The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-23
is PLENTY OF BUILDING
MANY NEW STRUCTURES GOING UP
ALL OVER THE CITY,
And Many Larger Operations Are Only
Awaiting the Outcome of
the War.

So quietly have improvements been going
on about the city during the last few months
that unless one drives about good deal
it would be difficult to keep up in such in
formation. The readiness with which new
buildings are occupied is gratifying TO the
owners of such properties. The beautlful
new English Hotel is about completed. 1t is
one of the most notable building improve
ments the city has had for years. The new
block on the point of Massachusetts avenue
and Delaware street erected by V. 7. Malott
which is one of the best buildings built in
the last few months, has every room of
the four floors occupied, and the block on
the northwest corner of Ohio and Delaware
streets, just completed, which is OF modern
style of architecture and FIVE stories high
has all but one of the store rooms occupied
by good tenants. An important Improvement
has been going on in the enlargement of
the Hotel Oneida, on South Illinois street,
four-story building having been erected In
the rear of the main hotel, with thirty-six
rooms. The Hotel Oneida now adds consid-
erably to the hotel accommodations of In
dianapolis The interior of the hotel and
it's equipment is up to date in every re-
spect.
The Advance Thresher Company has COM
pleted its new and commodious building on
the southwest corner of Senate avenue and
Georgia street and will this week move
into it, The building is $50 feet long by sixty
wide. The Van Camp Hardware Company
has its new building, in the rear of the
Union block, on West Maryland street, COM
pleted and is placing goods in it. The COM
pletion Of this building gives the Van Camp
Hardware Company the largest floor room
opacity of any business house in the city
and in fact in the State. The Laycock
Manufacturing Company has completed the
large four-story addition to its plant and
has most of the machinery in position. 1t
will largely increase the production of the
plant Kingan & Co. have just completed
some extensive improvement to their glue
plant, erecting a new brick building eighty
feet long by fifty wide and frame build
ing Of equal size. The company is preparing
to increase it's production fully 100 per cent.
The new four-story building of Charles
Shower, on East Market street, will be COM
pleted in a couple of weeks. The new block
on the point of Virginia avenue and Della
ware street the judah heirs are erecting
will be under roof this week and is
marked Improvement to that part OF the
city.
One hears of a number of improvements
in the way of charging plants as contem-
plated, but delayed until the outcome of the
war is better known. The Pennsylvania and
the Cincinnati, Hamilton Dayton Rail-
road Companies have each plans prepared
for the erection of large city freight depots.
but are hesitating about proceeding with
the work to see how the war is to AFFECT
business. Parrot & Taggart have plans ma
tured for an addition TO their bakery plant
Sn h,t wi ara nG holdine off temnorar The
Parry Manufacturing Company and the Il.
G. Atkins saw works each have plans per,
fected for the erection of additions ana
work would have been begun had the war
not come up. The Jenney Electric
Motor Company is in operation again, but
on small scale, but is arranging to re-
build on the ground where the building was
burned The Love Brothers, proprietors of
the Indianapolis cotton mill although now
having the largest plant of this character
in the West and provided with the latest
designs of machinery and having quad
rupled their capacity in the last two years,
are not yet contented and have plans ready
for still further charging the plant;
The, indianapolis Stock Yards Company
pen sheds and the erection of two large
horse barns five hundred feet long by sew
enty wide, but are moving slowly in the
meeting, doubtless President Rauh will be
instructed by the directors to proceed with
such improvements, especially the erection
of additional horse barns, as the present ac-
commodations are too limited for handling
and selling 1000 to $500 horses per week.
The indianapolis horse market has reached
such stage that it would not be wise to
in any manner curtail its operations The
indianapolis Abattoir Company, as well, has
plans for improving its plant at a cost of
about $4,000 should business take the favor
able turn looked for. A business man on
Saturday, in speaking on'this very subject,
said that a half million dollars of improve
ments in the charging of manufacturing
plants and other industries depended on the
early termination of the war, and if temper
arily delayed in no case will they be aban-
doned. No part of the city, however, is i'm
proving more than on Washington street
east of Pennsylvania. AT the present time
three large blocks are in process of erec-
ton which are very creditable.