The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-10
INDIANA Wins
Lead IN u. s.
Steel OUTPUT
States Percentage of Pro-
h duction Highest in
Country. =
DEVELOPMENT IN MINING
Local Company Buys Land
y for Stripping in Two
Counties.
DEVELOPMENT IN MINING
BY CHARLES G. STONE
StatA Editnr. The TimAa

; It1d1ana'S dominance in steel pro-
Huction is the outstanding feature
Of a business and industrial survey
of the State for the week ended to-
day.
Figures for 1927 just released by
the American Steel and Iron Insti-
tute show that the Hoosier State
steel mills lead the nation in per
centage of output with relation to
capacity. Indiana's percentage was
B803, while other States had per-
centages as follows: Ohio, 1928,
illinois, 1919; Pennsylvania, 1852;
New York, 72.48, and average for the
country, 75.48.
Another outstanding development
of the week is activity preliminary
to coal mining development. The
Central Indiana Coal Company, In
dianapolis, has bought large areas
of coal land in Jefferson Township,
Sullivan County, and Stafford
Township, Greene County. The
company has operated for many
years in the section where the land
was bought and it's strip mining
plant is equipped with what is said
to be the worlds largest electrically
operated steam shovel.
Plans 47-Mile Power Line
To provide power for extensive
strip mining by the Electric Shovel
Company, New York, near Arthur,
the Indiana Gas & Electric Co., will
build forty-seven miles of lines
giving $4,000 volt high tension cur
rent, making the mining company
the largest patron of the electric
company.
The New York corporation has
1000 acres of land under lease for
its operations and will Immediately
install two stripping shovels ard two
loading shovels. The former will
handle twelve yards of earth and
coal at each operation.
Plants of the Reliance Manufac-
turing Company are being en-
larged in two cities. A new cutting
unit is being build at Loogootee and
at Bedford changes are being made
to give room for installation of fifty
to sixty new machines.
Conditions elsewhere in the State
are as follows:
LA PORIE-Bunding and public
improvement projects here have a
total value of 100000. These in
clude additions to the plants of the
United States Slicing Machine Com
pany, Reid, Murdoch & Co. and
Bastian- Merely Company, new First
Methodist Church, branch fire sta
ton and water Qualification plant
and system.
UIen Offices to Lebanon
LEBANON-G General Offices of
Ulen & Co., financing and contract
ing concern operating on national
basis, are to be moved here from
New York.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS being re-
! modelled for the use of the Hamil-
ton-Ross Company, which is NOV
ing it's plant here from Chicago,
will be ready for occupancy about
Sept. l. Other industries operating
on a steady basis are the Malleable
Iron Works, the Dirigold Corpora
ton and the Pittsburgh Plate Glass
Company.
CRAWFORDSVILLE - Improve
ments to cost nearly 100000 will
be made at the city-owned electric
plant.
MARION-This city's two oldest
banks, the Marion National and the
Marion State, have been merged
with combined resources of ST.
100000.
SHELBYVILLE-The Shelbyville
Real Estate Board has been or
ganized with every realty dealer in
the city enrolled as member.
Expansion at Plymouth
PLYMOUTH - The. Plymouth
Metal Working Company announces
plans for addition, to its plant to
cost 100000, making room for an
increase of fifty to sixty in its work.
ing force.
VALPARAISO-A new mark in
speedy construction was set by
Smith & Nuppnau, local contrac-
tors, in building a 91x145-foot addi-
ton to the Indiana Steel Products
Company plant in twenty eight
days. This was the second addition
to the plant this year, the first
measuring 42x9o feet. The COM
pany is believed to be the only one
in the country devoted exclusively
to. the manufacture of magnets.
LINTON-Coal is being hoisted
at the Little Betsy mine near here
for the first time since April l.
I EVANSVILLE-Or Originally planned
to cost $1,000,O00, the new plant of
Motor Bodies, Inc, will cost $780,
600, owing to changes made to OBJ
n tain larger plant. 1t is the inten-
Dwtiou ito have the buildings ready
Nov. J. Employment will be af-
forded 1900 to 1,400 persons.