The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-22
power UNIT
TO Be BUILT
AT KOKOMO
Million Dollar Project As
sured; $1,000 Indiana
Miners Work.
MAY BUILDING DECLINES
Some Cities Show Gains,
With State Total in
Slump.
BY CHARLES C. STONE
State Editor. The Times.


Selection of Kokomo as the site
Cor 100000 unit in the high ten
sion electric network of the Central
Indiana Power Company was among
important developments in Indiana
during the week ended today, bust
ness and industrial survey reveals.
No electricity will be produced at
the Kokomo unit, but it will be used
to "step down" voltage of 10000
to $4,000. The unit will be an i'm
portant factor in future industrial
plans of Kokomo.
1900 on Pay Roll
Although this time of year is ordi-
parily a dull period, the Kokomo
Steel and Wire Company is work.
ing a force of 1900 on full
schedule.
Building in Indiana during May
slumped from $9,O10,389 for the
month last year to $7,901, 479, but
gains we're shown by these cities
Indianapolis, Evansville, Hammond,
Kokono, Mishawaka, Muncie and
Shelbyville.
Fifteen thousand Indiana miners
are now at work, the total having
been reached during the week when
the Hamilton Coal Company signed
wage agreements which will result
in reopening of the Mohawk mine
near Shelburn, and the Hamilton
mine, Linton. The two shafts will
employ 500 men.
Conditions elsewhere in the State
are as follows:
EDINBURG-Contract signed for
building municipal light and power
plant at cost of $18,465
TIPTON-The Matern Cutlery
Company will move into it's new
building within the next three
weeks. New machinery is being in
stalled.
COLUMBUS-Th Star Metal
Furniture Company is new in
dustry here as a result of purchase
at Richmond of the Star Metal Com
pany by Ernest D. Snyder and
Joseph H. Staley, this city, who will
locate the business in Columbus.
Jobs Given IT'S Men
HAMMOND-Addi of ITS men
to the working force of the Standard
Steel Car Company accompanied
announcement that the company
has sufficient orders on hand to as
sure steady operation for the re-
mainder of 1928 and into the early
part of 1929.
FIT. WAYNE-A new industry
here, the Woodland Engineering
Company, has started operations in
its new 100000 building, and expects
to be running full force by July l.
BLOOMINGTON - The Indiana
Hill stone mill is being operated o.
d Neutrality-suspicious. d day basis.
WABASH-A night shift will be
added to the force of the MikeSeil
Asbestos Company within two weeks
to bring production up to increasing
business.
STOWN-BusinesS inter-
ests here are planning to relieve
the serious shortage of homes IL
order to house employees OF the
Perfect Circle Company which IS
operating steadily.
MONTICELLO-Despite sea-
sonal slump in furniture trade, the
Eaton Chair Company is working
steadily with $4,000 in untitled
orders on hand.
Button Factory to Open
NCENNES-About sixty-f1ve
men will be employed here July 2
when the Vincennes Pearl Button
Company places it factory in oper-
alton on a schedule calling for three
tons of buttons weekly.
PERU-The American Refrigera-
tor Corporation has a display OF its
producet for 1929 at the mid-sum-
mer market of the American furni-
ture mart being held in Chicago
The plant is being operated steadily
with 1875 men on the pay roll.
DECATUR-Clar E. Bell,
president of the La Fontaine Han
die Company, will sail for England
June 80 in the interest of the COM
pany's export trade.
MISHAWAKA-The new North
Aaml Indiana Brick Company has
. Started operations with daily out
m Ill