The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-23
Indiana Total for July This
Year 13 Per Cent Above
Month in 1928.
FARMERS FARE BETTER
Agricultural Agent, After
Survey, Reports Increase
of Prosperity.
BY CHARLES G. STONE
state Editor, The Times


Gain of 100000 in Indiana
building during July when compared
with the same month last year Is
the feature of business and in
dustrial survey of the state for the
week ended today.
Among list of twenty-five cities
of the United States showing the
largest building volume, Michigan
City stands in seventeenth place.
In addition, twelve other Indiana
cities show gains among twenty
covered by the survey. They are
Anderson, East Chicago, Elkhart,
Evansville, Hammond, Kokomo, Lo-
gansport, Marion, Mishawaka, Rich
nlond, South Bend and Terre Haute.
The total of engineering and
building work contracted for dur
ing july was $14,985, 400, of which
s3,712,9o0 was in indianapolis. The
total for the state is Is per cent
above that of the same month IN
1918.
Calumet Area Active
The First Trust and Savings bank
of Hammond reports that seven
new industries, with total capital
investment of $23,000,000, are lead
ing in an expansion movement In
the Calumet district. These con-
Germs are the Empire Oil Company
United States Gypsum Company,
Lever Brothers, Stauffer Chemical
Company, Lake State Glass Com
pany. North State Publishing Com
nanv and Commercial Wall Paper
mill. Construction of a 100000 adj
dition to the Queen Anne Candy
Company plant is under way at
Hammond. On its completion 200
more persons will be added to the
force.
Russell G. East, general agricul-
tural agent for the Pennsylvania
railroad, announced after con-
clusion of a farm survey in Indiana,
that he found "a rising tide OF
prosperity in the rural districts"
A summary of conditions in vari-
OILS Indiana cities follows:
BloomfieId-Work has started on
an addition to the Showers Bros.
furniture factory, which now has a
total floor space of 10000 square
feet Addition of $50 men to the
force between now and Jan. Is
planned.
Rank InstalIs New Vault
MISUNDERSTANDING extensive i'm
movements being made by the
nashville National bank is installa-
tion of the recently invented Steel
crete vault, which is being used gen
erally by federal reserve nanKs
throughout the country.
Bloomington-A deal whereby the
indiana Oolitic Limestone Company
was purchased by the Bloomington
Limestone Company has been COM
Melted. Harry Johnson, president u
the latter, announces. The Bloom
inaton company now is the largest
independent operator in the Indiana
stone section. It has five mills and
five quarries.
Andersor-A $4,000 building is to
he esected for the Arrow Heights
Church of God. Completion is set
for Dec. l.
Muncie-The Indiana Structural
Steel Board of Trade, OF which D.
Ilovd Kimbrough, president OF the
Indiana Bridge Company here is
the head, will conduct a campaign
throughout the state with a view TO
raising the standards of construc-
ton of buildings in which steel Is
used.
NewcastIe-Owners of the Davis
Foundry, damaged to the extent OF
SIS. 900 by fire, announce plans 10
rebuild Immediately.
La Porte-The New York Blower
Company, La Porte, has contract
for sixty fans to be installed in the
Merchandise Mart, Chicago, one OF
the citys largest buildings, which II
is planned to complete In the spring
of 1880.
New Bank for Attica
Attica-lncOrpO1aIoI Vi IAio NV
First Bank and Trust Company OF
Attica. announce it will be open foI
business early in October.
IT. Wayne-The new plant OF the
steinite Radio Corporation will be
dedicated next week, when jobbers
from all parts of the country viii
meet here. From $500 to 5000 per-
sons will be employed in the plant
when operating at capacity. A $780,
900 boiler room is being erected al
the plant of the Dudlo Manufactur-
ing Company. Production has start
ed in the new $4,000 plant of tho
General Hosiery Company, which
spent $4,000 on knitting machines
In the last three years machines
have been increased from eighteen
to sixty.
yaIparaiso-The Acco Corporation
has been formed here to engage II
manufacture of wood, metal ano
cloth articles.