The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-04-16
GROWTH OF INGALLS,
The New Manufacturing Suburb
Is Gaining in Industries.
Chemical Works, Flour Mills and Other
Enterprises-LOcal Horse Market
business Picking Up.

The new suburban manufacturing town,
ingalls,, which was established in June, 1898,
has grown and prospered in manner sur
prising even to its friends. Ingalls, is twenty
miles east of the city on the Indianapolis
division of the Big Four railroad, and lies
in the southwest corner of Madison county.
The owners of the town established ii nth
the expectation that it would become a
free natural-gas suburb of Indianapolis,
and would prove attractive to manufacture
ers who wished to live in and take advan-
tage of the banking and commercial facili-
ties of the city, and, at the same time, Sc
cure the benefits of free fuel. During the
past ten months ingalls, has grown from
vacant farm land to a town containing over
sixty buildings, with six permanent and
valuable manufacturing industries. The
first concern TO locate at Ingalls, was the
Crescent Glass Company, which removed
there from Washington, Pa. The buildings
and equipment of this company cover three
acres of land, and give employment to a
large force of people. j. l.. Mothershead, of
this city, is president of the company.
The Ingalls, Zinc Company has built
large zinc smelter, which started TO run
last week, and is turning out many hun
dred pounds. of pig zinc daily. The build
ings alone Of this company cover over fiji
teen thousand square feet of ground.
The Puritan Springfield Company has
erected a large brick building. in which it
gives employment to nearly fifty people in
the manufacture of spring beds. which go
all over the country. This industry was for
merly located in Chicago, and came to In
gals to get the benefit of free fuel
The German-AmeTican chemical works is
building large plant of brick and stone
in which standard chemicals will be manu-
featured. The company is composed largely
Of indianapolis capital.
Randall Brothers are building a large
brick and iron planning mill, which Will be a
valuable adjunct TO the town. The Yergin
ished the construction of a large brick
chemical factory containing over twelve
thousand square feet of floor space. They
expect to give employment to about fifty
people.
In addition to the above concerns, which
being commenced of a fifty-barrel flour mill
and two additional factories. Ingalls, has
brick blocks, brick livery stable, ten brick
residences besides numerous frame dwell
ings, two church organizations, a large no.
tel and good stores. Efye gas wells yield
a daily output estimated at twenty-five mil
lion cubic feet of fuel. The wells now down
are all on the town site, and furnish Suffi-
cient gas for all of the factories and do
nestle consumption, and still give back
dred pounds. Ingalls, will undoubtedly in
time become one of the most important
manufacturing suburbs of Indianapolis A
beautiful railroad station, costing over So
600, has been erected, surmounted by a
tower with a four-dial clock. 1t Is expected
that Ingalls, Will end the year with a total
Of at least fifteen factories and popula-
ton of at least two thousand.