The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-05-21
Industrial Notes.

Blair & Baker are negotiating for a piece
of ground, which, should they. secure, they
sixty wide.
The rolling mill company, through its
receiver, last week, sold two hundred tons
of coke 1t had on hand to a st. Louis con-
Germ, which is troubled to get coke TO
keep in operation.
Matters have frightened a little with the
Atlas engine works, but by no means are
the shops at high tide. Within the last
ten days thirteen carloads OF engines have
been shipped from the establishment.
The five new buildings now going up on
East Maryland street, between Delaware
and Alabama, will cost over sSO,VN. All
on stone foundations, and iron or stone
fronts.
The building mmitt of the May
flower Church is negotiating with an
new church, which the congregation pro-
poses to erect on North Delaware, near
Seventh street.
II. H. McGaffey is pushing work on the
street, where the Central Christian Church
formerly stood. The Improvement will cost
$4,000 complete, and the second and third
stories of the building will be occupied
by the Indianapolis Dental College.
The lockwood Manufacturing Company
is having a very fair run of business.
Thus far this year it has built twenty
iron bridges for county roads in Illinois
and Indiana, and in the last few days
has contracted to build fifteen more. This
firm in 1893 built lis bridges varying from
ten to eighty feet in length.
Brown & Ketcham have about $50 men
at work. They have, beside the large con-
tract for a building at Duluth, the iron
work for a number of less important build
ings; and it now looks as If they would
which is about two-thirds Of their regular
force, for some time to come.
The walls of the Citizens street-railway
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roof, and 1t is quite In imposing building.
A track has been laid to 1t to enable the
company to get the heavy motors. dy-
namos. etc, to the buildings more readily.
When completed it will rank among the
most complete and large power plants in
the country.
Thomas Madden. one of the largest man.
ufacturerS OF lounges says the lounge man.
ufacturers are not carrying banners, but
he thinks they are doing much better than
are lounge manufacturers at other points,
and consequently will not complain. The
several lounge manufactures are working
about two-thirds their usual number of
men eight hours a day.
Tucker & Dorsey, manufacturers of
about one-third their usual force at work.
Mr.. Tucker says the most discouraging
thing is that while now is the time they
should be receiving orders for next fall and
winter, none TO speak Of are coming in.
Everybody seems to be waiting for some
thing better TO turn up. A year ago there
was q oNdNC AZ thC lAV IA NAANA
the company did not have orders to fill.
The furniture dealers claim that they
are great sufferers through the depressed
times, and the fact demonstrates itself in
the light sales of furniture. So many large
dealers nave gone TO the wall financially
that large amounts of furniture have been
thrown on the market, which is selling at
suicidal prices, and they do not look for
an improvement until the bankrupt con-
Germs are sold out and old. solid merchants
a an opportunity to sell goods above
cost of the raw material.
The losses of Itenbach & Co. at their
stone yards from the heavy wind or a
! few days ago were more serious than at
first supposed. The ngine OF the traveller,
which was blown from the elevated track,
was turned bottom side upwards and IL
will cost 5000 or more to repair ii. Scott
Thomas, the engineer. who, when he saw
the engine was TO fall from the elevated
track to the ground below, jumped, finds
that he was considerably injured in the
back and is still unable TO work.
! Dean Brothers last week received three
carloads of heavy machinery from the East
for their new shops on First street and
more carloads in a few days. II is the in
tention TO have these the model shops of
the West. They have their pay roll again
up to over one hundred men, but are not
pressed with orders. The strikes, coupled
with so many manufactures still being
shut down, greatly limits the demand for
steam pumps, but Dean Brothers hope that
by the time their new shops are completed
the troubles Will be largely over.
The Northumberland Company Sc
cured a contract Saturday from the Muncie
Natural-gas Company. Muncie. Ind, for
fifteen carloads of wrought iron line pipe
ranging in size from two inches to eight
inches. The observation-disclosures Com
pany Is making a speciality OF wrought iron
pipe, selling 1t in direct competition with
| the steel pipe which can be manufacturer