The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-05-27
PROGRESSIVE INDUSTRIES
OF INDIANAPOLIS.

The manufacture Of Portland Cement is
certain to become one Of the most important
industries of this State. Indiana lies at the
center Of population Of the United States;
has railroads reaching all parts Of the coun-
try; is in touch with the great lakes on the
north and with the Ohio and Mississippi
rivers, leading to the sea, on the south; has
coal, gas and oil for fuel In unlimited guam
titles. and has materials out of which to
manufacture Portland Cement unsurpassed
in quality and unlimited in extent. With
all these advantages Portland Cement
should be produced in this State at a lower
cost and marketed at a larger profit than
anywhere else in the country.
Chemical analyses and practical tests
have demonstrated that the oolitic lime
stone of southern Indiana, long famous as
a building stone. is one of the very best
materials out of which to make Portland
Cement. This limestone, lying as 1t does,
in close proximity to the best coal fields of
Indiana, secures to the manufacturer the
most favorable conditions under which to
produce cement of the highest grade.
The Midland Portland Cement Company,
whose general offices are in the city, has
secured large tract of oolitic limestone
near the town Of Bedford, and is now build
ing on its properties plant for the man
ufacture Of Portland Cement having a daily
capacity of 1900 barrels. This company
bids fair to be one of the most successful
of all of the States manufacturing enter
prises. Its materials are unsurpassed in
are most favorably located as to railroads.
water and all things which tend to an
economical production and profitable mar
keting of its product. 1t would seem to be
anywhere In the country better adapted to
the manufacture Of cement to commercial
advantage.
The demand for Portland Cement is far
In excess of the supply, and the shortage
must, from the nature of the case, continue
for some years to come. The beginning of
10th vl.o& 10
termed 1.-THE beginning of the cement age"
The great number and variety of uses to
which cement is put and the constantly in
creasing application OF this product TO
structural work of all kinds makes IL abso-
lutely certain that within a comparatively
short period of time the manufacture of
Portland Cement must become one of the
greatest of Americas industries. Because
of the Importance of the industry the care
with which the Midland Portland Cement
Company has been organized, the superiori-
ty of its properties and location, and the
character of its management this company
must take a place in the front rank of the
States successful manufacturing concerns.
Mr.. Geo. w. Keyser. Plumbing, Hot
Water and Steam Heating Contractor,
hardly needs an introduction to the readers
of the Journal, being engaged in the
plumbing and heating business in this city
uninterruptedly for twenty-five years,
should be guarantee to the public that his
work will be such as to commend itself to
their favor.
Mr.. Keyser is a practical plumber and
heating engineer, having completed his
trade under the direction of one of the lead
ing plumbing and heating engineers of Phil
adelphia. Pa, his native city. Mr.. Keyser.
during his residence in this CITY, has been
prominently identified with its growth. He
is member of the Commercial Club and
an honorably retired member of the Indiana
National Guard, with the title of ma jor
Among the plumbing and heating plants
recently installed by him may be mentioned
the Minshall Laboratory. De Paw Univer-
sity, Greencastle. Ind, the Cambridge
apartment house, the Glencoe fats, the Sur
rev flats and others. He is also the inventor
of the Keyser Economical Bath system
which is especially adapted to country and
suburban residences, and the Keyser arti-
fetal and natural gas hot water heater
Mr. Keyser is now located in his new quar-
tiers, No. 946-94s Fort Wayne avenue pre-
pared to install plumbing and heating
| plants; also jobbing work promptly at
I tended to. Give him call. telephone
New 1885,