The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-26
MILLIONS TO
Be spent ON
Steel PLANT
Youngstown Company to
Plan Expansion at
Indiana Harbor.
GROWTH AT EVANSVILLE
Telephone Company Will
Erect Office and
Exchange.
BY CHARLES C. STONE
State Editor The Times


Announcement that the YoungS-
town Sheet and Tube Company will
spend a sum set at several mil
lions" on expansion of its plant at
Indiana Harbor is noteworthy in a
business and industrial survey of
the state for the week ended today.
James A. Campbell, president of the
company, announced the program,
stating that the enlarged plant will
have a capacity of 10000 tons a
month greater than the present one.
Several hundred additional work.
ers will be employed, Campbell said.
The program is to be executed with
out any public financing.
$1,OOO,OOO to Be Spent
The Southern Indiana Bell Tele-
phone Company will spend more
than 100000 in construction of a
new general office and exchange
building in Evansville. A report Of
Servel Inc, which has a plant in
Evansville shows net earnings were
$465, 672 for the first nine months OF
1928 and that 500 more men were
employed than were at work last
year.
Operations will start Nov. / by
the Madison Wood Products COM
pany, a new industry at CrotherS-
vile. Hogsheads for tobacco will be
made.
The following summary shows
conditions elsewhere in the state.
GreenSburg-An addition to the
plant of the Standard Casket Hard
ware Company, giving 1,700 square
feet more floor space, Is being con-
structed.
Fl. Wayne-Growth of the electric
refrigerator business will result in
a change at the local plant of the
General Electric Company to, per-
nit employment of more persons.
To make room for increased refrig-
orator production, the oil-cooled
transformer department is to be
transferred to plants elsewhere. Of
ficials announce the change will be
made soon.
Plant to Be Enlarged
MunCie-A warehouse addition TO
the Ball Bros plant, with a capac-
ity of 900 carloads, will be ready for
use within sixty days.
AndersOn-To keep it's facilities in
step with Anderson's growth, the
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
plans a program calling for eXpen
diture of $4,000, including $4,000
feet of aerial and underground cable.
KendaIIville-The Breyer Ice
Cream Company, which established
its plant a year ago this month, is
now buying $4,000 pounds Of milk
daily from 652 farmers, against
$4,000 and 1853 at its opening.
Mt. VernOn--A campaign by the
Chamber of Commerce to raise a
fund for bringing factory to Mt.
Vernon is nearly complete.
Terre Naturalization OF rs to
100 men to the Highland Iron and
Steel Company force by Nov. 10, the
date set for completion of plant
addition, is forecast by company off,
Gals. They announce orders for
iron fende on hand now call for
more production than the present
force can turn out in a year.
Force Will Be Increased
Wabash-Severa1 men will be
added to the freight handling force
of the Big Four railroad here Nov
is when small package shipments
now transferred at Elkhart will be
taken care of here. A loading plat
form permitting work in twenty
four cars at one time is being
erected.
BIOOmfieId-The new plant OF
the Kraft Phoenix Cheese Company,
a new industry here, was opened
this week.
Peru-A garage and Office build
ing to cost SIS, 900 will be built here,
work to start within few weeks.