The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-04

The Belt Road Company has got it's switch
leading to the interior hardwood works
completed, and the works are well started
up in their new quarters with a largely in
creased capacity.
An idea of the business that the Atlas
engine and boiler works are doing may
be formed from the fact that in the month
of March there were handled on their pri-
yate switch 1872 loaded cars.
Dean Brothers are running their plant at
night. To April L their sales have been
double those of last year and their ship
ments last month We're the largest of any
month since they have been IN business.
The Standard wheel works are crowded
With work. The company has been stock
ing up with raw material heavily Last
month 172 loaded cars were delivered on its
private switch loaded with spoke, hub and
felloe timber.
The former Morrison block at the north
east corner of Meridian and Maryland
streets, now the building occupied by NJ
OConnor's wholesale grocery is being ex-
tended back to the alley its full width and
four stories high.
President Walcott, of the Indianapolis
terra Gotta works, says the outlook is the
brightest for years in his line of manu-
facture. The company is now employing d
full force and working full time and pres
ent orders will keep the plant busy some
weeks.
The INDIANAPOLIS Foundry Company now
has the largest number of orders on it's
books in the history of the works and is
pushing business in all departments. With
pacity OF the plant will be considerably in
creased.
Samuel Rauh president of the Indianap-
oils Stock Yards and Belt Road Company
is negotiating for the large piece of ground
on the corner of old Twelfth and Meridian
streets owned by the Indianapolis Natural
Gas Company, with the object of erecting
a fine residence there.
G. II. Shower, carriage builder, said on
Saturday that it seemed like old times so
far as that line of business is concerned
his sales of carriages largely exceeding
another order for some of the heavy log
wagons such as he has for some years been
shipping to South America for logging on
the mountains.
The Nordyke G. Marmon Company report
an increase in their business. Besides an
for special machines, boiling cloths, sup
plies and repairs they have been awarded
several contracts, among them being one
for a complete new -four mill to have a
daily capacity of 1000 barrels Of -four and
$500 bushels of fine corn goods. This large
mill will be equipped for the Atlanta Mill
ing Company, Atlanta, Ga. The Indianap-
oils firm came in competition with all of
the large mill building companies on this
job and with that of the Eckhardt & Swan
Company of Chicago. This contract makes
the second secured by the Nordyke & Mar
mon Company for mills of so large capacity,
tracts placed in the last two years. Be
sides this contract they have been awarded
one9 for a seventy hve-barrel mill to be
erected in Rockport, Ind, one for a fifty
barrel mill TO be erected at Baviacora, So
nora. Mexico, and an order for ten double
stands of large size roller mills from Bal
lard & Ballard. Louisville, Ky. A contract
for q mill of $50 barrels capacity was re-
ceived Saturday through their Northwestern
agency. This mill will be erected at Cal
gary. Alberta. N. w. IL.