The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-03-18
CONSTRUCTION
WORK SEEN
ON ALL SIDES
Industrial Development on
Large Scale With Approach
of Spring

W OpifnS
manufacturers in the Calumet r.s
| ION are demonstrating tb.ir fst.,-
| the business outlook f,r 1900 r., -.
| aheao with construction. exten.io,s
- their plants, purchase OF land as
piospective sites. with enlargements or
- POI Idtlons in.renched mere. prepara-
iS 20 placing their factories bacl. IN
capacity basis. According 70 We've
= leaders in the district. indication-
'o"ards industrial DEVELOPMENT a..
multiplying as spring opens.
INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION SEEN.
uus.rlai projects and expansion
no" under way have been estimated h.,
prominent real estate men and Ieadina
nianui iacturers in the district at more
imam s2oo0o-ooo. A glimpse at the
llst OF construction upon which mi.
figure is based. shows.
standard Oil Company of Indiana.
Accofding to officials of the ccn1pauv
0uiidlns program has been submitted
70 ene main office, covering improve
.nehts ana repairs of obsolete parts at
the Whiting plant that will 5nyolve an
expenditure Of 100000.
Universal Portland Cement con,na,x
An official announcement sav. +ha.
tnere are plans OF equippinE and re-
building No. 3 plant at an estins.ed
cost of 100000.
The Indiana Natural Gas c-or,,.rv
has started construction on a 81 900 oon
gas storage tank at their plant on For
syth avenue AS informed bv Vim
iiif, superintendent of the plant. the
TANK VIII be 276 feet in diameter and
22o feet high, with a capacity Of lo-
900, 900 cubic feet.
Jones and Laughlin steel Company.s
project. The Improvement of the west
branch OF the Indiana Harbor shtn
canal, as provided in the bill recently
passed in congress. is reported to cos;
$1,000, 900.
General American Tank Car corpora
ton IS reported 10 have tentative planS
o. expanding their wood department
International Lad Refining company
in order to place their plant or a fun
production and efficiency basis has
plans under advisement to make COM
plete interior improvements. The
superintendent OF the plant when naK
ing this announcement TO-DAY withheld
the amount to DC expended
Illinois Steel company viii buiia
s1o'oooooo tube works in Gary this
year. as announced by officials Of the
corporation.
Inland Steel Company IS REBUILDING
and refining their No. blast furnace
now at an estimated cost of $4,000
The company's No. blast furnace
while still in operation, is expected 10
be blowout within another couple OF
months for repairs
An appropriation from the s45.ooo.-
600 bond issue. recently made hy the
Sinclair Refining company, is said TO
have been made for construction work
at the East Chicago plant
CALUMET DISTRICT ACTIVE
Production in general is continuing
on the upgrade at industries in the
Calumet region. The month Of March
has opened with a discernibIe increase
in operations at the basic Industries or
the City of East Chicago. Actives al
the Standard Forgings company have
revived and this concern plans on
reaching capacity the frst OF next
week. The wood department or the
General American Tank Car Corp
is working full time. However. slack
is reported in the tank branch. leaving
the compsny's operations around 50
per cent. with q force OF 2,4oo men
The Inland Steel with both plans in
operation, the Universal Portland Ce
rlent with only two mills running and
the Steel and Tube with all depart
ments on. are operating better than 50
per cent
STEEL CORP. OUTPUT STRONG.
According u the Iron Age opera
tions continue at higher rate than
shown by February statistics For
the Steel Corp partition. they are slight
ly under SO per cent this week and Cor
the whole industry are probahly be
tween IS and so ger cent. The bar mills
Of the Gary plant are working at ca
pacity for the first time in a year.
RAILROAD DEMAND BR0ADENs
The railroads continue probably the
markets most consistent factor The
Iron Age says: The gradual broaden
ms of railroad demand is not 10 he
under estimated as a hopeful feature
The last rail order is 1s 600 tons fof
the Chesapeake & Ohio For the New
York Central 1000 cars have been
placed and indicatonus are that the S.,
Paul which has inquired for 1.0oa
cars viii actually buv $500 This
road IS also indnirinC for fifty locomo-
tives From $4,000 to $4,000 cars are
now actively being figured /"