The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-04-06
Bloomington, Brazil and
KendaIIViIIe Add to
Industries.
SPRING BUILDING OPENS
Thousands of Dollars to Be
Spent on Construction
In Indiana.
BY CHARLES G. STONE
State Editor. The Times

standing in a business survey of the
State completed today.
The Atlas Plywood Company,
Boston, Mass, will establish an
$4,000 plant at Bloomington to
supply the Showers Brothers Fur
n&ure Company of that city with
plywood boxes for use in packing
furniture. The order from the
Showers Company is the largest for
plywood ever made in the United
States, it's officials announce.
Brazil has obtained the Eagles
field-Link Company, new $4,000
concern, which will manufacture
wood working machinery.
The Electric and Manufacturing
Company has been added to Ken
dallville's industries 1t will begin
production of an automatic electric
water heater April Is.
Spring building activities include
the following:
ANDERSON-Contract awarded
for erection of Capitol theater to
the Krebay Construction Company,
Indianapolis, on bid of $172,000
MUNCIE-Addition to postoffice
to cost $4,000.
KOKOMO - Addition to high
school building, new grade school
building and Improvements to three
others at cost of $28O,0O0. New
homes under construction or
planned, 100000.
COLUMBIA CITY-New building
for Interstate Service Company, OPP
Grating local and Whitley County
elephone systems, cost $125,OOO to
100000.
SEYMOUR-Public library addi-
ion, $4,000.
Six Homes Cost S15O,OOO
BLOOMINGTON-Six residences
built of Indiana limestone at an
aggregate cost of $150,O0O.
HARTFORD CITY-Contract let
to G. w. Heinzeman & Son, Ma
rion, for erection here of a $4,000
Pennsylvania railroad station.
RICFIMOND-A building gain
during March over the same month
in 1927 and 1927 is shown. The
figures this year, $135, 1886;
1926, $101,855, and 1927, $116,780.
GREENCASTLE-Permits issued
for erection of seventeen homes.
NORTH HAMMOND -Four story,
thirty five apartment building,
100000.
NGISHAWAKA - Building here
during March reached a total of
site, 1881, exceeding the same month
last year by $4,000.
EAST CHICAGO-A gain of ap-
proximately $4,000 in building was
shown in March this year over the
same month in 1927.
Other conditions in the State are
as follows:
TERRE HAUTE-A coal mine on
the Henry Russell farm four miles
east of Tangier, is to be reopened
after an idle period of several years.
Operators of three mines have
signed the wage scale agreement.
They are Lower Vein Coal Com
pany, near Linton, and Saxton Coal
Company, near here.
Plant to Be Enlarged
COLUNBUS-A $4,000 addition
will be built to the dairy products
plant of the Farmers Marketing
Association.
BLOOMINGTON-H. G. Hoadley
has added twenty-five acres of stone
land to his quarry holdings at a
cost of $13,250.
NEWCASTLE-The local branch
of the Teetor Perfect Circle Com
pany is employing 125 persons and
shipping an average of 100000 auto
piston rings daily.
RICHMOND - Employment and
production in industries here are at
high levels, with conditions espe-
cially good in iron products, furni-
ture and auto accessories manu-
facture
BLUFFTON-A high-grade ball
bearing lawn mower has been added
to the products of the Red Gross
Manufacturing Company.
NEWCASTLE-The improvement
program at the ChrySler automobile
plant is progressing rapidly. install
lation of 5000 horsepower boiler
has been completed and the roof is
being put on new die plant build
ing.
GREENSBURG The Standard
Casket Hardware Company has
bought the building it occupies here
and plans to increase its size due
to increasing business.
Factory on Double Shift
KOKOMO The KokomC
Stamped Metal Company is work
ing on day and night shift basis
with $50 persons on the pay roll
Postal receipts here during March
we're the largest in the city's his
tory, showing a gain of "a per cent
over the previous mark.
CONNERSVILLE-More than q
thousand persons have been added
to the pay rolls of the Auburn Auto
mobile Company, Central Manufac-
turing Company and Mcfarland
Motor Company in the last few
weeks.
DECATUR-The local plant Of
the General Electric Company il
now operating on full time basis
replacing a FIVE day-a- week seized.
ule.