The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-29
MERRY FACTORY WHEELS
A BUSY HUM OF MACHINERY INDI-
Gates INCREASING TRADE.
Kingan e. Co.'s New England Ship
turers Industrial Notes.

The lockwood Manufacturing Company
has just made a large shipment of paper
pulleys to Springfield. Mass. for use in the
new armory buildings at that point
The hospital surgeons at Atlanta. Ga,
have contracted with G. Fl. Shower. of this
city, for an ambulance of the most modern
build and provided with all conveniences.
General Manager Landers, of the United
States Encaustic Tile Company says the
company has no cause for complaint of their
business the last sixty days. 1t has been
at high tide and there is good fall business
in prospect.
The first four months of this year the
furniture manufacturers were unable to fill
their orders. Then came a lull, and now an
Improvement has set in, and this class of
manufacturers expect to do big fall and
winter business.
The Indianapolis Water Company has
completed the covering of it's water gallery.
which required 5000 square feet of material.
Yhe large engine is now in constant service.
Since March l the company has laid 1900
feet of new pipe.
George Weaver has been awarded the con-
tract to build the Hume block on East
Ohio street. between Pennsylvania and Me-
ridian streets. The building will be con-
structed of pressed brick. 1t will be 100 feet
in length by so feet in width. and three
stories high.
Hetherington & Berner on Saturday
shipped their sixth portable asphalt plant
and have practically received orders to
build three more for early spring delivery.
Mr. Hetherington says that in the line Of
iron structural work they are doing con-
siderably more than last summer
w. II. Laycock,' president of the spring
bed and furniture mandatory, states that
the pay rolls show 226 people employed,
the largest number in the history of the
plant and double the number of year ago.
The iron bedstead they have just begun to
manufacture is meeting with big sale.
Kingan & Co., in their beef-killing depart
ment, are slaughtering an average of 200
head of fine cattle day for the local mar
ket and shipments to New England, where
the company has an extensive trade the
company has its new cars in service.
making about three hundred owned by the
concern
Thomas Dean of the Dean Brothers. says
the firm now has on its pay rolls the largest
number of men in the history of the works
and this month has done the largest bust
ness of any month since the works were
established. The outlook for business with
Dean Brothers could not well be more sat
isfactory.
The daily market in the building on East
Market street, recently erected by Charles
Shower, is proving a success. Every stall IS
taken and the indications are that 1t will
revolutionize marketing in this city. as the
general market is held only on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays of each week
II. b. Smith, who represents the Oliver
Chilled Pillow Company at Indianapolis,
which is one of the companys most impor-
tant distributing houses, says business is
apols distributing house furnishes southern
Illinois. southern Indiana, southern Ohio,
Kentucky and West Virginia with plows.
The lumber yards and planning mills Pre-
sent scenes of activity these days. Building
in Indianapolis is again improving and in
supply of lumber from this city. In fact,
all lines of building material is so active
that the country trade to the local mills has
become about as important as the city trade.
The Indianapolis Steel Roofing and Corfu
eating Company % and 20 East South
prospect for fall trade. This company has
recently added 5000 feet of floor space, and
has put in machinery for the manufacture
of galvanized iron CUTTERS corrugated pipe
and cOrnice work. which will increase the
working force. The company is now at
work on contract for Kansas City, calling
for 100 tons of corrugated iron.
A few years ago the Mccormick people
were the only concern manufacturing mar
vest implements and machinery that had
good buildings here and was well represent
ed. In fact, the Mccormick people for years
there are fifteen different manufacturers of
harvesting machinery here, several of them
having built of late large and handsome
buildings. those of the Rumley Company
and of the Deering harvester being a credit
TO the city. A building of 121 feet front on
itol avenue is being erected for Nichols &
SheDherd.