The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-10
Highway Commissions of
Five States to Use Indi-
ana Product.
ALEXANDRIA PR0SPERS
Industrial Building Near
Total of 100000 At
feCtS Three Plants.
BY CHARLES G. STONE
state Editor. The Times


at Marion is disclosed in a business
and industrial survey of the state
for the week ended today.
The Indiana highway commission
was the largest buyer, its order be-
ing for forty-four trucks valued at
$4,000. Highway bodies Of other
states placed orders as follows:
Missouri, "a. Georgia, 20; South
Carolina. 10, and Kentucky, 10.
Working toward goal OF
straightline production, the General
Insulating and Manufacturing Com
pany. Alexandria. announces a $780,
600 building will be erected. An
other new structure on which work
was started several months ago, Will
be ready for use late in May.
Alexandria is experiencing an in
dustrial revival which leads to pre-
dictions that doubling of its popula-
ton will be disclosed in the 1880
census
Revived After Gas Boom
Advertised as Not on the Nile,
But Just as worthwhile, - the city
suffered a severe setback when the
natural gas boom, but since the
World war has grown steadily. In
Guiding the General company eX-
Dansion program, industrial build
ing is near a 100000 total, includ-
ing that of the Johns-Manville
Corporation, 100000, and the Alad-
din Products Company, S250000.
The Alexandria Metal Products
Company has $50 persons working
with a weekly payroll Of $4,000. One
hundred are working in the Alex
andria Glove Corporation plant.
Developments during the week at
Brazil included organization of the
Kidd Coal Company, which will
operate Crawford Mine No. l, and
announcement that the Clay Prod
ucts Company will erect a $50000O
plant on the site of one destroyed
by fire. owned by the Chicago Sewer
Pipe Company. 1t is planned to be-
gin operations in the new factory
by fall
The following summary shows
conditions in other Indiana cities:
CoIumbus-The new building of
the Adkins Machine Works has
been completed and that of the
Continental Sales Corporation will
be ready within a few days. Re
modelling of unit of the Nobhtt-
Sparks Industries plant will be
started next week.
Assembling Economy Planned
Marion-Thousands of dollars will
be saved annually by a new method
of assembling radio sets by the
United States Radio and Television
Corporation, A. E. Case, vice-preSi-
dent. announces. Under the method
sets will be sent to cabinet making
factories. where assembly will be
completed. reversing the usual pro-
cedure OF bringing the cabinets to
the sets.
Decatur-With continual addition
to both night and day forces at the
General Electric Company plant, it
is expected 500 will be at work soon.
More men are now employed at the
Decatur Castings Company plant
than at any time in recent years.
The city council will receive bids up
to June 4 for remodeHng the NUM-
cipal light plant at an estimated
cost of $4,000
Wabash-A minimum Of S250000
has been set for an industrial fund
to be established to bring factories
to the city. Banks and trust COM
panies will underwrite money Of
fered by pledges.
Waterfowl canning factory is to
be established here by the Hall
Stiugle Company, which has oper-
ated at Ashley for the last six years.
Increasing business created neces-
sity for another plant.
La Porte-The La Porte Rural Loan
and Savings Association, capitalized
at 100000, has been formed to aid
in home development.
S227 900 Contract Signed
Goshen-The Rieth-Riley Com
panv of Goshen has been awarded
contract for construction Of the new
Kline street bridge over the st.
Joseph river at South Bend, on a
bid OF S227,O00.
South Bend-Plants Of the BendiX
Brake Corporation here will be
doubled so per cent within ninety
DAYS. Vincent Bendix. president, an
nounced on completion of a $4,000
merger including the corporation.
the Stromberg Carburetor Company.
Scinulla Magnetic Corporation,
Eclipse Machine Company and sub
Sidiary concerns.
Fl. Wayne-The Lincoln National
Life Insurance Company Of Fit.
WAYNE has obtained 8 contract for
insuring the 1900 employees Of the
Missouri Pacific railroad.
Mergers Make Purchases
Terre Haute-The Borden Com
pany, operating on national scale
in the manufacture OF dairy prod
ucts, has purchased the Terre Haute
Pure Milk and Ice Cream Company.
The ellis Drug Company has been
bought by H. A. Woods, Inc. subsid-
iary OF the Charles LEIGH & Com
pany. Evansville. operating twenty
drug stores in Indiana and Illinois.
Lawrenceburg-The General In
dustrial Alcohol Corporation. which
by a recent merger acquired the
Greendale Company here. an
nounces offering of s2.500000 in
convertible debentures as the first
sstep in financing program.