The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-13
NobIitt- Sparks Seeks 100
More for Auto Parts
Production.
STONE SALES INCREASE
Government Report for
Indiana Area Shows
7 Per Cent Gain.
BY CHARLES c. STONE
State Editor. The Times

Increasing business of the Colum-
bus plant of the Noblitt-Sparks In
dustries, Inc, which also has fac
tories at Seymour and Greenwood,
is the most notable development re-
vealed in business and industrial
survey Of Indiana for the week
ended today.
A force Of DOC is now employed at
Columbus and 100 more workers are
wanted.
Noblitt-Sparks manufacture a
wide variety of automobile parts and
accessories, a hot water heater for
automobiles being an addition to its
output this year. One of the busiest
departments at Columbus is the one
engaged in making hub caps, $4,000
being produced daily. 1t is expected
to increase the output to 1000 soon.
During the winter Columbus is
promised an income of 100000 by
officials of the Mad Cody Fleming
Carnival Company, which has
chosen the city for winter quarters.
The company will 60 into quarters
next week.
Postal Receipts Gain
Better business conditions in Co
Iunbus are reflected in an increase
in postal receipts. For August this
year the total was $5,07150, and for
the same month last year, $4,675.32.
Lever Brothers, soap manufac-
turers, who are erecting a large
plant in Hammond, have merged
with the Margarine Union, British
company, a deal representing more
than S1,O00,000,000.
A report of the United States bu-
reau of mines shows that value of
building stone shipped from the
Bloomington-Be Bedford district during
1923 was $17,760,622, an increase Of
z per cent over 1927.
Conditions in various Indiana
cities are shown in the following
summary:
Ft. Wayne-The Van Camp Pack
ing Company of Indianapolis has
purchased the Fl. Wayne Milk Pro-
ducers Corporation with plants here
and at Garrett.
BIoomfield-The local plant of
Showers Brothers, furniture manu-
facturerS, is now producing thirty
living room suites daily and it is in
tended to increase the output to 100,
Robert Parsons, plant manager, an
nounces.
Newcastle Factory Busy
Newcastle - Jesse French an
nounces that the plant Of the Jesse
French g. Sons Piano Company, en-
gagged in radio cabinet production,
will probably operate steadily for
the next year. Increased production
in the piano department is expect
ed soon.
Kokomo-Davis Industries. Inc,
manufacturing radios, monographs
and furniture has opened a retail
store at Birmingham, Ala, giving it
representation in six states, with
goal set of having stores in all. An
other store will be opened late this
month in Arkansas.
South Bend-Possibility Of de-
velopment of new industrial CEN
ter around the Twin Branch power
plant of the Indiana and Michigan
Electric Company is seen in a petit
ton fled with the Indiana Public
Service Company asking permission
to sell several tracts of land, pre-
sumably for use as plant sites.
Terre Haute-A lease has been
signed by the Quaker Maid Com
pany. new industry here, on build
ing it will occupy as plant. The
lease is for ten years at an annual
rental Of $27,957.
Bremen-Addition of two kilns to
the plant of the Bremen Clay Prod
ucts Company viii increase its
capacity to sixteen carloads Of drain
and building title daily.
Observation-Disclosures OF the Per-
feet Circle announce net earnings
for the first six months Of 1929 in
creased so per cent over those OF
the same period in 1928 and that
sales gained Is per cent.
CIinton-After being idle seven
teen months, operations have been
resumed at the Crown Hill coal
mine, with about $50 men employed.
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