The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-09
100000
FROM FORD,
INDIANA GOAL
Calumet Area Companies
Seek Material Orders
for New Cars.
SEVERAL LINES DISABLE
HoosierS Can Provide Forg-
ings, Steel Sheets, Parts
and Lacquer.
BY CHARLES C. STONE

SeVenty-fiVe million dollars IN or
ders from the Ford Motor Company
are sought by various manufacturers
in the Calumet district of Indiana as
the company prepares to begin pro-
duction of its new model cars, call
ing for a total expenditure of $780,
100000 for materials.
The Indiana manufacturers are
angling for orders for forgings, steel
sheets, auto parts, lacquer and &C
cessorieS.
Makers of Chevrolet cars are also
planning a huge production schedule
with the possibility that the Calu-
met plants will obtain another $75,-
100000 in orders.
More Steel Tonnage
Other business is being received
in the Calumet, including, at East
Chicago, the Youngstown Sheet and
Tube Company has more steel ton
mage orders than at any other time
in the last six months. Hammond
mills have booked orders for $4,000
tons of steel rails in the last week.
In the same city, the Chicago g.
Northwestern railroad placed orders
for 900 cars! The Federal Cement
Tile Company, Hammond, is produc-
ing 200 carloads of roofing tile for
the new Oakland automobile plant
at Pontiac, Mich, being built by
General Motors.
Negotiations have been completed
whereby Interstate Terminal Ware
house Inc. will erect a $2,000,0 900 lake
shipping and warehouse plant at
East Chicago.
Conditions found in a business
survey of the State for the past
week completed today, follows:
FIT. WAYNE Wayne Knitting
Mills has acquired complete owner
ship of the Theme Brothers Com
pany and is now operating two
plants as one.
MISUNDERSTANDING here for the
first eleven months of 1927 totals
$2,968,120, far in excess of any pre-
viouS whole year in the city'S his
tory.
Elkhart Plant Enlarged
ELKHART - Increasing business
has necessitated building of 84x46
foot addition to the plant of the
Elkhart Packing Company.
DECATUR = The Leak No-More
Company, new concern here, has
started production of an automobile
tire repair material.
MARION-Work for 800 more
men has been afforded by the Nc
Beth-Eyans glass factory due to adj
dition Of new products. The Indi-
ana Manufacturing and Electric
Company has added to its force for
large production of radio sets.
ANDERSON Building here for
the first eleven months of 1927 totals
$2,159,979, greatly in excess of the
total for the entire year of 1926 The
new welding fabric plant of the
American Steel and Wire Company
is near completion. A larger work.
ing force and steadier operations
will result from the addition, COM
pany OFFICIALS announce.
Freight Ruling PIeases
EVANSVILLE Manufacturers
here are elated over the recent &C
ton of the Interstate Commerce
Commission In fixing new class
freight rates east of the Mississippi
to become effective Feb. Is. They
point out the new rates will place
them in an advantageous position
for competition with Louisville, KY,
and Cincinnati, Ohio, manufactur-
ers. Building in the~~city for No
vember was $89,954 in excess of the
total for the same month last year
ELWOOD-Five of the nine mills
in the hot mill department of the
tinplate plant here have resumed
operations after an idle period of
several weeks.
BLOOMINGTON-Nearly $165 900
in Christmas savings funds were
paid out by banks here this week,
the largest in the city'S history.
TERRE HAUTE - Several en-
ployes will be added to the force Of
Highland Iron and Steel Company
on completion of new department.
for manufacture of wrought iron
fence.
South Bend Benefited
SOUTH BEND-Half of the bodies
for Erskine automobiles are now be-
ing made in the local plant of the
Studebaker Corporation. In the past
none of this work was done here.
RICHMOND - Operations have
started in the recently completed
woodworking plant of the Diamond
Clamp and Flask Company.
GREENSBURG-T Thirty girls have
been added to the force Of the Re-
lance Manufacturing Company,
shirt manufacturers.
JEFFERSONVILLE- Construction
is under way on new marine ways
for the Howard Shipyard and Dock
Company to enable it to handle the
largest river boats.
CRAWFORDSvILLE-TheM Mont
gomery County Packing Company
has been organized here with cap
ital Of $4,000, and an option taken
on site for plant.
HARTFORD CITY-The newly
organized Chamber of Commerce
has started with paid up member
ship Of 200.
WTNAAfAC-A whole milk station
in building 132xl65 feet is to be
established here by John Kruger
FTancesyille.