The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-17
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ACTIVITY AT FIT. WAYNE
Hosiery Plant Being En-
Iarged; 5000 on One
Factory Pay Roll.
BY CHARLES C. STONE
State Editor, The Times

Booking of orders for 10000 auto
mobile bodies by the Central Manu-
featuring Company at ConnerSville
is one of the important develop
ments noted in a business and in
dustrial survey of Indiana for the
week ended today. The company is
expanding $3.50 900 on improvements
at its plant to take care of the BUSH
ness. Buyers of the bodies are the
Gardner Company, st. Louis, Mo-;
Locomobile Company, Bridgeport,
Conn, and the Auburn Automobile
Company, Auburn.
TT. Wayne is another Indiana city
where business and industry are ad-
vanc1ng. Outside of Indianapolis
the Allen County seat led all Hoosier
cities in number of new businesses
started in July, the number being
twenty-one
Working Force Doubled
The working force of the Dudlo
Manufacturing Corporation, one of
Fl. Wayne's major industries, has
reached 5000, practically double
that of last spring. The new west
bound hump" Of the Pennsylvania
Railroad, a shipping improvement
that cast $350,o00, was opened this
week. The General Hosiery Com
pany Is building a plant addition
and installing new machines at a
cost of 100000.
Opening of Plant of the Delco-
Remy Corporation Anderson, is set
for early in September, when the
working force of the corporation is
expected to pass the 5000 mark.
Aladdin Industries, Inc. Alexan-
dria, is closing options on real es-
tate taken several months ago with
the plant expansion and establish
ment of town site to be called
Aladdin in view. officials of the
company indicate they will have an
important announcement to make
regarding plans for growth on COM
pletion Of the realty deal.
A model plant is to be erected at
Marion for the Trueblood Laundry
Company. It's dimensions will be
.. 50X148 feet and built according to
plans of experts employed by the
Laundrymen's National Association.
Orders Is Tons of Cheese
An order for fifteen tons of cheese
has been placed by a Chicago firm
with the Graham cheese factory at
Washington, the largest since the
factory was established several
months ago
The seasonal rush is on in IN
diana canning factories. Five hun
dred men and women will be en-
ployed in putting up several hundred
thousand cans of corn in Shelby
County factories. The Brazil plant
of Libby Mcneil g. Libby was
opened this week with prospects for
a record output of tomato products.
Packing of Decatur County's sugar
corn crop has been started by the
st. Paul Canning Company.
Conditions in various cities are
shown as follows:
HARTFORD CITY - Distribution
headquarters have been established
here by the Chemical Products Com
pany, indianapolis, to serve Black
4OAAl, CoJ anu w CLIO COu1lblSS.
ANDERSON - Dollar Day OBJ
served here Wednesday was partici-
pated in by ITO firms.
SOUTH BEND-The Studebaker
Corporation Announces sales of auto
mobiles during July were 40 per
cent greater than those for the same
month last year and that the last
ten days of july set new high
mark for like period in the cor
poration'S history.
Kokomo Company ProsperS
KOKOMO-SaleS increase of So
to 40 per cent for each month this
year over the same months in 1927
is announced by the Togstad Com
pany, manufacturing perfumes and
other toilet articles.
b PORTLAND-The city council has
approved plans for new city build
ing to cost $4,000.
TERRE HAUTE-Curb service has
been started by the Citizens Ma
tional Bank and Trust Company. A
cage window has been installed in
a court of the banks building so
that motorists may transact bust
ness without leaving their cars.
WARSAW-Repair work has been
started at the Biltwell basket fac
tory recently damaged by fire and
it is expected the plant will be
ready for resuning operations soon.
Begins S2,5OO,OOO Project
EAST CHICAGO-The first con-
tract has been awarded for con-
struction of the $2,50O,000 plant OF
the United States Gypsum Company
, to the A. F. Hartigan Construction
Company, Hammond, covering
clearing, grubbing, grading and ex-
cavation. Work has been started
on erection of $4,000 building
for the First National Bank and
Trust Company.
CROWN POINT-Erection OF a
modern factory building for the In
diana Leather Company is under
way.
BLOOMFIELD-Wo has been
resumed at the Bloomfield brick
plant after six-weeks Shutdown
during which repairs were made
The full force of sixty men is being
employed.
Fatally Hurt in Fall
BIZ Times Special
ELKHART, Ind, Aug. 17.-Johr