The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-06-28
Steinite Prepares for Pro-
duction at Fl. Wayne;
u. S. of Marion Busy.
NEARLY 600 HAVE WORK
Steady Operation of Branch
Factory to Continue;
Leases Wabash Property.
by CHARLES c. STONE
state Editor, The Times

Radio manufacturing activities IN
Indiana are outstanding in buSi-
ness and industrial survey Of the
state for the week ended today.
Installation of machinery has
been started in the plant OF tne
steinite Radio Manufacturing Com
pany at TT. Wayne. Thirty-hVe
norsons are now engaged in work
preliminary to start Of producOloh'
set for early fall, when several thou-
s7nd persons are expected to be en-
Moved. The plant was moved mere
recentlv from AtchiSOn, Kan.
Fmplovment of nearly 600 persons
is in effect at the branch plant OF
the United States Radio and Ieie-
vision Corporation in Marion ana
nroductior is 500 to TOO sets daily,
Arthur e. Case, vice-president ana
General manager, announces. he
saws the present schedule VIII De III
eject for the remainder Of the year
The corporation has leased the luIe
nlant of the Service Motor truck
Company plant at Wabash Tor use
in storage and assembling OF radlo
sets.
Building Near Record
New building and engineering
work started in the state ouIlols
Nav reached a total OF Sl5'O5 'lUO'
eecond highest for that month IN
Inc states history. OF the work
s3. 4e1 700 was in Indianapolis.
The following summary SHOWS
conditions in various Indiana cities:
NI,pcie-Two buildings involving
evrenditure of 100000 are being
erected here. One is new unit LOT
tbe warner Gear Company plant
and the other an addition TO the
Purris training school builolng OH
the Ball State Teachers coileee
campus.
fRichmond-Erection Of a S2o'oOO
building to house equipment ana
shops of the city street cleaning oe-
partment is being planned.
Ja,visvilIe-FulI capacity opera
tion of the Indiana Condensed MIX
Cornnanv's new plant here is eX-
r,ected within a few weeks. Cream
Is being bought from hundreds OF
farmers in southern henry County
and northern Rush county.
MISUNDERSTANDING OF the Per
t.o+ circle Company for the first
ave months were S4O5, 562, a gain Oh
-,eorIv So per cent over the same
neriod in 1928, G. N. Testor' presl-
dent and general manager an
,o,1nces A new production record
for one month was set in May wnen
+Ta outn,lt reached 5O15,0O0 piston
rings.
Plant TO Cost S500,OO0
Terre aaute - BlueprintS Tor the
new plant of the Quaker Maid Com
many received here, show that II is
six stories high. 315 feet long and
1O5 feet wide. It will cost S5OO,Ooo
AlIron-Construction of a plant
FOR a new foundry here is under way,
and operation is expected to start
Aug. /.
1T Wavne-The First National
hank and Tri-State Loan and Trust
Company will begin operation soon
az one institution. stockholders haV-
inc apDroved their merger under the
name of the First and Tri-State Ma
tional Bank and Trust Company
The new bank will have a capital OF
$4,000 900 and resources of approx
mately S32,O00,O00. Deposits total
$4,000 900.
Princeton-A 100000 theater for
presentation of sound pictures Is
to be erected here by J. B. Green
and Edward Thies. Effingham, Ill,
who operates a chain OF theaterS In
Illinois.
South Bend-Work of erecting a
new plant for the Baumgarth
Manufacturing Company, moving
here from Chicago. is in progress.
A force of more than 400 VIII be
/ employed in the plant
Hammond-A contract has been
1 let for construction Of the first unit
Aof the 100000 Stauffer Chemical
Company plant here.
Gary-Contracts for erection OF
the main unit of the new Roose-
kelt high school building have been
lvsrded on bids whic h total
&01.413.
C.harivaried After Ten Years.