Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-05-24
WESTINGHOUSE
TOBUILD HUGE
FACTORY HERE
s2,500,00O Electric Bulb Plant
to Be Erected on East
End Property.
BIG ADDITION TO CITY

A huge plant Of the Westinghouse
Lamp Company, for the manufacture
of incandescent electric lamps, will
come to Indianapolis, it was an
nou1ced today.
epllons on all the propery bounded
10y LaSalle street on the west. Michigan
street on the south to the Belt rail-
road. thence in a line north to St Clair
street and west 10 LaSalle street. with
the exception Of twelve lots on LaSalle
street south of st. Clair street. have
been obtained by Emerson ". Chaille,
realtOr. representing the company
There are two small houses on the
site. which contains about twelve acres,
hut the remainder of the site is vacant
land
CITY TO ORDER
PROPERTY VACATED.
The board Of public works asreed to
vscating Tuxedo street within the site
and several small alleys
1t was stated that If this had not been
done the plant would have gone TO St
Louis. as this WAS the one site desired
in this city by the company
There are now only few minor legal
technicalities TO lie attended to before
the deal for the land is completely closed.
A rough estimate Of the cost Of the
building and equipment is S2.500.OO0. and
Il is the plan to have it in operation by
spring of 1921.
About 700 persons will be employed
in the plant, which viii be i've stories
high and of the most modern construC-
ton in every way.
Because of the nature OF the work
a large portion of the employees will
be women and girls
FLAN MODERN
CONvENIESCES.
The work is said 20 be clean and at
tractive TO hiSh-class workers. and there
viii be such attractive features as cafe
terra, resTOOms. dancing floor for Use
ar noon hours, dispeasary, group iusur-
ance, etc
The Westinghouse Lamp Company has
at present Z plant at Trenton. y. J., from
which distribution is made for the east
ern states and a plant at Milwaukee,
from which distribution for the western
states is made.
Il is the plan 10 make distribution
from the Indianapolis plant for the CEN
Atrsl western states and the south. The
fNnapons plant. it is expected. will
have a daily output Of between 10000
and 5000 incadescent lamps day.
The Westinghouse Lamp Company de-
cided TO construct an additional lamp
factory in one OF the central western
cities about year and a half ago. and
that the factory should be in opera
ton by the spring Of 1921, in order to
meet the demands of the succeeding
winter.
Representatives Of the company made
Investigation Of the merits Of various cit
les and the sites that might be availa BILE,
including ST. Louis, Cincinnsti and Louis
vile.
Recently T. c. Whaling. general man
eger, and H S Black. assistant general
manager. were in this city in conference
with Charles O'Brien Murphy. vice presi-
dent and general manager Of the
Merchants Heat and Light Company. and
Emerson Y. Chaille
Mr. Murphy has made a number of
trips TO New York during the past year,
and Mr.. Whaling said to him: You can
thank Mr. Murphy for our coming 70 In
dianapolis.
He has certainly convinced US that In
dianapolis is the ideal place for our fac
tory"
BUREAU AIDS IN
G1ING PLANT.
The bureau Of industry of the Indian
apolis Chamber of Commerce has been
comforting with representatives Of the
Westinghouse company for several
months, and it was partly through the
efforts of Myron R. Green. director Of
the bureau, that the company was inter
ested in the general location of the site
purchased.
Representatives of the Chamber Of
Commerce assisted the company in max
ing an extensive industrial survey last
winter, and had difficulty in selling the
city during the first visit of representa-
tives Of the company because Of a preju-
dice held toward Indianapolis.
The company's representatives were
quickly convinced, however. that the in
formation on which prejudices were
based was entirely erroneous.
Once these erroneous impressions were
removed, representatives Of the company
frankly admitted that Indianapolis would
be an ideal location for the large plant.