is driving pillnu
and protecting its EN- mbsnkment, where its
new buildings are TO he erected, against
being washed when White river gets high.
The receipts of hogs are increasing and
the new Moore Packing Company is bris-
tling ND and getting IN shape to be one of
Indianapoliss most healthy, important in.
dustries.
Olaf Olsen, proprietor of the Indiansp-
OILS bolt Orks, In rebuilding is putting on
an additional story, and will have when
completed. very commodiOus and cOnven.
lent shop.
Consumers of hog prod ucts are now bene-
flied by q little sharp competition between
the Moore Packing Company and the KIN
gan a. Co. packing company, the former
cutting on prices.
The Evans LInseed Oil Company will
shut down its works next week to make
general repairs before the new years busi-
nees sets In. Tne past has been prosper
ous year with this esta blishment
Potts 81 Co.. brick machinery manufao-
turers, last week shipped q large and very
complete plant to Mnncle. Ind. and q sec
Ond to Maxwell. Ind. Business is rather
quiet with them. and they are working
about two-thiTds their usual force.
The Commercial EIectric-light Company
has Just put in a special geared ard CLOSE
regulated l25-horse- power engine. built for
the works by Chandler & Taylor. Ex-
perts pronounce IL very precise and su-
perior performing piece of machinery.
The insurance companies have adjusted
honorably the losses of the Lewis Porter
Cabinet Company. and within q few days
the company Will take some action toward
rebuilding the plant. 1t is probable the
company will rebuild on larger scale.
Business at the Indianapolis live stock
yards in the week ending June 2i was the
heaviest of any week since last Novemb Der.
The receipts of the week were 90, $50 hogs
and 200 head of cattle and the stock deal
ers are greatly encouraged over the out
look.
ltten bach IL Co. are getting ont some
fine stone work for the Normal School
building at Terre Haute. These works
have juss put in some new boilers and are
to put q new ninety horse DO wer on gine.
expecting that their business will soon i'm.
prove.
The Reliance Edge Tool Company. otter
q very prosperous year. Is slowing down
through the heated term. Nearly all the
axes they manufacture are sold in the
cities of st. Paul. ST Louis, Chicago Pitts
burg ana Philadelphia. Last week the
works had an order from Maine.
KinRan * Co. and other IN lnufacturers of
butterIne and oieomargarine are now doin z
but little. Butter Is so low that it is fur
nished as cheap as can be either of the su b.
stitutes. The butterine which Kingan a
Go. manufacture has met with O large sale
while there was scarcity of butter.
The Bedford Stone Company. which ia
composed OF Indianapolitans. Is doing q
good business. To better fill orders they
are putting IN another stone sawmill and
additional steam power A large per cent.
of their product goes TO Eastern cities
where Bedford stone Is highly priced.
The machinery of the new electric ligh
and power house is In position and matters
we'll advanced toward beginning operations.
On Saturday the new underground circuit
of wires. W hich extend from North TO South
and from East TO West street was tested
and every thing proved highly satisfactory.
Ii is highly probable that the Western
Furniture Company will make deal with
tha Dean Brothers by which they will &C.
cure the old shop of the Dean Brothers. the
property adjoining them. The Western