The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-05-04
Survey for Week Shows
Industrial Employment
Increases.
300 JOBS AT KoKoMo
Additional Workers Also at
Upton, Fl. Wayne and
VinCenneS.
BY CHARLES C. STONE
State Editor, The Times

the week ended today.
Three hundred persons will be
given places in the plant of the Nc
Goughlin Manufacturing Company
at KOkOmo, which moved from In
dianapolis. The company will
occupy the f1atiron unit of the
Haynes buildings. 1t manufactures
underwear.
Orders have been received to add
thirty-one men to the working force
of the Nickel Plate railroads car
repair shops at Upton.
The Dudlo plant, FIT. Wayne, is
Te-hiring $50 persons dismissed III
the seasonal shutdown during the
winter, and is preparing for capacity
production we'll into the fall. The
Wayne Knitting Mills will add $50
to it's force, following installation Of
new machinery at cost Of $780,
600. Twenty women have been
added to the force Of the Wayne
company. This is the first time il
the company's history that it has
used women as plant employees.
Factory Will Be Moved
Some equipment and several en-
ployes of the Lima Ohio plant Of
the Coony Bayer Cigar Company,
will be brought to Fit. Wayne where
the company maintains its offices
and another plant. The move is
preliminary to establishing the
factory at Fl. Wayne and discon-
tinuing operations at Lima.
Brazil business was encouraged by
acquisition of factory Of the Will
liam Tegge Cigar Company, to take
the place of the General Cigar
Company factory moved few
weeks ago to Detroit, Mich. The
Tegge company intends to start
with a force of 300, and employees
are now being signed.
Gradual increase in the Brown
Shoe Company factory force at
Vincennes until 500 persons are as
work, is the plan announced by F.
A. Schultz, manager. Employment Of
new workers will begin Monday.
Another Vincennes industry, the
Central Foundry, will put 100 more
men to work, doubling it force. 1t
has added brake shoes to its pro-
duct1on.
Work at Two Mines
The Ferguson Coal Company,
operating two mines in the Terre
Haute district, has signed the Jack
sonville wage agreement. The mines
affected employ between 500 and
700 men on full production. These
make seventeen mines affected by
signing the agreement since April L,
when operation ceased due to eX-
piration Of contracts.
The Kiser Plating Company,
Muncie, will erect a $1,000 addition
and expects a so per cent increase
in the working force.
A $4,000 railroad spur is being
built to serve the Bert G. Hoadley
quarry two miles northwest Of
Bloomington.
Greensburg's new industry, the
Cyclone Fence Company, put the
second floor of it's factory In opera
ton this week.
Columbus Industry Busy
Production Of Ford auto emergency
brake levers at the rate of 5000
daily is the goal of the. Noblitt-
Sparks Industries, Columbus.
Expenditure of $22,5O0 for i'm
provements to the Boyer Ice Cream
Company factory at Kendallville
has been authorized.
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois
railroad is erecting a $4,000 icing
station at Alice, near VincenneS,
for use of the Fruit Growers Ex-
press Company in handling Knox
County's peach and melon crops.
Most of a five-year printing con-
tract which will amount to 100000
yearly, awarded the R. r. Donnelly
& Sons Company, Chicago, will be
handled by the conpany's establish
ment at Charlottesville. The con-
tract was given by the Board OF
Christian Education of the Presby-
terrain Church.
A $12OO0,000 company has been
organized under the name Of the
Motor Dealers Credit Association to
finance dealers in Studebaker and
Erskine automobiles, it is announced
by the Studebaker Corporation,
South Bend.
Public Building Survey
Public building projects over the
State include the following:
BLOOMINGTON - Addition to
Dostoffice to cost $4,000, and a
S22,5OO store and apartment build
ing.
BRAZIL-A contract has been let
on an $4,000 bid for erection Of a
vocational and physical education
building as an addition to the city'S
school system.
SPENCER-Two-st story theater OF
Spanish design to cost $4,000.
DUGGER-Bonds for $4,000 have
been sold to finance erection OF a
new library building.
PRINCETON-Wo preliminary
to erection of an arnory building
Is in progress.
NEW WINCHESTER Contracts
for a total Of $4,000 have been
awarded for school building addi-
ton
HARTFORD CITY-Erection of
the new $4,000 william Reed
school building is under way.