The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-05
Terre Haute Being ConSid-
cred by ID Planning
to Move.
PRINCETON GAINS ONE
Merged Oil Company viii
Establish Offices: La Porte
Gets Plant.

Location of new industries N In
diana and efforts to obtain sites in
the state By others are noteworthy
in a business and industrial survey
Of the state for the week ended
today.
Offices of the newly formed Unitef
Oil Corporation are to be locateu
in Princeton, where the first direc-
tors meeting is to be held April ID.
The corporation represents merger
of the Indiana Oil and Gas Corpo-
ration with the Consolidated Oil and
Development Company. Three other
oil companies may be acquired by
the merger. offers are already UNI
der consideration by these compa-
MES.
Fourteen industries are consider
ing location at Terre Haute, Ben
Bllmberg. chairman of the Cham
Der Of Commerce industries COM
mittee. announces. Excellent prog
ress is reported in the campaign of
the chamber and Terre Haute Foun-
dation to establish a $4,000 tund
for aiding in obtaining new plants.
Factory TO Be Moved
Arrangements have been COM
pleted for removal of the Mercoid
CORPORATION to La Porte from Chi
cago. early in 1880. 1t will give en-
plovment to $50 men at the start.
One of the corporations principal
products is a control device for OIL
burning equipment.
Negotiations have been completed
for removal Of the Louis basket fac
tory from Greentown TO Paramount.
The Hartman Corporation, Chi
Cago. operating chain furniture
stores. is opening two new establish
ments in Indiana. one at Elkhart
and the other at La Porte.
Conditions in various Indiana
cities are shown in the following
summary:
KOkOmO-Harry Davis, secretary
and treasurer OF Davis Industries,
Inc, announces that several new
Will Ut duNlCu " 1bO OhbPAN,
including improved radio sets and
monographs, entailing installation
of more machinery and an increase
in the working force. Building per-
mits issued during March were for a
total of approximately $3.50, 1000 and
a $500. COO figure is expected for the
first six months of 1929.
Profits Increase
Anderson-ProftS OF the Lynch
Glass Company for 1929 thus far are
so per cent greater than in the same
period last year and the plant has
sufficient orders to assure steady
operation for the next three
months it was announced at 4
stockholders meeting.
Alexandria, new machine shop
92X132 feet is TO be built at the
plant OF the Aladdin Industries, Inc,
SummitvilIc-The plant OF the
Summitville Canning Company has
been leased for a year to a Ross
vile Gll.D company which has an
option to buy. Contracting of to-
mato acreage for the 1929 season is
under way.
Fairmount-The Snider Packing
Company has increased its force
with assurance of steady employ
ment until fall.
Muncie-The Meyer Baking Com
pany is being enlarged and the
CONTINENT standardized at a cost
OF $4,000.
Shelbyyillc-Merger OF Shelby
and Rush county canning plants
into n OF the largest concerns OF
its kind in the country is under
consideration. The deal would al
feet plants at Flat Rock. Morris
town. Waldron and ST. Paul in
Shelbyville county. and Milroy
Rush county.
Hammond "A $5.OO0.O 900 SOAP
manufacturing plant is to be built
here by Lever Brothers. in which
1000 persons will be employed.
Auburn Buys Old Plant.
Connersville-The old plant OF
the McFarlan Motor Corporation
has been bought for use as an add
ton TO the local factory of the Au-
burn Automobile Company. The
Auburn plant here is producing 10(
cars daily.
ontezuma-SiXty me- are en-
plo ed at the William E. Dee clay
products plant east of here. opened
this week after being idle for /;
considerable period.
South Bend-Merger of the Oliver
Chilled Pillow Works here with the
Hart = Parr Tractor Company
Charles City. Ia. and the Nichol!
Shepard Company. Battle Greek
has been completed under the name
of the Oliver Equipment Company
the largest concern of its kind IL
the United States. The first three
months Of 1929 were the most prof
liable period Of that length in dv'
wears for the Studebaker Corpora
ton. earnings for the quarter be-
ing s4.50o.o00 President Albert r
Frskine announces.
Terre Haute-Betveen IS and 10
men will be added to the force o
the Grasselli chemical plant OF
completion of a new unit set TO
Wednesday.
Evansville-The idle plant OF tn
Evansville Top and Panel plant re
Gently bought by the Blobe-Bosse
World Furniture Company is to b
1900 ~ o1e~o@io~ eoo, riy;,C en-