The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-01
MARCH FOOD OUTPUT
HOW THE LAST MONTH COMPARED
WITH MARCH OF LAST YEAR.
Pork-PacIing ACKNOWLEDGEMENT for
indiana Stone-Emp1oyment
for Day Laborers.

indianapolis packing houses in March, the
first month of the summer packing season
this year, killed 1850 hogs, against 10000
for the corresponding month of 1894; in
crease this year. 1850. Indianapolis -four
ing mills in March turned out but 1926
barrels of flour, against 61.470 in March,
1894: decrease this year, 1904 barrels.
Three weeks of the month the Evans -four
ing mill was idle, and the entire month
the Acme Milling Company run but one of
its mills. On Saturday the Indianapolis
elevators contained 15S,943 bushels of wheat,
against 215.1S5 bushels of corresponding
date, 1894; corn. 1872 bushels, against 3S,-
80 bushels same date, 1894, and 75, 751 bush
els of oats, against $500 bushels same date
| last years.
Prospects for Southern Truck Poor.
Commission men in this city have of late
received discouraging reports regarding the
effects of the severe winter on Southern
garden truck. freight official of one of
the Southern roads, in commenting on this
matter, said: 1.-The season has verify been
unprecedented one. Scarcely a year
passes without some adverse weather. One
season one crop is injured, retarded or cut
| off, but now for the first time almost in
| the history of the trucking industry or
selves on the threshold of the marketing
period without one crop unchanged anu
| ready for shipment The misery which loves
company naturally finds some consolation
in the knowledge that no other section is
| much better off, but this questionable alle-
Walton of the farmers feelings is power,
less to improve the desoatiOn which has
been 81 spread and ND evidences y, Of WHICH stu
He said that everybody knew. of course,
t hn the last nea Any Itoss had killed every
was over the truckmen had TO start afresh
to plant everything, and it was the condi-
| ton of and outlook from these newly
| planted crops that every was now
| thinking. There was no doubt that the
acreage was a large one, but that was or
comparatively little consequence in view
/ Of the. wide. differences Of opinion as to
| suffered fearfuliy. He mad seen j, Gentle
man recently who told him that out of
| fifty acres planted he Thought he would ret
| had, of course, not been wrought every
| where. but none of the farmers had escaped
| ing could be predicted of them yet, bur
| every one could see that while they should
now , be on the ,, market they did not have
tuce had been simply wiped out OF exist
enc es The ETA farmers 1,as were working away
| energy, but the troubles they had to con-
| front this year were far greater than they
had ever before known.
Great Demand for Indiana stone.
| The Bedford Indiana Stone Company
which is owned by Indianapolis people, is
| rapidly coming to the front On the 10Th
inst the Indianapolis Gas Company select
| ed the stone. from the quarries of the above
company for its new office building, corner
| of Pennsylvania and Maryland streets
While the bids on the stone work were
higher on, on this stone than on the stone
| of the Bedford Indiana Stone Company was
| selected as being of superior quality and
desirability in every way. The stone from
these quarries is seen in many prominent
buildings and fine residences in New York
| city, and the company reports that it has
| large orders on its books for stone to be
shipped to New York, Boston Philadel-
actively pushing its business in all direc-
tions. g eSi sG8sr
Arranging to Increase Their Trade.
| The Sinker-Davis Company believes the
times are improving and has been adding to
| its equipments for the last six months. 1t
| has put in large steam hammer for MAX
| ing heavy forgings and improved gear
| cutter. for cutting all kinds of gears. 1t
| is just starting up several new lathes, in
1 GLIDING three of Lodge, Davis & Co.'S latest
| improved turret lathes. These improve
| ments are being made for the purpose of
advantage i The e sinherDaV Davis compa a.ey
shipped last week a complete band saw mill
Plant IT, to Q, Greenylle Ok complete Grey,
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ship on Monday engine and boiler AMI
foundry equipment for the Novelty foundry
and machine works at Alexandra, Ind.
Day Laborers Finding More Work.
The last ten days there has been great
| Improvement in the demand for day labor
ers cleaning up the debris where buildings
| are being torn down to make room for finer
| ones. The Citizens Street-railroad Com
pany has large force at work putting in
new curves in different parts of the city
| The illuminating and artificial gas COM
panies are laying new mains on streets
| which arc to be improved and street i'm.
provements are commencing. all of which
| gives employment to hundreds of men who
had been Idle for some weeks
How One Industry Grew.
| Hay & Willis bicycle manufacturers, in
| October last purchased three-story brick
| building, near North indianapolis, which
| had been occupied by the Capital CITY
manufacture of bicycles with ten men, feel
ing their way as they went along and NOV
ing with caution. To-day they have eighty
| 1--WE men at work. are pressed for room and
working overtime. and then unable to
keep up with their orders.
Extending Their Mains
The indianapolis Water Works Com
pany has purchased already seventy-five
miles of new pipe much of it of large di-
mansions. This season the company will
lay twelve miles of pipe twenty TO twenty
four inches in diameter. They have
sixty men at work digging bitches, ana
will in a short time double The number.
Industrial Notes.
Dean Brothers are much ENCOURAGED as
so many orders for steam pumps are coming
in They have got back to their usual
force-i70 men.
The Big Four sunk at Brightwood an
eight-inch driven we'll and found plenty of
water and viii put in three more wells