The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-20
WORKING ON FULL TIME
PROSPERITY RETURNS TO LOUNGE
AND BED MANUFACTURERS
Trade Reported Unusually Good in All
the Woodworking Lines-At
Outside Points.

The most remarkable feature of the pros
| perity that is coming to the manufactures
| is the phenomenal increase in business with
| the manufacturers Of furniture, lounges
mattresses. spring beds and like goods. The
| Western Furniture Company, on Madison
avenue, is running full time and working
more men than at any former period. This
company has built up a large export trade,
and last week shipped four carloads of fine
| furniture to Scotland, and this week will
| ship six carloads more of export furniture.
| It's home trade, one of the members of the
| firm states. is again highly satisfactory.
| No class felt the depressed times more Sc
riously than the furniture manufacturers.
| While local establishments passed through
without being wrecked financially, in other
| parts of the country there were so many
failures and many bankrupt sales and
at such low prices was furniture sold, that
solvent institutions could not manufacture
| goods of highest standard at such prices as
prevailed.
The limerick Furniture Company reports
business at high tide. 1t is working full
complement of men full time. and turning
out more goods than at any time in the
history of the works. One of its leading
articles is a sideboard, and the works are
credited with getting out the most artis-
tically designed sideboard of any manu-
factory in the country. The company has
| large Southern and Western States trade,
ard is building up a good business in the
| Eastern States.
The Cabinet Makers Union as well, is
working full handed and in some depart
ments over time This company has an ex-
cellent home trade, and ships a good deal
of furniture to Western and Southwestern
States. 1t now ranks as the oldest furni-
ture mandatory in the city
Madden & Son report their trade the best
since they engaged in the manufacturing of
lounges This company is getting out
catalogue showing the different styles of
lounges and articles in the way of chairs
they manufacture on an elaborate scale.
This establishment works 10 men and ships
goods to nearly every State in the Union.
and does considerable export trade. This
establishment ranks as one of the oldest
| lounge manufactures, not only in the city,
but in the State, and doubtless it is one of
the best-known Institutions of this class.
The Indianapolis Chair Company has over
three hundred people at work and running
full time This company has four men en-
| ployed getting out new designs, and some
of its patterns of this year are spoken of
by furniture dealers being the most
novel, ATTRACTIVE 70 lSlSIS Ol any patterns
these works have yet produced. They re-
port the prospects for a good fail trade as
excellent.
The Central Chair Company, after work.
ing three years at half time, and running
light handed again has its full compile
ment at work and running fun time. This
company has an extensive trade in all parts
of the country, and has an excellent repu-
tation for the character of the work turned
out. One Of the officials says that they are
much encouraged over the outlook for bust
ness and they now expect to work steadily
through the fall and winter months
The Udell wooden ware manufacturers
have nearly three hundred people at work
and running full time. This manufactory
now has added furniture specialties of ar:
tistic design, such as desks, bookcases and
cabinet goods of new and novel design, to
its production. Mr.. Barnes states that the
plant is pressed with orders that 1t is
impossible to fill them as promptly as de-
sired. He has under contemplation the en-
larging of his plant.
The Laycock Manufacturing Company,
the president says, last year had the best
year in it's history UP TO that time, but this
year the company is doing440 per cent. more
business than in 1896 It has 140 men at
work, which is more than at the CORE
spending period last year. 1t has just COM
peted an addition to the plant and proposes
in addition to manufacturing spring beds,
| to manufacture iron bedsteads, which will.
oblige the company to further increase its
force. The goods are shipped to every
State and Territory in the Union. But few
manufacturers having as diversified
trade.
| Inquiry shows that with all the furniture
manufacturers, in all parts of the State,
! business is highly satisfactory In the last
! few weeks hundreds of carloads have been
shipped from such manufacturing points as
! Shelbyville Connersville and Batesvile.
This information is the more encouraging
| from the fact that this line of business,
| like that of the iron and steel works, was
| the last to feel prosperity.
In a Maine paper of recent date appears
a letter from Mr.. d. c. Robinson, whose
home is in that State setting forth the SUI
! periority of the Acme mills, in which he
| is interested 1t is used as part of adj
vertisement urging the superiority of the
best brands OF the tlours made of winter
| wheat. The pushing of winter wheat flours
| into New England is an invasion of a field
which the spring wheat has monopolZed
| for years.