The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-23
THE BUSINESS REVIVAL
RECENT IMPROVEMENT IN LOCAL
INDUSTRIAL LINES.
III. LIeber & CO. Have to Call I'm Trav-
cling Men-BelIis Bicycle Com
pany to Resume To-Day.

The revival of business in this city which
was noticed the. week Immediately follow
ing the election, has kept good pace. and
the m anufa cturers and business men speak
encouraging1y Of the winter outlook. Con-
servative men did not expect good times
TO at once confront the country but the
approach of them seems to be more rapid
than they anticipated Below is given a
brief review of the local situation. shown
by expr essions from men engaged In diff
ferent lines. srls4
Mr.. Liebers of H Ldeber & Co, makers of
picture frames, ETC., states that their man
ufactory is running until $3.50 o'clock each
night, with 40 men employed, the largest
number of men ever employed at the plant
The firm is SO pressed with orders that 1t
has called in it's travelling statesmen until
Jan. l. except the one on the PACING coast,
ard he is to sell no goods for earlier than
spring delivery. When business in this line
is good 1t is evidence that money matters
are much easier.
d. M. Parry. president Of the Parry Man.
ufacturing Company. states that with each
week the company is putting on more
men, and in short time expects to have
full complement of men. eight hundred,
at work.
turers are exceedingly busy. Daggett &
Co. are working a night force and are con-
verting 125 to 100 barrels of sugar a day
into candies. Indianapolis manufacturers
have in the last few years SO improved
their plants that there are but few lines
of candies they cannot make
Q. L. EnSiey, secretary and treasurer OF
the Foster Lumber Company, states that
at no time in some years has that COM
pany been SO busy. employing more men ~
o'clock at night. Mr.. Ensley states that
| since the election a number of parties who
had contemplated making nuiiaing I'm I'm
company does a large business in supply
| ing the larger cities and towns or the
| State with lumber and bulicing equip
mentS. , :,
The improvements to the indianapolis
| hominy mills are completed and the mill
ments included the putting In of three new
| large boilers and other machinery, making
| il one of the most complete plants or TINS
| character in the country.
| The Bells bicycle works will on Monday
next put about seventy-f1ve men at work
| on their 1897 bicycle. and Will gradually
increase the force until 1t reaches It's 1ul
number. For some time past fifteen men
| have been engaged in putting In new ma
| chinery and refitting old machinery, to
| manufacture the 1881 make, or wnlcn there
| Last Wednesday the Indianapolis Chair
| Company started up with about two nun
dred men. about two-thirds its usual num-
| Der and if orders continue to come in as
| for few days past. the force will be grad
ually increased to its full complement.
Mr.. Jillson, of the firm of knight & jill.
| son, is quite elatedA over the improvement
In business with them, He thinks that not
| in any week of the last four years has this
| establishment sold as much gas pipe
| plumbing material, ETC.. was sold last
| week. Over eleven miles of gas pipe was
| sold during the week In four and siX-incf
pipe. But the most striking thing. he says
| is the large orders coming i'm to them and
| TO the machine shops for ffues and material
! to repair boilers. He says ii seems to him
| every idle manufacturing establishment In
| the State is repairing its boilers. engines
| etc. preparatory to starting up.