The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-07

The Home Brewery Company is putting
In a very complete artificial ice plant.
In the month OF April the indianapolis
Touring mills turned out 80, 494 barrels Of
-four against a. S barrels in April. 1893.
The Z C. Atkins & Co. plant, which has
been shut dow for a week to make re-
pairs. resumes work to-day, working eight
hours.
The Indiana Bicycle Company has placed
a sign on the roof OF one end of its build
ings two hundred feet in length and six
feet In width.
The Indianapolis terra Gotta works last
week received several good orders and are
working full handed and in some depart
ments over time.
Since the summer packing season began
the Indianapolis packing houses have killed
$1,000 hogs against 5000 for the correspond
ing two months OF 1893.
The Jenny Electric Motor Company or
this city was last week awarded the con-
tract for a Observation-Disclosures light plant
for Lincoln Park. Chicago.
In the month OF April the Parry Cart
Manufacturing Company turned out s.452
four-whet led vel icles and 2.70 carts. The
pay roll for tine month was 81. 1858.
In April the Indianapolis commission
houses handled 27 carloads of Irish pota-
toes, l03 carloads of cabbage and sixty car
loads of tropical fruits. mostly bananas.
Potts & Co. last week struck quite a lit
featuring plants to Milwaukee. Wis; Stock
s. sSn; e. L. Austin Tex and Washington
Inc encauSJlc tile WOrkS management re-
ports business as improving, but with no
rush. The works are running nine hours
with about the usual complement of en-
ployes-
The FIetcher-place Church is being paint
ed a neat drab color, much of an improve
ment over the rusty looking brick walls.
The Blind Asylum is also receiving a coat
OF paint.
Chandler * Taylor have their usual force
OF thirty men at work In their boiler shops,
but In the machinery department about
one third Of the usual number of men Is
employed.
Business has improved of late with the
lunber dealers. the planning mills and door
and sash factories. The different estab-
liShments are employing about two-thirds
their usual number of men, but in some
cases are running only eight hours.
The Eli Lilly Company, manufacturers Of
pharmaceutical chemicals. are doing more
business. President Lilly says, than last
year. There has not been a month this
year that their sales have not exceeded
those OF the corresponding months of 1898.
The Indiana Electrotype Company is a
new enterprise for Indianapolis. The COM
pany has leased half OF the lower floor of
the Burford building on West Pearl street
and has put in several thousand dollars
worth OF modern machinery for this bust
ness.
The Merritt & Sons wooden mill is run
ming three days OF the week. The Hoosier
wooden mills are idle. and General Manager
Thalman IL not decided when they will
start 40. Merchants who want TO buy
goods will ask II thew have such goods on
hand. and on an Affirmative answer make
some low price offer FOR them which neither
OF the mills could afford TO accept. Prices
for the new clip Of wool. dealers say. will
be low no difference what turn tariff mat
tiers take, but were the question out OF the
way there would be some advance on pres
ent prices.