The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-10
Stone MILLS
may HUM ON
DOUBLE Time
Years Goal for Blooming
ton and Bedford Area Is
100000 Feet.
BY CHARLES G. STONE
State Editor, The Times

State Editor, The Times
Thirty million cubic feet Of stone
is the 1923 production goal of the
Indiana Limestone Company, oper-
ating in the Bloomington-B Bedford
district This is 100000 cubic feet
in excess of 1927 production, and
presageS night and day operation
of mills, probably beginning May l.
The stone outlook is among sew
eral encouraging factors disclosed
in a business and industrial survey
of Indiana for the week ended to-
day.
The Delco-Remy Company proba-
bly, will begin an expansion program
at Anderson shortly as a result of
assurance given by the public works
board that the city will establish
an emergency source for electric
power. The company had asked
that such a source be provided as
condition to enlarging its Anderson
plants, which now employ more
than 5000 persons, and city off,
Gals announce that a satisfactory
arrangement has been worked out.
Auto Deliveries Set Record
Retail deliveries of Studebaker
and Erskine cars in January this
year we're the largest in the Stude-
baker Corporations history, A. r.
Erskine, president, announces. De-
liveries for the month were So per
cent greater last month than for
January, 1927. according to Erskine.
Fl. Wayne's industrial develop
ment program has been given ap-
prevail by Gen. w. w. Atterbury,
president of the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company, who declares:
I'm any development Of the in
dustrial section east of Gary, Fl.
Wayne is ideally situated for plants
fabricating steel into finished prod
uctS.
Conditions in other Indiana cities
are as follows:
MUNCIE-The Muncie Products
division of General Motors Cor
poration is operating at full capacity
and that schedule will be maintained
for several months, T. E. Jenkins,
employment manager announces.
In the last month, 104 persons have
been added to the force. Increase
of business has caused the Muncie
Auto Body Company to obtain ad-
ditional floor space.
HAMMOND - Permits recently
issued for further work on the State
Line generating station call for an
expenditure of $2,600000 on a
project which eventually will rep
resent an outlay Of $200,000,000 and
give the Calumet district the largest
electric power center in the world.
Steel Works Active
GARY-The local works OF the
Illinois Steel Company has fired its
tenth furnace, the fourth to be put
in operation since Jan. l. and brings
the works to almost normal condi-
ton, as only two furnaces remain
idle.
TERRE HAUTE-The SioSi Oil
Company is moving its main offices
from New York to this city. The
company controls seventeen oil
wells in the Middletown district
south of here, in which it has eX-
pended $150,0O0 in the last month.
PERU-The local merchants bu-
reau has arranged a series Of CO.
operative sales events to continue
through 1923. the first to be Feb.
"a and Is.
New Production Mark
Establishing a record
with production of 100000 piston
rings during January, the General
Piston Ring Company has set l.
100000 as the February goal. Large
orders continue to be received and
expansion Of the plant is considered
a step Of the very near future.
JEFFERSONVILLE - Completion
Of building additions and installa-
ton of new machinery in the Clark
Ice Cream Company plant have
doubled it's capacity.
ELKHART-A contract for build
ing new bridge across the Elkhart
River here has been awarded the
Kuert Construction Company, Indi-
annapolis, on a bid Of $33,632.
WORCESTERSHIRE new plant
Of the Winchester Dairy Products
Company started operations this
week.