The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-07-27
New Concerns Noted in
| Five Cities; Expansion
y in Others.
SIX COMPANIES GROWING
Affect Anderson, Wabash,
Berne, Valparaiso, Lin
ton and Kokomo.
BY CHARLES c. STONE
state Editor The Times

Obtaining OF new industries, eA-
pansion plans of others and busy
production schedules of a third
group are outstanding in a bust
ness and industrial survey OF In
diana for the week ended today.
With a capital of $4,000, the
Portland Pump Company has been
formed at Portland to engage in
manufacture and repair of gasoline
and oil pumps.
The Kraft Cheese Company is
establishing a plant at Marshall, its
first in that section of Indiana. A
building is being erected at a cost
Of $4,000.
Huge Plant for Evansville
Evansville will be the site of a
$1,000,o0O plant to be erected for
Motor Bodies, Inc, body building
division of the Graham-Paige Mo-
tor Company, Detroit, Mich. Be-
tween 1000 and 1900 persons will
be employed. 1t is planned to be-
gin production by Nov. l.
Reid. Murdoch & Co., Chicago,
food manufacturers. will establish
a plant at La Porte, where about
200 persons will be employed, be-
ginning Oct. L.
Executive Offices of the Central
Telephone Company have been
moved from Newton, Iowa, to Elk
hart. The company owns exchanges
in various Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa towns.
Production of oil burning fur
naces has been started by the Cabi-
net Burner Company, Sherbyvilles
newest industry.
An Office building with $4,000
square feet of floor space is to be
erected by the Delco-Remy Corpo-
ration, Anderson.
The York Tool Company, York
town, has moved into its new plant.
Factory to Be Enlarged
c. ]. Chaplin, vice president of
the Mikesell Asbestos Company,
Wabash, announces the company
will increase the size Of its plant,
but plans have not yet reached a
definite stage.
An addition with 10000 feet of
floor space is being built at the
Berne Furniture Company plant,
Berne, to handle increasing business.
Work is being rushed on a 90N15O-
foot addition to the Indiana steel
Products Company plant, Valparaiso,
the second to be built this year. The
other addition is 42x90.
Purchase of building adjoining
It's present quarters is announced by
the Ellington Paper Company, LIN
ton.
Fifteen million dollars is to be
spent in construction of a pipellne
to bring oil from the Oklahoma t1elos
to ref1neries in the Calumet dls-
trict. Gary business men are elated
in the belief that pipe for the line
will be made in the National Tube
Company plant of their city
Production of automobile batter
les. a new line by the Muncle plant
of Delco-Remy Corporation, was
started this week.
Expansion at KOkomo
Preparing for increased business,
the General Parts Company, Ko-
kono. is spending $4,000 on remod-
cling its plant.
A summary of conditions over the
State follows:
GREENSBURG-Plans of the Cy-
clone Fence Company to make its
plant here the largest it operates
will probably necessitate an increase
of 14O in the working force.
BLOOMINGTON-Harry Howard
and Roy Feltus have purchased the
Pullman Hotel block OF Henry 3.
Gentry, in one of the largest real
estate transactions of the year. The
o ice was not made public.
FIT. WAYNE-With 5000 men and
women on it's pay roll, the Dudlo
Manufacturing Corporation has
practically doubled its working force
since spring.
Old Firms Unite
TERRE HAUTE-Hulman 81 Co.,
long Established wholesale grocery
firm, has bought the Ragon Broth
ers wholesale grocery business,
established in Evansville more than
sixty years ago.
LA PORTE-A contract for build
ing this city's $4,000 water clari-
fication plant has been given to the
Larson-D anielson Company, local
contractors.
SOUTH BEND-Foundation work
for this city's $1,000,000 Union sta
ton has been completed and the
Walsh Construction Company plans
to speed up the work from now on
with view to early completion of
the entire project.
KOKOMO - Thirty thousand
s2ooters are being made by the Ko-
komo Stamped Metal Company for
a Pittsburgh (Pa) wholesale grocery
firm for use in an advertising cam
paign. Several departments of the
Kingston Products Corporation are
being operated day and night and
the working force is being increased