The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-05
COMP ANY TO
Mine IN new
COAL SECTION
Announces Test DrilIingS in.
Monroe County Show
Good Deposits.
EMPLOYMENT BETTER
Industries in Five Cities of
Indiana Add to
Forces.
EMPLOYMENT BETTER
BY CHARLES C. STONE
State Editor. The Times

BY CHARLES C. STONE
State Editor, The Times
Prospects are good for addition of
coal to the products of Monroe
County, already noted for its pro-
duction of building stone, it is re-
vealed in a business and industrial
survey of Indiana for the week
ended today.
The Monroe County Mining Com
pany, with a lease on 1873 acres of
land, is pioneering in development
of a new coal field. The company
announces that test drillings show
the preesnce of large quantities of
coal.
Another feature of the survey this
week includes the following reports
on employment:
Increase of 1000 in employees of
industries at Muncie this year over
last, and 100000 more paid in
wages. Of the city'S twenty-five in
duStries, none are on less than full
time schedules, with many working
overtime.
Jobs for $500 More
Transfer of several departments
of the Studebaker Corporation, au-
tomobile manufacturers, from De-
troit, Mich, to South Bend, will re-
suit in addition of 1900 persons to
the pay roll in the latter city, bring
ing the total there to 14,500. Trans
fer of the departments is part of a
reorganization program to be COM
pleted within six months.
One hundred men laid off nearly
a year, have resumed work at the
Commercial Solvents Corporations
plant at Terre Haute, making a
total force of more than Or. OPP
erations are on a twenty-four-h hour
a day schedule, seven days a week.
Following plant remodeling and
rearranging of machinery, the Re
lance Manufacturing Company fac
tory at Bedford has resumed opera
lions with force of f1fty-eight and
will have the remainder of its 275
employees at work within few days.
Fifty men are working at the
Bay piano factory, Bluffton, fol-
lowing a shutdown during which
the operating company was taken
over by a receiver. 1t is announced
that the force will be gradually in
creased.
Put Down Oil Drills
In the oil industry, drilling opera
tons are in progress at two points.
A wild cat" company is drilling in
the Goose Pond section near Lin
ton. The Maurer g. Bugg Oil
Company has drill going down in
Vanderburgh County.
The following summary shows
conditions in other cities:
SeymOur-For the first time in
history, the Seymour Wooden Mills
is advertising on national scale.
The mills have manufactured blan-
kets since 1866. The advertising
slogan is, For three generations
Lady Seymour blankets have
tucked them in"
MariOn-The outlook for the In
diana Truck Corporation is excel
lent, Martin O'Hara, its president
and also head of the Brockway
Truck Corporation, announces,
stating every effort would be made
to increase production at the Indi-
ana plant here to meet an increas-
ing demand,
Prepares Largest Display
EIwood-A connlete new line of
kitchen cabinets manufactured by
the C. I. Sellers & Sons Co., FL
wood, will be displayed at the No
vember show of the Chicago furni-
ture mart. The display will be the
largest ever made by the Sellers
company.
Decatur-The local mill of the
Holland-St. Louis Sugar Company
will open about Oct. Is for grinding
of this years crop of sugar beets.
Eight thousand acres of beets were
grown for the mill. While the crop
is not reported as large as that last
year, it is said to be of better
quality.
Union City-The Backstay Welt
Company of this city; with branches
in Chicago, Detroit, Mich, and Can
ada, is offering common stock is
sue of 10000 shares at $50 a share.
The company, founded in 1899, sup
plies so per cent of the automobile
industry's demand for welts, gimpS,
holdings and bindings. Among
users of these products are Ora
haln-Paige, Chevrolet, Hudson,
Buick, Cadillac, Willys-Overland
and Packard. Refrigerator makers
also are supplied and the airplane
industry is becoming customer
with a steadily increasing demand.
Marshall-The Kraft Cheese Com
pany has opened plant in a new
$4,000 building. Milk from 1000
COWS has been contracted for cover
ing the next three months.
era fOrdsviIIe- The Mid
States Steel and Wire Company
has sold it's tank department to the
Oaks Manufacturing Company, Tip
ton. which will operate it through
its local branch In announcing
the sale, the Mld-StateS company
officials said expansion of its bust
ness in other lines had made it i'm
perative to dispose of the tank de-
partment to give more plant space
NOblesvilIe-T wenty new
presses and other machinery has
arrived for installation in the
Scheadt Rubber Company factory
and plans are being made to put
the plant in operation about Oct
Is. The plant was recently bought
at receivers sale by the Scheadt
company. It has not been in oper~
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