The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
INDIANA Stone
ORDERED WILL
FILL III CARS
Bedford Bloomington Area
to Supply Material for
Two Buildings.
NIGHT WORK PLANNED
One Company Prepares for
Rush Period to Insure
Delivery.
NIGHT WORK PLANNED
BY CHARLES STONE
stafe Fdifnr. The Times

dustrihl survey of Indiana Tor the
week ended today is booking OF Two
orders for building stone totalng
lit carloads, came from the quar-
ries of the Observation-Disclosures
district.
The Bedford Cut Stone Company
will supply ninety-seven carloaoS Ios
the new National City Christian
church in Washington, d. c., to be
built at a cost of 81 100000. A rlght
force will be used by the company
to insure filling of the order on time.
The church exterior Will be entreIy
of Bedford stone.
Booking of an order for twenty
carloads is announced by the In
diana Limestone Company to De
used in constructing a new federal
building at Juneau, Alaska. Ship
ment is to be made next month so
that material will be on hand WheI
construction will start at the eno OF
the severe Alaskan winter.
The Walker Brothers Stone Com
pany of Bloomington has adoed
1000 shares to its capital stock Win
a value of $50 a share.
Conditions in various cities OF the
state are shown in the following
summary:
Muncie-In the face of the I'M
usual depression in various mouS-
tries here. their officials predict I'M
provement will be noted soon.
Columbus Company PrOspers
CoIumbus-A financial statement
of Noblitt- Sparks Industries, Inc,
with plants here, at Greenwood anc
seymour, covering the first Ten
months of this year, indicate 1879
will be the most prosperous year III
the company's history. Net earn
ings for the ten months were S4o9'
673. An increase in shipments OF
122 ner cent is shown for the hrSC
ten months of 1929 as compared
with the same period in 1928. the
David Stepp & Son packing plahC
has been sold to Stattler Bros. Oh
INDIANAPOLIS. The new owners an
nounces the plant will be enlarged.
GreencastIe--The American ZINC
Products Company plant is opera:-
ing again after being idle nearly
three weeks while a broken ShalC
was replaced.
RushyiIIe--A milk plant and TO-
mato canning plant will be estao-
Iished here by company composed
of Harve Snider, FountalntoWn; T.
A. Guild, Falkland, and wallace
Reiman, Shelbyville.
BraziI-R. E. and F. A. Knox
breeders of Rhode Island Red CHICK
ems have added another large IN
clbator to their hatchery here 10
meet a demand which comes from
nearly every state.
CrawfordsvilIe-Five carloads OF
skid platforms, product OF the
Iewis-Shepard Company. new
concern here, have been shipped.
Sanatorium to Be Enlarged
Marion-Plans are being drawn
for an addition costing s150'0Oo to
100000 to the Marion National
Sanatorium.
Decatur -Cloverleaf Creamerles,
Inc. operating plants here and at
huntington, has bought the Hunt
inpton-Collins Ice Cream Company
operating in Huntington and Ro-
chester. Additions to the plants at
Huntington are being planned.
PIymouth-Officials of the Ply
mouth Artificial Ice Company an
nounce that additions to its plant
being planned viii triple produc-
ton.
Terre Haute-Eighteen industries
are seking information relative to
locating plants here. Morton Hay
man. Chamber of Commerce secre-
tary. announces.
MonticelIo-Fred P. Biederwot,
manager of the Biederwolf Coal and
Ice Company here. announces per
sonal purchase of the Wolcott,
Remington and Goodland ice COM
panies.
acknowledgements nave
been completed whereby a Chicago
woodworking company will occupy
the plant of the defunct H. G. Bay
Piano Company here, and Will
eventually employ 500 men.
RANT 70 NC Gniais sc"
Goshen. Dana Cramer, man
aeer of the Chase Bag Company,
which has the largest pay roll OF
any industry here and gives en-
ployment to ATS persons, announces
an addition to be built to its plant
will increase floor space $4,000
square feet.
Vincennes-The Shell Petroleum
Company holds leases on 1912
acres Of Knox county land for oil
drilling tests, and will probably &C
Quire more land.
Fit. Wayne-A company for opera
ton of a brass, bronze and alumni
mum foundry here is in process of
incorporation. j. B. Wiles, man
aver Of the chamber of commerce
announces. The Steinite Radio
Manufacturing Company, which re-
Gently moved to new plant here
from Atchison. Kan. has 1900 per-
sons on Its pay roll. Production IS
now 1900 sets daily.
Gary-The Pennsylvania railroad
announces that construction Of its
100000 passenger station here is
70 be started at once.
Governors Nephew Ill