The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-03-22

INCREASING IN
STATEPLANTS
Marion Corporation Adding
1000 to Force; Record
Set at Anderson.
LARGE ORDERS BOOKED
Business Obtained by In
dustries at Peru and
KokOmo.
BY CHARLES C. STONE

Marked improvement in employ
ment conditions. booking of large
orders by various industries and
plant additions and improvements
are features of an industrial and
business survey of Indiana for the
weekend today.
The United States Radio and
Television Corporation of Marion is
increasing it's force by 1000, put
ting twenty-five persons daily on
its pay roll. Related to this IN
crease, is doubling of capacity of
Spencer Cardinal Company plants,
two at Marion and one at Wabash.
The company holds part of a $12,-
100000 order for radio cabinets
placed by the corporation.
New Employment Mark
At Anderson, 9,902 persons are
on the Delco-Remy Corporation
payroll, the largest number ever
employed at one time.
AS soon as additional help is OBJ
tanned the Glove Corporation plant
at Alexandra will increase produc-
ton so per cent, G. F. Sturm, gen.
eral manager, announces.
One of the largest orders of its
kind ever placed is held by the
Bryan Steam Corporation of Peru,
calling for 1000 domestic heating
boilers for 1929 delivery. The order
was placed by the Greenwich
Comm firm. The boilers are to be
delivered in New York, Connecticut
and New Jersey.
Orders have been placed with the
Delta Electric Company of Marion
for electrical equipment for auto
mobiles by the Hupp Motor Com
pany and the Hudson Motor Com
pany, both of Detroit, Mich. Walter
B. Stephenson, Delta Electric man
ager, in announcing the orders re-
fused to state the amount of money
involved, but said it was large. ~
Tire Order for K0komO
The Kokomo Rubber Company
has received an order from eastern
interests for heavy duty bus and
truck tires. Kokomo's building SO
far in March is only 81, 1868 behind
the total for the entire month last
year.
The La Bour Company, lnanufac-
turing a line of patented articles,
is to move from Chicago Heights,
ILL.,, to Elkhart. It did a 100000
business in 1928. Fifty men will
be employed at the start, but Off
Gals expect an increase to between
seventy-f1ve and one hundred, as
the company is behind with orders.
At Muncie, a $4,000 addition is
to be built to the plant of the Moore
Manufacturing Company. Work is
already under way on a new $25, 900
building for the International Har-
vester Company. A new building
for the High Street Methodist
church to be erected this summer
will cost $350,000. Work on clearing
the site is in progress.
The Lake-State Glass Company,
is establishing plant at Gary for
the manufacture of high grade
glass. H. Gordon & Sons, operating
one OF the city's largest department
stores, have signed a f1fty-year lease
involving $2,50O00O on building
they occupy.
A brake tester and drum lathe,
new products of the Bendix Cor
poration, perfected at its plant in
South Bend, are 80 be placed on
the market at once. The Stude-
baker Corporation announces sales
of its eight-cylinder automobiles are
gaining.
In the canning industry, develop
ments include taking over of plants
at Sharpsville, Windfall, Atlanta
and GreentoWn by John S. Mitchell
Conlany, Inc. The canning fac
tory at Edinburg, owned by the
Mutz estate, has been sold to the
Morgan Packing Company, operat--
ing plants in various Indiana cities.
The plant of the Ladoga Canning
Company at Lebanon is being COM
pletely overhauled and recondi-
toned in preparation for an effort
to make the coming seasons pro-
duction the largest in the com
pany's history.