The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-22
Six Will Have New Indus
trial, Business and Pub
lie Structures.
INCLUDES STONE MILL
EIkhart and TT. Wayne
Factories viii Be
Enlarged.
BY CHARLES C. STONE,
State Editor. The Times

BUILDING OF structures VaIueQ al
approximately 100000 for indus
trial, business and public use in six
Indiana cities is the most notable
feature of survey of Indiana foz
the week ended today.
A new strip mill for the works OF
the Illinois Steel Company at Gary
will cost $5,OOO,G0O and give en-
ployment to 500 men. Work on erec-
ton of the plant will begin at once
Work will be started within a
few weeks on erecting q 100000
mill for the Bloomington Limestone
Company at Clear Greek.
An addition to cost between $125,-
900 and $150,O00 will be built to the
Absolut factor Company
plant at E1khart. The enlarged fac
tory will employ from 400 to 500.
Two Factories Expanding
Work is under way at FIT. Wayne
on two factory additions, the COM
bined cost of which will be $3.50, 900.
The expansion is for the General
Hosiery Company and Dudlo Manu-
featuring Company.
The Inland Steel Company, East
Chicago, will build 100000 SIX
story structure for use as offices, In
connection with its Indiana Harbor
plant.
An addition costing $4,000 will
be built to the Miami county hos
pital at Peru.
The following summary shows
business and industrial conditions
in various other cities of the state
Arcadia-Plans are under way to
resume operations Monday at the
D. G. Jenkins Glass Company plant
after six weeks shutdown.
Work for 200 More
NewcastIe-Work has begun on
an addition to the Chrysler Motor
Corporation factory to provide room
for employment of 200 more men.
COnnersville-The local plant of
the Auburn Automobile Company
is producing sixty cars daily and
striving to raise the figure to $50.
The plant, which cost more than
$i,000,000, was opened recently.
Berne-The Nussbaum Novelty
Company is preparing to resume
operations in temporary quarters
following destruction of its factory
by fire two weeks ago.
Columbia City-The Heinss Engi-
neering Company is operating until
10 p. m. daily to keep up with de-
mand for its products.
EvanSyiIIe-The Indiana Whole
sale Drug Company plans to add to
its working force within few weeks,
following removal to larger quar-
tiers.
Union City-Orders sufficient to
assure steady operation until late in
the summer are on the books of the
Union City Body Company, it's Off
Gals announce. Among the orders
are those of the Moon Motor Com
pany, st. Louis, Mo-, and the Peer
less Motor Car Company, Cleve-
land, 0.
Valparaiso - Large increases In
business for the first month of 1929,
compared with the same period in
1928, are reported by the Chicago
Mica and Fibroc Incubation Com
panies, associated int 'stries.
Indiana Company in Merger
Ligonier-The Ligonier Refriger-
ator Company is one of four COM
panies involved in 100000 mer-
ger, the new concern to be known as
the Observation-Disclosures Company
Others in the merger arc the Harry
L. HuSsman Refrigerator Company
Steiner Manufacturing Company
and NaInshu Investment Company
all of st. Louis, Mo.
Terre Houte-The Packard shirt
factory and Illinois Glove Company
will move plants here from Chicago
They will employ about $50 persons
New Albany-The New Albany
Veneering Company. the worlds
largest producer of plywood, has
been bought by the Grisby- Grunow
Company. of Chicago, radio manu-
facturer, for a reported considera-
ton of $750,000.
Indiana Harbor-Several hundred
additional workers will be employed
by the Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Company on completion of an ex-
pansion program, which includes
two mills, furnaces, a plant FOL
treatment of dust and enlargement
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