The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-09
THE NEW IRON WORKS
HAUGH-NOELKE ESTABLISHMENT
READY FOR OPERATION.
Personnel of the Compapy-Heavy Ex-
port Shipments i'm Meat-Stock
Yards Big Business.


son avenue, are now completed and
equipped with the most modern machinery
and will shortly have a large force of men
at work. The incorporators and owners of
the company are Frederick Noeike, presi-
dent; B. E. Haugh, vice PRESIDENT c. r.
H. Waterman, secretary and treasurer. The
plant consists Of five large buildings and
sheds, substantially built of brick, and has
frontage Of five hundred feet. The mo-
tive power is from gas engine, electric and
compassionate machinery. Among the
principal tools are pneumatic riveting
machine, large double-headed column
lathe, numerous planners, drill presses.
metal saws and punching machinery. Each
building is supplied with an automatic
travelling crane. capable of handling any
work that may be required
The three men who compose the firm are
all old residents of the city and have been
identified in its manufacturing interests
nearly forty years. B. F. Haugh is well
known to the building public having been
identified with the manufacturing of build
ing iron work for over forty years, and has
been doing work in this line all over the
United States. He was formerly connected
with the Haugh- Ketcham iron works, at
Haughville. as president and superintend-
ent Frederick .Noelke came to this city
thirty years ago. and was then employed
as foreman at the b. f. Haugh works. on
South Pennsylvania street. He started in
business for himself in 1873. MIR. Noelke
afterward located his works at 2l2 TO 224
having outgrown that plant, he purchased
the two and half acres on which the
present works have been erected. MIR.
Noelke executed the iron work for the
City Hall and market building and other
business blocks Of this city as we'll as for
numerous outside public buildings. c. F.
III. Waterman has been resident OF this
city for forty years and is we'll known in
commercial circles. During recent years
Mr.. Waterman has been interested in
heavy sewer contracts in this city The
firm with which he was connected con-
structed the Mississippi-street main sewer
and Pine-street sewer Mr.. Waterman will
the company. There are two switches-one
outside and one inside. The inside one runs
direct to the main building to insure speedy
handling of materials
Nordyke & Marmon's Business.
The Nordyke & Msrmon Company reports
its works running full time and full force.
Contracts let for large mills are few, but
the members of the company have recently
closed several contracts for mills ranging
from thirty-five to seventy-five barrels ca
pacity. The progressive miller is, as a rule,
always in the market for improved ma
chimes. with which he can better the quality
of his flour and, incidentally, produce it
cheaper. From this source they are daily
receiving orders for their special machines
also orders for boiling cloths. elevator sup
plies. power connections, etc.. for alterd-
lions and repairs. Their small order BUSH
ness is steadily on the increase. the sales
for November eclipsing those of any pre-
vious month for long time. During last
month several shipments were made to for
eign countries. two shipments going to Mex
leo, one to Nova Scotia, complete roller
fiour-mill OF seyenty-fiye barrels capacity 10
South America. complete fine corn goods
mill of LOO bushels capacity to Marselles,
France, and special machines TO Belgium
and southern Russia. They have also
booked an order for a complete hqur-mill to
they closed contract with one of the large
breweries in Chicago for complete plant
for manufacturing corn into the several
special products necessary TO the brewers
business. At Decatur, ILL.,, this firm has Just
completed a mill for the manufacture OF
hominy, grits, pearl meal and corn -four IL
is one OF the largest and most complete IN
the United states, being equipped with up
to-date machinery throughout. The power
in this mill is transmitted with the Nordyke
* Marmon Companys new rope drive sys-
tenn. The outlook for the future seems
brighter, and unless signs fail, the COM
pany will soon be doing an 1892 business
again.
Busy Time at the Packing Houses.
Since Nov. the three packing houses
have killed $4,000 hogs. about 1900 more
than in the corresponding period last year.
Last week il is stated that more hogs were
killed than in any one week OF several years
past. Kingan & Co. killing an average OF
400 day. and the other houses. Coffin.
Fletcher & Co. and the Moore Packing
Company. about 1900 a day. The receipts
of ogs are large and the quality the best
in many years, hogs being healthy, fat
and young. The three houses now give