The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-05-15
ENLARGING THEIR PLANTS
Number of Manufacturing. Concerns
Have 0utgrown Their Quarters.
Good Advertisements for the City-English
View of the Brewery Deal-Natural Ice
Has the Call This Year.

A.. A. Barnes. present proprietor OF tho
plant. will erect q building 80 feet long by
70 wide. three stories high, q duplicate OF
the building he erected last year. He will
then have = building GO feet in length by
20 in Width. three stories high. we'll lighted.
well ventilated and substantial, the build
ings being built of brick resting on q stone
foundation. Mr.. Barnes expects wheu the
addition is completed to employ about
double the number of persons he now does.
some three hundred. Under the contract
the new building il to be completed by
Aug. /. 1893. The enlargement of this plant
and the prosperity of other manufacturing
interests coupled with an electric line out
there Is giving North Indianapolis quite q
boom.
About two years ago Duthie IL Daggett,
two young men of considerable energy and
inventive genius. formed q partnership TO
manufacture fine tools, and the business
has proven q big success. Commencing
with four men. they have kept increasing
their force and leasing more room, until
they % employ thirty men and must have
larger quarters. being unable with their
present force to keep up with their orders.
Recently the firm had a handsome offer TO
remove to Chicago, but decided to remain
here. and have now prepared plans for o
building 200 feet long by 40 feet wide for
new shops, the exact location of which will
be decided on to-day. The suburbof Ingalls,
10 making o strong bid to secure the plant.
Indianapolis will soon have three baker
les which do business on a large scale.
namely, Parrott 81 Taggart, the Home
Bakery and the Bryce Bakery. The latter
has expended $40. 600 in the last sixty days
in enlargiDg it's plant. erecting a large new
brick building. putting in new machinery.
larger ovens. etc. Ii Is stated that this
company now has as large oven capacity
rs any bakery in this country, and it will
49, 49,
Germs are converting into bread. crackers,
etc.. 400 barrels of flour per day and EN-.
ploying nearly three hundred people.
Indianapolis Well Advertised.
Within the last few days q number of
manufacturers from Europe who came over
TO visit the worlds fair. have stopped at
Indianapolis to look over it's manufacture
ing interests. and last week the industrial
reporter of the journal by chance
met two of them at one of the
largest manufacturing establishments.
In the course of conversation one
of the English gentlemen remarked that In
dlanapolis had become extensively known
through the Indianapolis cabinet works.
Nordyke II Marmon. the Atlas engine
works and our cerealine. starch and Hour
ing mills. The goods they manufacture
are of such fine quality that il is an excel
3oht oa oLhO v VIZ SAtJ ~
~ Manufacturing Company is, also. be-
coming well known for an institution
which has been in operation SO few years.
but from the Older establishments there
let nearly. The other gentleman spoke up
and said: There are some very shrewd
men in Indianapolis. They succeeded In
selling us their breweries at 90 to % cents
on the dollar at inf afed prices, and now
have both the ~breweries and our money.
most of the stock having been bought back
at 10 TO u cents on the dollar. Still. we
entertain no hard feeling towaId your
magnitude of the industrial interests Of
Indianapolis"
Improving It's Plant.
The Hoosier Sweat-collar Company has
shut down its works for a couple OF weeks
to make Some improvements. among other
things putting In a gas engine of forty
horse power as an economical measure. 1t
will furnish all the power needed. and do
away with employing nm engineer and re-
duce the cost of fuel from 81 to 80 cents O
day. This establishment. which Is located
on the corner of Eighth and Yandes streets.
gives employment to one hundred men and
women, mostly women. they operate
| tweDty-fOur of the iargest-siZed sewing
machines the Singer company makes. and
twenty-four of q smaller size. This COM
pany works uD 100000 Yards OF drilling
| CLOTH q month";, ana Carries a stOck OF one
hundred tons OF goat hair, which 10 used
in stuffing the collars. It's trade extends
all over the United States and Canadas.
The Ice manufacturers Not In IT, This Year.
Last year natural ice was In light supply.
and the manufacturers of artificial ice had
matters much their own way. This year
the packers of natural ice have a full hand.
and the manufacturers are the under dog.
4aA %hArn - m O0nh dAnI ~ fhnQ m
among the packers. especially of the COM
binetion companies. over the turn matters
have taken, but they say the fact that they
are heving matters much their own way
vanced. the scale for the year having been
agreed upon.
Industrial Notes.
The few days of pleasant weather has in
creased building. and the lumber dealers
and planning mills are very busy.
One of the finest pieces OF machinery IN
the way of a stationary engine in the city
Building, which was bnIlt by the Atlas
engine works of this city.
Local furniture manufacturers are being
benefited by the worlds fair, much to theil
surprise. One day last week one of the
establishments shipped fourteen carloads
OF furniture on orders TO Chicago.
Chas. Shower has Just completed a brick
s%torehouse, resting on q stone foundation,
100 feet In length by 6S in width. three
stories high. just north of Market street
between Alabama and New Jersey streets.
Notwithstanding the fact that Pittsbure
ia one of the terminals of the Pennsyl.
vania lines. the Pennsylvania Company last
week contracted with the Indisnapolis
Machine and Bolt Company for ten carloads
of bolts.
Olaf Olsen has secured the contract to
build a lot of heavy machinery for a new
eDcaustio tile plant to be located in the Gas
belt. It is To make q new kind of thing,
and some new ideas in the machinery have
been introduced.
The Nelson Morris Dressed Beef Comp any
has moved into it's new building. on X en-,
lucky avenue, and now has one of the
most complete establishments OF this char
scter. and one of the largest and bes
planned cooling houses in the West.
q. III. Shower. who. ithin the last two
years. has built a number of log trucks &c
20 TO South America to be used in ioggins
on the mountains. last week was sur prised
by receiving an order from Bradford, Pa.
for some of these wagons 20 be used on ths
mountains of Pennsylvania.
Iron aud wire fences have become &c
popular that the manufactures are very
busy. Some new designs that are very
pretty have been gotten out the pas,
winter. especially for lawn and cemetery
fences. The Capitai City Fence Company
is several weeks behind in its orders, an
Ellis IL Helfenberga are full of work. &
A short time ago o.. II. Shower found thu
carriage that o. p. Morton used to ride
about in after he wac partially paralyz ed,
in an old shed, covered with dirt and hen: