The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-03
Community Council Will
Back Manufacture of
Tar Devices.
DEPENDS ON ANDERSON
Gas Company viii Spend
$4,000 Preparing to
Serve $4,000.
BY CHARLES c. STONE
Slate Editor, The Times

ture of devices perfected by local
inventors is disclosed in business
and industrial survey of Indiana for
the week ended today.
The council has chosen for i'm
mediate aid the inventions Of Ester
Ellis and Reuben Niehauf a new
type corn cultivator, and Of Victor
Cole, who is working on a lock bolt.
1t is planned to form a small
company Of Elwood men to begin
producing the cultivator on which
the inventors have been working
two years.
The manufacturing plant and Of
flee building of the Central Indiana
Gas Company at Anderson are to
be enlarged and improved at cost
of $4,000. Plans for the work have
been approved by Rufus G. Dawes,
Chicago brother of Charles G.
Dawes, former Vice-President, head
of the company, who has instructed
officials of the Anderson unit to
prepare for serving q population OF
900.
Expansion Expected
Anderson industries and building
continue on the high level of pros
perity which has prevailed for sew
eral months. 1t is expected that
merger of the Maring Wire Com
pany with the Anaconda Wire and
Cable Company, subsidiary of the
Anaconda Cooper Company, is ex-
pected to result in expansion Of the
Anderson plant.
The National Sign Corporation,
Kokomo, has purchased a building
doubling it's present floor space.
Conditions in other cities Of the
state are shown in the following
summary:
Lebanon-A group Of Big Four
railroad civil engineers are making
headquarters here while working on
a survey of land between Colfax and
Whitestown preliminary to double
| tracking by the Big Four.
Hartford City - The Overhead
Door Corporation, whose lrst plant
was in an alley in Detroit seven
wears ago, announces that $2,000,000
has been set as minimum 1929
sales goal. The company moved to
this city in 1923.
Portland-The Portland Theater
Company has been incorporated to
operate the Auditorium, which will
be opened following extensive re-
modelling.
Muncie Needs Plant Space
Muncie-This city is suffering
from shortage Of industrial build
ing space, according to Edgar L.
Raymond, Chamber of Commerce
industrial committee chairman. He
recommends erection Of structure
to house small manufacturers, to
serve as an industrial incubator"
until the companies are large
enough to have individual plants.
Marion-"We expect to make
Marion the radio capital of the
world" President w c. Perkins Of
the United States Radio and Tele-
vision Corporation announced
while here attending a meeting Of
jobbers.
Terre Haute - The Schwartz
Woodwork Factory is to be moved
here from Chicago by June l. The
Packard Shirt Company, new in
dustry here, started operations this
week.
Akron-Forty persons are en-
ploved in the Akron Basket Factory
and more help is wanted.
BIoomington-Oil test hole drill
ling is in progress near Hindustan,
seven miles north of here.
Force to Be Increased
Vincennes-An expansion pro-
gram of the Brown Shoe Company,
announced two months ago, has
been started. Addition of $50 per-
sons to the working force and a
payroll increase to $4,000 weekly is
expected.
Fl. Wayne-A new $4,000 pro-
duce terminal has been opened by
the Pennsylvania railroad into
which four local companies have
moved.
Hammond-Work of clearing
site for the 100000 plant of the
Lever Bros. Soap Company is under
way. 1t includes razing of Board
walk park and part of White City,
another amusement place.
East Chicago-Progerss is being
made in clearing site for the
s15,000,000 plant of the Empire Re
lining Company for which it is ex-
pected a year will be required.