The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-07-26
Perfect Circle Products
Used by More Than 80 Per
Cent of Manufacturers.
RADIO MAKERS ACTIVE
Case Apex Plant at Marion
Producing 1000
Sets Daily.
BY CHARLES c. STONE.
state Editor, The Times

Development IN manufacturing,
transportation and building are tea-
lures OF business and industrial
survey of Indiana for the week end
ed today.
The Perfect Circle Company of
Hagerstown and Upton is supply
ing more than 80 per cent of au-
tomobile manufacturers with pis-
ton rings, for all or the major part
of their output. G. N. Testor,
president and general manager OF
the company, announces its annual
CAPACITY has reached 60000,000, and
that in 1928 it shipped 39,903,000
rings and in the first five months OF
this year 100000, an increase OF
II per cent over the same period
last year.
Steady Operation Forecast
Arthur E. Case. general manager
of the Case-Apex division, Marion
plant of the United States Radio
and Television Corporation, an
rounces production of radio sets has
reached 1000 daily and this will be
increased within two weeks when a
new model is to be manufactured.
At that time the present force OF
600 is to be increased from 500 to
800 or 1900. The company is
$4,000 sets behind orders and 1t is
believed that steady operation until
the spring of 1880 is certain.
Iogansport business men are
elated over efforts of the Wabash
railroad to absorb the Elmer branch
of the Pennsylvania lines extending
from Effner, Ind, to Keokuk, Ia.
The matter is now being considered
by the interstate commerce COM
mission. 1t is believed that in the
event the deal is consummated, Lo-
gansport will be made terminal
city through which large amount
of freight will be handled.
Building Increases.
Building contracts let in the state
for the first six months of this year
were II per cent above those for
the same period in 1923. Kokomo
showed the greatest gain, ABS per
cent. Other cities with increases
we're Shelbyville, South Bend. Mich
igan City. FIT. Wayne, Muncie and
Richmond. During June. cities
showing building gains over that
month in 1928 we're Huntington,
Anderson, Terre Haute. Logansport,
Evansville, Ft. Wayne, Kokomo,
Muncie, Richmond and South Bend.
Sales Of building stone from quar-
ries of the Indiana Limestone Com
pany in the Bloomington Bedford
district for the last sixty days have
exceeded those of the same period
last year by nearly so per cent, ac-
Cording to A. E. Dickinson, president
of the company. Orders include 300
carloads for the new $20,000,000
building of the Irving Trust Com
pany, New York. and 325 for an
educational building at Harrisburg,
Pa.
Conditions in various cities are
shown in the following summary:
Anderson-The Indiana Bell Tele-
phone Company will spend $4,000
in increasing facilities here. The
Schiff Company, Columbus, O..
chain store operator, will establish
one Of its stores in the downtown
business section.
Factory to he FnIarped
Observation-Disclosures of an
other addition to the recently en-
larged plant of the Banner Rock
Corporation is under way. The
force now numbers about $50 and
the weekly pay roll is $35 900.
Muncie-The Warner Gear Com
pany will occupy a new addition to
its plant late in August. It is $50
feet long and $50 feet wide.
Goshen-A E. Kunderd. Goshen
florist, who is nationally known as
a grower Of gladioli, has bought
q 200-acre farm on which iris and
peonies will be raised. The flowers
we're purchased from Lee r. Bon
newitz, Van Vert. O., and there are
l 900 varieties of each.
NewpOrt-The William z. Dee clay
plant damaged to the extent of
$1,000 by storm, is being repaired
and operation VIII be resumed soon.
New Unit Being Built.
BraziI-Plant 4, a new unit of the
Clay Products Company, is expected
TO be in operation by Aug. Is.
SummitviIIe-The Crystal Chemi-
,al Company here has been pur-
chased by the Grasseli Chemical
Corporation. Cleveland, O., which
operates plants in various parts of
he country and including one each
At Terre Haute and FortviIle.
South Bend-An increase in the
assessed valuation Of st. Joseph
county this year over last is ex-
oected to total nearly 100000.
Greensburg-A contract has been
awarded for erection of a new build
ng as quarters IF the Greensburz
National Bank and the Working
mems Building and Loan Associa-
ion.
Evansville-City officials are con-
lderlng an annexation proposal
which would double the area Of
Evansville and add 5000 to popu-
alton before the 1880 census.
Whiting-Stockholders Of the
standard Oil Company Indiana)
gill meet here Aug. q to authorize
N increase of s75.o0o,0OO in capital
took to finance purchase of the
'an-American Petroleum and Tran
port Company.