The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-08
INDUSTRY AT
BLUFFTON IN
GOOD STATE.
Data on Various Plants
Submitted to Chamber
of Commerce.
PREPARING FOR CANNING
Factories in Various Parts
of Indiana Conditioned
for Season.
PREPARING FOR CANNING
BY CHARLES C. STONE


State Editor, The Times
Buttons strong industrial Sltua-
tlon as revealed in data presented
to the Chamber of Commerce stands
out prominently in an industrial and
business survey of Indiana for the
week ended today.
The data was submitted by Ell
more D. Sturgis, chairman of the
chambers industrial committe, and
showed:
Full operating schedule in a new
plant by the Grimes Foundry,
heavy loser in a recent fire.
Entrance into the food manufac-
turing field by the Bluffton Gro
Gerry Company. wholesale concern.
Addition of cement blocks to pro-
duction of the Frazier Drain Tile
Company.
Consideration of an expansion
program by the Patton-McCray
Furniture Company.
Excellent sales reported of a new
type glove produced by the Great
Northern Glove Company. Steady
operation by the Boss Glove Manu-
featuring Company.
Sales Reach $1,O00,00O
Sale of 100000 worth of milk
products in the last year by the
Hoosier Condensed Milk Company,
which paid to farmers $535,000.
Steady operations by the Setter
green Piano Company.
Good demand for a new type lawn
mower made by the Red Cross
Manufacturing Company.
Preparations are being made In
several sections of the State for the
canning season, opening soon. New
machinery is being installed at the
plant of the .Covington Packing
Company. The factory at Lapel will
be in operation in about two weeks
The Hoosier Gamers, Inc, recent
buyer of plants at Rushville and
Glenwood, will pack pumpkin this
fall if sufficient acreage is assured.
The company has distributed 200,-
900 plants in preparation for the
tomato canning run.
After fourteen months of idleness,
the Panhandle coal mine at Bick-
nell, has resumed operations with
$50 men at work.
HOosier Flavor for Gum
Oil from peppermint grown in In
diana will flavor Baby Ruth gum to
be made by the Curtiss Gum Com
pany, Chicago. creation of Otto
Y. Schnering, one Of the largest
manufacturing confectioners. He
announces a Statewide newspaper
advertising campaign will be made.
A project for building $2,500000
hydro-electric plant at eagles Mill.
near Greencastle, has been dropped,
through inability of the w. 3. Fos-
hay Company, a Minnesota corpora
ton, to buy $4,000 acres Of f1owage
land at what it considered reason
able price.
Conditions elsewhere in the State
are summarized as follows:
KOKOMO-Tripling of the force
of the Wolf Industries is forecast
through addition to manufacture OF
radio and photograph cabinets, of
fixtures for stores, banks, schools
and other public buildings. The
new lines are EXPECTED to provide
employment for 400 to 500 men.
MUNCIE Building permits
granted during May we're for work
valued at $507000, and for the first
five months of 1928, approximately,
100000, more than one-half of the
total for the entire year Of 1926.
GREENCASTLE-The GreencaS-
tie Fertilizer Company, branch Of
Honcock Fertilizer Company, oper-
ating a chain of plants, will be es-
tablished soon.
Fifty on Force at Brazil
BRAZIL - The William Tegge
cigar factory new industry here. is
working a force of fifty girls. It is
planned to add to the force until
300 are employed, as rapidly as
equipment and stock can be made
ready.
WASHINGTON-A contract for
erection of new, Daviess County
courthouse has been given English
Bros, Champaign, Ill, contractors,
on a bid of 5000, 800.
CHARLOTTESVILLE "A theater
with a seating capacity OF LOO Will
be built here by Harry p Wonder
schmitt, operating theaters at
Washington, Bedford, Bloomington
and Greencastle.
CAYUGA-The Acme Brick Com
pany's plant is running on full
schedule after a shutdown of sew
eraI weeks during which several
changes were made in machinery.
EVANSVILLE - Storage facilities
will be enlarged by the Atlas Pow
der Company on a site near here
Postal receipts for May were $6,902
above those Of the same month last
year, the figures being $59,706 this
year.
FIT. Ready mixed con-
crete is the product of new plant
put in operation by the. Ticker A1a-
terials Company