The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-08
LindIey Box and Paper
Company to Add 100000
Feet to Floor Space.
MEN RETURN TO WORK
Glass Plant at Terre Haute
ReopenS With $50 Back
on Jobs.
BY CHARLES C. STONE
State Editor, The Times

Announcement of an expansion
program by the Lindley Box ano
Paper Company, Marion. is one OF
several encouraging factors in al
industrial and business survey OF
Indiana for the past week completed
today.
The Lindley company will build a
plant addition with 100000 square
feet of floor space to accommodate
making of an addition to it's line
that of corrugated paper products
Twenty-Five persons will comprise
the force at the start with a weekly
pay roll of $3.50.
Plant Moved to South Bend
South Bend has obtained the
plant of the Electric Sprayit Com
pany, which is being moved from
Detroit, Mich, and plans to begin
operations March Is. Seventy five
to 100 persons will be employed.
Operations have been resumed by
the Root Glass Company, Terre
Haute, after two weeks shutdown
enabling $50 men to return to work
After several months idleness, the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad shops
at Washington are again in opera
ton, giving employment to 1877 men
An overall factory at Monticello
idle for several months, is operat-
ing with a force of twenty-five
Owners of the plant announce they
hope to increase the force soon.
The Hicks Body Company, Leb-
anon. is filling an order for fifty
school bus bodies.
Sets $1,OOO,OOO Goal
A goal of 81 100000 for 1928 bust
ness has been set by Noblitt-Sparks
Industries, Inc, which has plants
at Columbus and Greenwood.
Other data obtained in the week S
survey follows:
PORTLAND Heads of industries
here are optimistic over 1923 pros
poets. Among officials making fore
casts are those of the Bimel Spoke
and Auto Wheel Company; Drop
Forge Company, Shelter Wood Rim
Company, Jay Garment Company
and Stevenson overall Company.
TERRE HAUTE-Drilling for four
new oil wells is planned in the dis
trict south of here by the Siosi Oil
Company, G. E. Poyer, vice presi-
dent announces. A union stock
yards, the first in Terre Haute's
history, will be opened Saturday.
Present facilities permit housing OF
fifty carloads of stock.
LINTON-Coal mine stripping
operations are to start soon on a
300-acre tract near here, bought re-
Gently near Jasonville, Clay City
Gilmore and Oakland City. Pur-
chase of the land involved eXpend-
iture of $4,000.
EVANSVILLE-Thi city is to be
the headquarters of the Interstate
Association, which is engaged on a
large scale in development of the
oil field in Kentucky counties across
the Ohio River from Indiana.
COLUMBUS - Operations have
started at new planning mill owned
by r. Lee and Valentine Wendell.
Builds Boat for Government
JEFFERSONVILLE-The Howard
Shipyard and Dock Company hat
started construction of 3 dreGge
boat for the United States Govern
ment. First production of furni-
ture, a line unique for company
of its kind, is being exhibited by the
local plant of the American Car and
Foundry Company. Carrying the
fine cabinet work done on railroad
coaches into the new line. the COM
pany hopes to give Jefersonville a
prominent place soon among the
nations furniture cities.
SOUTH BEND-The Studebaker
Corporation here has received an
order by transatlantic telephone
from The Hague, Holland, for $780,
900 worth of automobiles. L. w
Manson, Studebaker distributor at
The Hague, gave the order.
MISHAWAKA-An ice cream fac
tory is TO be established here by a
$4,000 company, including three FIT
Wayne men-Andrew and H. j. Null
doom and A. D. Rauner. The COM
pany also plans establishment OF
plants at South Bend and Elkhart
TT. Wayne Advertises
FIT. WAYNE-This city's gooo
points from business and indus
trial standpoint are being broad
cast every Thursday evening from
radio station WOWO and will con-
tinue until early in June.
PRINCETON-A new theater anc
business building to cost between
$125,000 and $150,000 is to be erected
by the recently formed Gibson Hote
and Realty Company.
SHARPSVILLE - Production i:
being steadily increased at the
Kraft Cheese Company factory here
AT present the plant is handling
milk from LOO COWS.
ANDERSON-The Fame Canning
Company's local plant, idle las
year, is to be improved and opened
for an active season this year
Twenty per cent more corn than II
the past is being contracted for a
an increase in price.
DUGGER-The Sunfiower Goa
mine near here is again in opera
ton following shutdown to permi
repairs following an explosion.
MT. VERNON-The Mt. Vernon
Strawboard Company plant is being
operated at peak production. Fo
February, the output was sixty
eight and one-half tons, a ney
monthly record.