The Indianapolis journal., 1895-11-11


The following are the shipments OF Indi-
annapolis industries over the fifteen lines In
the month of October as reported to the
Board of Trace:
Flour. 2S.O70 barrels; wheat, 1900 bushels:
corn. 1870 bushels; oats, 22,O0O bushels; rye,
600 bushels; bran. zig tons; hay, 40 tons;
broom corn. 10000 pounds; cement, 4,sO0
barrels; coal, So cars; coke, 100 cars; coop
s,3el,74O pounds; cattle, $40 head; hogs,
35551 head: horses, 2.114 head: mules. 200
head; sheep, $50 head; eggs. II. .262 cases:
fruit, 1855 pounds; hair and bristies, 1900
pounds; hides. 9o6. 46o pounds; ice. II cars;
iron, 2S6 cars; lard. 1886 tierces: lime 20
cars: lumber, s5 cars: machinery, 2OO cars:
meats, bulk. 100S3.4T9 pounds; oil, 7.S4S bar
rels: pork, 9s7 barrels; potatoes. s,4sS bush
barrels; spirits and and iiduor 1isss sif Sarreis. i
starch. 2.532, ,OSo pounds; stone, 20 cars; tai
low. 682,600 pounds: tobacco, 1855 pounds:
miscellaneous, 326O5,556 pounds; merchan-
disc, 7S,419,0 ,030 pounds.
Industrial Notes.
The Indianapolis hominy mills. which
were shut down couple of weeks to make
repairs, have resumed operation.
The Western Furniture Company reports
business improving with the furniture man.
ufactories. This company now has 10 men
at work and Is running nine hours a day.
complete the work Of this season, in which
the company has laid over 1900 feet of
pipe. most of 1t large pipe for main lines.
NJ. III. Spades is making quite an addition
TO the Windsor Block, which, when COM
pleted. will admit OF running the stores,
having a front on Illinois street, sixty feet
back.
The Jenney Electric Motor Company was
plant in st. Louis and one i'm Chicago The
company is still working a day and night
force.
The lockwood Manufacturing Company
secured several good bridge contracts. and
has shipped seven sawmilIs 20 the Indian
Territory, Texas and Missouri.
The Parry Manufacturing Company sent
works at the Texas State fair. and as a
result OF his trip he sold vehicles enough to
load tnirty-seve cars or the product Of
the works for month or more.
4 In the month OF October the railways
brought into this market go carloads of
hay, mostly prairie hay. In former years
1lO carloads was the highest number
reached. This item shows what a failure
OF the hay crop in the vicinity of Indian
apolis means.
John Guedelhoefer. who makes a speciaI-
ty of building delivery wagons, has Just
completed an addition to his plant on Ken
largely increase his force. Mr. Guedel-
hoefer has built up large trade over the
STATE anu III. OnlO anu lllnOlS.
L.. C.. Atkins, OF the Atkins saw works.
has just returned from an extended South
western trip, taking i'm New Mexico. The
works are now quite busy each year. orders
coming in from new territory. The pay
roll on Saturday showed four hundred per-
sons employed by the company.
With the American starch works going
into operation. the two starch works the
cerealine mills and the Indianapolis hom-
my mill, when running To their capacity.
will require twenty thousand bushels of
corn a day. All must be selected corn as
only the finest quality can be used
Last year indianapolis and Indiana were
supplied by apples shipped i'm here from
New England and Michigan, the crop In this
section being a failure. This year the In
dianapolis commission merchants are ship
ping apples TO both New England and
Michigan. the apple crops in these States
having been a failure. The local market
has been overstocked with apples.
The Indianapolis cabinet works are fast
resuming their olden time activity With
each week the company is increasing its
force. and IS now quite busy. Last week a
number OF carloads OF desks We're sold
four hundred 10 go 10 a leading firm in one
city In the West and several large ship
ments we're made 10 Eastern States. The
company has not entered the export field.
where desks OF the manufacture of the
former company had gained strong foot
hold.