The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-07
Roxana fabrication Plant
- to Be Built at Cost of
$2,5OO,OO0.
EXCAVATE FOR ARMoRY
Ground Broken at Ander-
son; Power Generator
Work Progressing.
BY CHARLES c. STONE
State Editor, The Times

$500 600, featured the business and
industrial developments in Indiana
for the week ended today.
The middle western headquarters
of the oil company at st. Louis an
nounced that work on the huge
plant would be started this year and
completed next year. When COM
pleted the unit will employ more
than 500 men.
It will be located on the undevel-
oped plant site now owned by the
company. 1t will produce lubricat-
ing oils, paraffin, heavy oils and
many by-products.
Power Plant Progressing.
This is termed by the oil company
as only its first step in developing
the Calumet district into a COM
plete refinery unit. First tankers
for shipping oil from its present re-
f1nery at Hammond are expected in
few days.
Work is progressing on the new
100000 power plant being erected
on the banks of the Ohio river at
Howell by the Southern Indiana Gas
Company. One hundred men are
working on a 24-hour shift drill
ing through the rock for the foun-
dation. Work on the superstructure
will start early in October.
Excavation work has been start
ed at Anderson for the erection of
the new state armory at Main and
Seventh SITS. The excavation will
be eighty feet north and south and
extending back sixty feet from Main
st. to connect with another base
ment forty feet long. 1t will be
sixteen feet deep.
Erect Modern Triple.
One of the most modern tippleS
in the central states has been
opened for use over the new shaft
of the Durand Coal Company, four
miles east Of Terre Haute.
Unlike other tipples, it has stor-
age space and a capacity of loading
ten trucks at one time. The new
mine employing thirty to forty men,
has a daily capacity of 500 tons.
Other business and industrial &C
Invites include:
Double CIeanery Work
MARIONZThe dry cleaning de-
partment of the Modern Laundry
has doubled it's capacity with the
addition of number of machines
Of the latest types. They include
a washer unit, clarifier and a tum-
bier, doing away with the old hot
air dryer and shrinking.
Remodeling of the Indiana the
alter at cost of $165,000 has start
ed. . The Macbeth Evans Glass
Company, one of the largest OPP
Grating in the middle west, closed
down this week. Approximately $50
people were employed.
MT. VERNON - The Staples
Foundry has received an order from
an Evansville wholesale hardware
house for $4,000 pounds of the
weights.
Sign Long Time Lease.
MUNCIE-The Warner Guaran-
tee Shoe Company has signed a
longtime lease with the D. A.
Schultz, Inc, operators of a chain
of stores in the East, releasing its
business site at corner of Adams and
Walnut streets. The lease, said to
be one of the most valuable ever
drawn up here, marks the close of
thirty years of business for the shoe
company.
, NEWCASTLE - The Galesburg
Coulter-Disc Company has started
filling the largest order in it's his
tory. 1t includes clutch discs and
brake housing, according to r. G..
Ingersoll, president.
SEYMOUR-The Interstate Pub
laRlic Service Company has made i'm
provementS costing $1,000 to it's gas
plant. 1t also has completed it's new
$4,000 sub-Station at Medora, which
supplies the Medora Brick Company
with power.
Anderson Plant Busy.
ANDERSON-The Delco Remy
Corporation has opened several new
plants and is pressing all divisions
into service to meet the increased
business. A new foundry building
is being erected. For the remainder
of the year the plant will shut down
only for legal holidays.
More than 200 persons are now
employed at the Fame Canning
plant, increasing the daily output
to $500 cases of corn. This is ex-
expected to be doubled within a few
weeks and will continue until late
September.
BLOOMINGTON-Merger of re-
tail druggists here has been COM
pleted, forming the Bloomington
Cooperative Retail Druggists. Low
er prices are expected to be put into
started this week on a new library,
effect within few days.
HAGERSTOWN-Work will be
to be known as the Teetor Library.
1t is being presented by Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles N. Teetor and four
sons.
SELMA-The Selma Water Com
pany has been capitalized at $685.
600 and plans erecting a water
works plant here as soon as plans
can be drawn.
LINTON - The Linton Steam
Laundry, one of the oldest business
houses here, has been sold to F. G.
Pohmeier.