The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-03-10
LEADS in MANY LINES
FACTS ABOUT INDIANAPOLIS AS A
MANUFACTURING CENTER.
Large Number of Engines and Boilers
Made H~ere-Vehicles and Furni-
ture-In Other Lines.

There are several industries in Indianap-
oils which lead all other points in the
output Of their plants. One is in the build
ing of stationary and portable engines and
boilers. In the year 1899 over $500 engines
were built here, varying in size from ten
to 1000 horse power. The Atlas engine
works turned out in 1899 1,SO0 stationary
and portable engines. This company,
throughout the entire year and thus far
this year, has worked the largest force in
it's history-S50 men on full time.
The Sinker-Davis Company in 1899 en-
ployed through the year an average Of
100 more men than in any former year,
and exceeded all former years in number
of engines, sawmills, etc, built. The
Chandler & Taylor works also built more
engines and more boilers than in any for
mer year and employed a larger number Of
men. The same remark will apply to the
J.. 3. Allfree engine works, and Dean Bros.
employed through the entire year of 1899
an average of 200 men more than in any
former year, and are now W with
work; in fact, there is not an iron industry
in the city that has the capacity to fill or
ders with the propptness desirable.
CHAIRS AND
In the manufacture of chairs and lounges
Indianapolis is also in the lead, the four
large concerns turning out more chairs an
nually than are made at any other point,
and the same is true of the lounge indus
tries. In the manufacture of novelties in
the furniture line and in ladders A. A.
Barnes turns out more goods than any es-
tablishment Of the same character in this
country, and in milling machinery Indian
apolis is in the lead. Nordyke, Marmon &
Co. and the ]. B. Allfree Company ship
their Touring and cerealine mills, etc., not
only to every business center in this coun-
try, but to every country on the globe.
There is no country where there cannot be
found mills built by Nordyke, Marmon &
Co. Then in certain kinds of saws E. c.
Atkins & Co. turn out annually a larger
number than any other concern. In only
two lines do the Diston saw works exceed
their output, while in four lines the Atkins
saw works turn out more saws than does
the Diston Company.
In the matter of carriage building In
dianapolis also leads, Cincinnati coming
second and Flint, Mich, third. TIL Parry
Company alone in 1899 turned out In round
numbers 10000 four-wheeled vehicles, en-
ploying during the year an average of 1,62O
people. Their vehicles go to every State
in the Union, and the last year they filled
a good many orders for export.
In the manufacture Of cerealine products
from corn Indianapolis is handsomely In
the lead. When run to their full capacity
IL takes 13, coo bushels of corn every twen-
ty-four hours for the Indianapolis hominy
mills, 5000 bushels for the cerealine mills
and 1900 bushels a day for the National
starch works plant. or, when running full
capacity, ii requires $1,000 bushels OF corn
every twenty-four hours to supply the
three plants. But few persons in this city,
or in this country, so far as that goes, are
aware of the lines of manufacture in which
Indianapolis leads, but investigation will
show that in none of the above statements
is there the least exaggeration.
IN OTHER LINES.
There are other lines in which Indianap-
oils is well to the front. The standard
wheel works turn out more wheels than
any one establishment in this country
daily. The Malleable iron works, both f0r
light and heavy articles, are we'll In the
front in the lines they manufacture, and
to-day Indianapolis has one of the largest
cotton mills in operation west of the Allie
ghenies.
AS a shipping point for poultry, eggs and
butter the business is the largest In the
United States with one exception, and as a
distribution point for fruits and vegetables
but few business centers exceed 1t, and as
a horse market II is rapidly forging to the
front at such a rate that horses are now
being sold at the auction sales on five days
each week. Fully $1,000 horses will be sold
on this market the present year. The flour
ing mills are seemingly the only lines OF
| manufacturing that are under a cloud
Wheat for two years past has been toe
| high, compared with the price of flour. tc
| admit of running the mills more than one
third their capacity.