The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-09-07
TWO INDIANA
CITIES BUILD
FOR RECORDS
State Business Survey
Shows Anderson and
Gary Prosperity:
MUNCIE PLANT GROWS
South Bend, Muncie, Fl.
Wayne and Many Other
Places Busy.
MUNcIE PLANT GROWS

Anderson and Gary will likely ;ej
new building records this year, 1t
appears from a business and indus
trial survey of the State, as the last
third of 1897 is entered. Ander-
son he a BUILDING total Of $1.82l,-
284 for the first eight months of this
year, and it IS expected will pass
100000 for the whole of 1927, the
first time that figure has been
reached in the city's history. Gary
building reached $3.50 05 in Angus.
a new mark for that month.
Kokomo is $50 residences behind
what is needed for its population,
despite building of 348 homes in the
past few months. Business condi-
tons are good. The Regal Grocery
Store System will open its second
establishment in Kokomo soon.
Muncie Plant Expands
Among indications of Muncies
prosperity is the 100000 building
program of the Kuhner Packing
Company. to be completed by Nov.
/. The expansion will give jobs to
about 200 more men.
Despite the strike of United Mine
Workers of America which started
April last, more Indiana miners
continue to return to work, as opera.
tors break away from the Indiana
association and sign wage agree
ments with mine workers officials Of
District II, with headquarters at
Terre Haute. One of the latest mines
affected by such an agreement is
the. King Station. south Of Prince
ton. About 40 men are employed.
Plymouth Busy
Plymouth has several plants work.
ing night shifts in response TO de-
nand for various products. The
good industrial condition has helped
building labor and dealers in materi-
ais as several new homes have been
built in the city during the summer
Conditions elsewhere in the State
are summarized as follows:
TT. Wayne-The last weekly report
of the Indiana State employment
service shows an increase in tho
number OF women workers placed
A new city directory just issued gives
the city population as 1885, a gain
of 1924 in year.
Newcastle-l7eal estate business
active. One compa ny alone last
week handled transactions involving
$4,000. T. E. Frazier has bought q
half intere-t in the NeI castle Shade
and Awning Company from Georse
j. Brown, heretofore sole owner. The
company moved here from Green
field last January and is handling q
good volume of business.
New Store at Marion
Marion-The Lauber-S piegel Com
pany has opened a new store and
will use the American credit plan,
a new system of installment buy
ing.
Martinsville-Th Morgan County
Auto Company, tractor sales agents,
reports the best business year in
its history thus far in 1927, and ex-
poets a record-breaking fall Business.
It's sales reflect the county's pro-
gress in modern farming.
La Porte-The LaPorte Laundry
has begun erection of a plant 40x
10 feet. 1t will employ force of
fifteen.
Crothersville-A fitting plant of
the Sam Wolf Shoe Company will
be built here.
Auburn-Ten new guest rooms
have been added to the Hotel Au-
burn with completion Of an addi-
ton.
Richmond Seeks Trade
Richmond-Business men will 81 ye
a pure food show Sept. 26 as the
first step in campaign to develop
the trade territory within a thirty
mile radius of the city.
Elkhart-One hundred fifty men
are at work in the new building OF
the Adams and Westlake Company
manufacturing shades and accessor-
les, and it is expected that ultimate
| ly the force will number LOCO. The
company is moving its main plant
from Chicago to Elkhart. Only a
section of the new building, which
covers a block, has been completed
but work is going ahead steadily on
the remainder.
Bloomington-Stimu by great
strides in the stone industry. the
boom here continues, with real
estate and building lines active.
recent change in business circles is
the purchase of the John M. Har-
rell furniture store by Charles A
Reeves, Columbus.
Linton-Oil drilling operations In
the Goose Pond"i area south and
southwest of here are expected to
begin this week.
South Bend-A. r. Erskine, presi-
dent of the Studebaker Corporation
announced recently steadily in
creasing production at the corpora
TONS home plant here, declaring
1.-THE big demand this fall exceeds
anything the corporation has ex-
perienced in several years."
Valparaiso-The Farmers State
Bank has moved into its new build
ing, just completed, and considered
one of the finest structures of its
kind in Indiana.