The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-02-17
Building of New Plant Unit
Will Give Jobs to 600
to 700 More.
PLACES FOR 1000 OPEN
ServeI, Inc, Evansville, 10
Bring Force Within 600
of Limit.
BY CHARLES C. STONE
Stata Editor, The Times

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Anderson by the Delco- Remy Cor
poration, duplicating its Plant No.
2, is planned Immediately as a re-
suit of an agreement for an emery
cncy electric power source arrived
at by corporation representatives
and city officials. The new build
ing will make possible employment
of 600 to TOO persons, and bring the
total Anderson force considerably
above 1000.
The expansion program at Ander-
son is among several encouraging
features of a business and industrial
survey of Indiana for the week
ended today.
The Servel, Inc plant, Evansville,
will add 1000 men to its force with
in the next three weeks, bringing
the total at work to more than
1000, which is 600 less than ca
pacity.
$50 on Pay Roll
Employment by the Adams &
Westlake Company, moved to Elk
hart from Chicago last fall, is now
almost at capacity, with 800 persons
on the pay roll. The force will
probably be increased to 1000.
The Bantam Ball Bearing Com
pany is to moved to South Bend
from Bantam, Conn. 1t was or
gained thirty years ago. The COM
pany's products were purchased by
the United States government for
use in the Panama canal locks, and
the gate valves of New York's great
Croton dam system are similarly
equipped.
The Haskell & Barker plant,
Michigan City establishment of the
Pullman Car and Manufacturing
Company, has received an order for
1000 cars from the st. Louis & San
Francisco railroad. The working
force has been increased to 1900 to
take care of demands on production.
Production OF new cars has start
ed at the Ford Motor Company's
plant at Hegewisch, ILL.,, from which
the Calumet region Of Indiana is
supplied.
The survey shows conditions else
where is the State as follows:
RICHMOND-Approach of full
operation Of the Belden Manufac-
turing Company plant is heralded
by starting production in the rub
Der department. The plant was
moved here recently from Chicago
and all machinery has not yet ar
rived. A newly organized concern,
the Quaker City Furniture Com
pany, plans to establish factory
here. Plans will be discussed the
latter part Of February.
Adds New Department
HARTFORD CITY-The Over
head Door Corporation announces
it will set up a steel rolling and
bending mill as a new department
of it's plant. The unit. will occupy
a building 60x277 feet. In the last
three months, the corporation has
expended between 100000 and $40,-
900 for expansion.
BLOOMINGTON-Sto produc-
ton in the district south of Clear
Creek has been better this winter
than for any like period in the IN
dustry'S history and two trains are
required to handle the product.
GARRETT-A new foundry for
manufacturing brass, aluminium and
white metal products is to be es-
tablished here. 1t is planned to be-
gin operations by spring.
FAIRMOUNT-The Snyder Pack
ing Company plans capacity opera
ton of it's plant here during the
coming season. Contracts are al
ready being made with farmers for
tomatoes and other produce. Last
year the company paid out $4,000
from the plant and prospects for
this year are that this figure will
be considerably increased.
Works Double Shifts
PERU-The Redmon Furniture
Factory is running night and day to
keep up with orders, and new en-
ployeS are being ADDED.
FIT. WAYNE-The telephone and
telegraph systems of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, FIT. Wayne division,
are to be rewired and rearranged
at a cost of $4,000.
TERRE HAUTE--The Hoosier
Hickory Furniture Manufacturing
Company, established here a little
more than year ago, expects to
double it's 1927 output this year.
LOOGOOTEE-The local plant Of
the Reliance Manufacturing Com
pany is to be enlarged and fifty per-
sons added to the pay roll, due tc
creased business.
MISHAWA-IA - Erection of a
100000 thea Ter was started this
week. 1t will have a seating capac-