The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-12-02
Industrial Notes.

The Parry Manufacturing Company has
its large new brick building under roof. and
expects to get into it by the first of the
year.
Work is being pushed on the new build
ing of the water works company. When
completed, ii will be the finest engine house
attached to any water works in the coun-
try.
In, the month of November Belt engines
handled for industries located on it's lines
3,51 cars. an increase over the number han
died in November OF 345 cars and over the
number handled in November, 1894, of 1,142
cars.
The bicycle people are all busy. Numer-
Gus orders for early spring delivery have
already been placed 1t is stated that from
present indications fully 900 people will be
employed by the bicycle manufactures or
this city the coming year.
pharmacists, are new concern here.
which promises to become an important
industry for this city. Several good men
are behind the enterprise, which is said TO
have ample financial backing.
Both the Water Works Company and the
Citizens Street-railway Company have
dropped work on ext snsions of mains and
tracks for the present which has thrown
several hundred people out of steady work
on that class of improvements.
The Indianapolis Electric Light Company
has been charging its plant and has estab-
lished pleasant offices and salesrooms on
East Georgia street. Young, men are at
things much of the time being obliged to
work over time TO fill orders
The McElwaine- Richards Company, steam,
ness good. This company has, in addition
to its works here, a plant at Noblesville,
where some sixty people are employed.
While having good home trade, in the gas
ard oil regions their trade is large.
Another old landmark of indianapolis is
disappearing The old homestead OF Calvin
Fletcher on North Pennsylvania street. is
being remodeled. 1t was built in the carly
fortfes, when just north of IL was a swamp.
and 1t was surrounded by woods Now the
ground is near the heart of the city.
II IL a busy time with most of the manu-
facturers located on the Belt road. Last
month the Atlas engine works, located on
the Belt. shipped 104 carloads Of engines and
died for the Standard wheel works, and
eighty carloads of material were delivered
to the Indiana Car and Foundry Company.
Phillips & Pattison. manufacturers OF
pants, shirts, etc, last week received an
order for suit of jeans from the northern
part of the State for the largest man In
the State. The pants were sixty,six inches
the hips and thirty-eight inches I'm the
thigh, and 1t took seven yards OF jeans
cloth to make the pants.
In no part of the city are improvements
being pushed as I'm the far northeastern
part of the city. In what Is known. as the
Grand View addition, within a radius OF four
blocks. sixty-two houses are in process of
erection, and only one of the number a
cottage. All others are two-story houses.
Just east the Monon Is putting up round
house and laying out its new yards.
Within the last week quite number of
manufactures and railroad shops have ar
ranged to burn coal. as the gas companies
are anxious to supply the domestic de-
mand. More coal is being shipped in here
at the present time 10 be used by manu-
facturers than at any time In the last five
years The bicycle manufactures will not
be cut off, as In certain departments nat
ural gas is used 10 such an extent that TO
do without 1t would seriously cripple the in
dustries.
The veneering manufacturers are very
busy. But few persons are aware of the
fact that Indianapolis turns out more ye-
neering In a year than any other point in
the country. The Pullman works. the man.
ufacturers OF pianos. organs and sewing
machines in the New England States draw
their supply OF veneering largely from In
dianapois manufactures. which cut all
woods known to the trade into veneering
and are noted for the nne and handsome
veneeripg they turn out