The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-03-23
Operations Again at Green's
burg, vcaderSburg, Rich
mont and Lagrange.
We PLAN EXPANSION
Larger Factories for Koko-
mo, Evansville, Auburn,
Fl. Wayne, Valparaiso.
BY CHARLES c. STONE
State Editor, The Times


and formation of two new manufac-
turing companies are noteworthy in
a business survey of Indiana for the
week ended today.
The plant of the Bromwell Wire
and Brush Company, Greensburg,
idle for four years, has been pur-
chased by the Cyclone Fence Com
pany, .Waukegan, ILL.,, which will re-
open it within sixty days for the
manufacture of screen wire, employ
ing force of Is to 100.
Veedersburg's principal industry,
the Rose Shale Brick Company,
closed for several months, has re-
Sumed operations. The plant was
recently taken over by the Central
Brick Company as a part of mil
lion dollar merger.
Thirty-f1ve men are at work in the
Indiana Body Company plant, Rich
mond, operations having been re-
Sumed after a reorganization. 1t is
planned to increase the force to
sixty soon.
An idle period for the LAGRANGE
Kitchen Cabinet Manufacturing
Company, LAGRANGE, will end soon.
A group of Elkhart men, headed by
H. F. Fawcett recently purchased
the plant and propose to operate it
as soon as invoicing, now in prog
ress, is completed.
The j. w. Leach Company, Ko-
komo, plans extensive improvement
of the Cole plant, Peru, recently
purchased for ice manufacturing.
Plans are being drawn for an ad-
diition to the laboratory of the
Mead johnson plant, Evansville.
A two-story brick Office building
is to be erected for the Auburn
Automobile Company, Auburn. Re
Gently the company completed a
new service building in which ma
chinery valued at 100000 was in
stalled.
An addition that will double plant
capacity is being built for the Truck
Engineering Company, FIT. Wayne,
A brick and steel addition, 42x92
feet, is to be built to che Indiana
Steel Products Company plant at
Valparaiso.
The Women's Wear Service Cor
set Company has been formed at
Huntington and plans an early start
of operations. 1t has a capital of
$4,000.
Furniture Factory Opens
Production has been started by
the Grand Furniture Company,
Hammond's first furniture manufac-
turing concern. Fifty-four men are
on the pay roll. The company an
nounceS enough orders booked to
assure steady operation for six
months.
Building slumped sharply in In
diana during February. The total
for the month in 1927 was 5,877, 140;
for this year, $3,087,673. OF twenty
two cities included in this survey,
gains were shown by only five. These
were Elkhart, Hammond, Marion,
Shelbyville and Vincennes.
Other business survey data for the
week follows:
Observation-Disclosures men here
are elated over purchase by the B.
K. Settergren Company of this city
of the Estey Piano Corporation of
New York, manufacturers of the
>EStey line of pianos and organs will
be carried on in the local plant as
soon as details of the change in
ownership are executed.
Adds Twenty to Force
GREENSBURG - The Reliance
Manufacturing Company has added
twenty girls to its force.
PERU-A shop has been opened
here by B. P. Pond for the manufac-
ture of model airplanes.
COLUMBUS-The Cummins En-
CINE Company has obtained con-
tract from the United States Ship
ping Board for air compressor units
to be installed on eight ships which
are to be converted to Diesel opera
ton. Bids we're received at the port
of New York.
ANDERSON - Construction of
plant for the Delco-Remy Cor
poration is being carried on as rap
idly as weather permits.
BLOOMINGTON - The local
American Legion post is cooperating
with the post at Bedford in a cam
paign urging the United States
Government to use Indiana lime
stone in building hospitals for dis
abled veterans.
Steel Record Likely
GARY-Stock No. 9 of the Illinois
Steel Company's Gary works is ex-
pected to set new national pro-
duction record by April l, when the
first full year of its operation closes.
Already the stack has surpassed by
$1,000 tons the best previous mark,
made by Stack A of the American
Sheet and Wire plant, Cleveland,
Ohio.
PLYMOUTH-EStablishment of a
trust fund for use in bringing indus
trial plants to this city is under con-
sideration by the Chamber of Com
merce.
EDINBURG-The town board is
having plans prepared for erection
Of a new electric power plant.
RENSSELAER, Frank G. Kres-
Ter, owner of the Palace theater, an
nounces purchase of site for cree
ton of modern motion picture
theater.