The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-08-30
Addition to Plant at MunCie
in Operation After
$1,250,000 Outlay.
OBTAIN NEW FACTORIES
ConnerSviIIe, Terre Haute
and Wabash Among Cities
Benefited.
BY CHARLES C. STONE
State Editor. The Times

Expansion of plants and acquiring
new ones is noteworthy in a bust
ness and industrial survey of Indi-
ana for the week ended today.
Equipment is being placed for the
Traction Foundry and Machine
Company at La Porte, in an indus
trial building which has been I'M
occupied for the greater part of the
last ten years. In addition to gen.
eral manufacture and iobbing of
gray iron castings, the company will
supply the Superior Steel and NAL
Ieable Castings Company, Benton
Harbor, Mich. Directors are the
same in both concerns.
Removal of the Columbia Metal
Products Company from Chicago to
La Porte, following its purchase by
the Great Western Manufacturing
Company of the latter city, is being
completed. The price was $4,000.
The Columbia company has 100000
in orders booked and its weekly pay
roll on full production will be S10,-
600. Great Western officials an
nounce.
S1,25O,0O0 Addition Ready
The Warner Gear Company, Mum
Gle, is using a $1,25O,OO addition to
its plant. More room was necessary
due to a 80 per cent increase in
business, according to C. S. Davis,
president of the Borg-Warner Cor
poration of which the gear company
is unit.
An addition to the building of the
Farmers Produce Association, CraW-
louisville. will be ready for occu-
pancy Sept. Is. The addition is BOX
70 feet. 1t will house additional
refrigeration and butter print equip
ment. A sprinkling system to cost
$4,000 will be installed in the plant
of the Mid-State Steel and Wire
Company.
Production is scheduled to be
started oct. in the new plant OF
the Mica Manufacturing Company,
Fl Wayne. 1t is expected the work
ing force will be 800 to 500 by Nov.
The A. L. Assembly Company
new Terre Haute industry, has
started production. 1t manufactures
furniture. principally bedroom
suites. A force of forty now is eX-
Dected to be increased to 100 by
Jan. 1.
Ellsworth Brothers, owners CT
creaueries at Oakland City and
Huntington, will establish a cheese
and ice cream factory at Peters,
burg within the next few weeks.
wabash Company Moves
Conditions in various cities are
shown in the following summary;
Connersville-The Wabash SAM
tary Company plant is to be moved
here from Wabash within the next
lew weeks. following merger with
the Davidson Enameling Products
Companv of Connersville. a pres
emf force of twelve to fifteen IS TO De
increased to sixty. Porcelain IapIe
IONS and small specialties will be
added to the present line OF trays:
CoIun1bus-On completion OF IN
sfalIine more equipment, 100 women
will be added to the force OF the
BeIiance Manufacturing Company
here A. IT. Beard, Chicago, general
manager, announces. More EQUIP
ment is also to be installed III the
companv's plants at Seymour Loo
ccotae and Michigan City.
HFarion-Josiah Winters announces
sale of the Hotel Winters mere 10
william E. Fuller of Peru and Los
Angeles. Cal. The price was S1o'ooO'
store Chain Grows
Frankfort-A new store has been
onened here by the Fair Stores Com
pany, operating a chain OF depart
Tnent stores in Indiana, lnciudlng
indianapolis, Lebanon and New
castle.
PIvmouth-The Lee Trailer and
Rodv COMPANY here has been sold
to r. N. Huffman, Chicago. He eX-
meets to have the plant in operation
within few weeks. following IN
stsllatiou of more machinery.
South Bend-The business volume
here is 81 per cent larger than Tor
the summer of 1928, according to a
report OF a New York statistical
company.
Observation-Disclosures has been
started for the foundation OF a
100000 theater to be erected here
bv the Publix Theater Corporation.
IT will have a seating capacity OF
210O. the largest in the city. 1t is