The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
Limestone Belt Extends to
Owen County With Gre
quarry Working.
CONSTRUCTION SPEEDED
Force of 800 Engaged Day
and Night in Erecting
Brazil Factory.
BY CHARLES c. STONE
State Editor. The Times

Indiana limestone district from
Lawrence and Monroe counties to
ACWen county are disclosed in a
business and industrial survey Of
The state for the week ended today.
Of nineteen cities covered by the
survey, building gains are shown by
eleven. They are Elkhart, Evans
vile, Fl. Wayne, Hammond, Hunt
5ugton. Kokomo, Lafayette, Marion,
Michigan City, Muncie and South
Bend.
A S250,000 Seven-story apartment
hotel is to be erected in Hammond
during the summer. Work will be
Yin July l on a $4,000 addition to
the postofice at Richmond.
Stone development in Owen
bounty has followed discovery re-
rently Of large deposit of high
Grade buff stone near Pomona. The
ingalls, Company is already oper-
pting in quarry at Pomona and has
lust completed eight large derricks.
Spencer citizens are enthusiastic
over reports that a large stone mill
is to be established in that city
soon.
Ten Bloomington men have &C
buired an option on site 9OX2OO
feet for erection of a canning fac
tory at a cost of $4,000.
South Bend Gets Plant
The John Baumbarth Company,
employing between 400 and 500 per-
sons. is to be moved from Chicago
10 South Bend. 1t is engaged in
lithographing, its products 1nclud-
ing calendars, greeting cards and
similar specialties. Work is already
under way on a 100000 plant.
Articles of Incorporation have
been recorded by the Securrograph
Pen Company which will operate
a plant at Oakland City, to be
manned at first by students of Oak
land City college. It is capitalized
at 100000.
An apron factory has been opened
at Elwood by Grover HUTCHINSON,
and another new industry is that Of
7 J. Anders. indianapolis, the
manufacture of oil burners for fur
naces.
Macy Conveyors, Inc, with cap
ital of $4,000, is a new industry az
Decatur. It has taken over the old
plant of the Gerber Ladder Com
panv and work of remodeling 1t IS
under way. The new concern VIII
manufacture a line of portable con-
vevors. bucket elevators and SKIP
HOSTS.
The following summary shows
conditions in various cities OF the
state.
Kokomo-One hundred employees
will be added to the force OF the
Mclaughlin Manufacturing Com
panv with completion of installing
new machinery now in progress. The
Constantine Porcelain Manutactur-
ING Company. Michigan concern,
which recently purchased the Hunt
Porcelain Company here, announces
1t will be expanded at once and
enough orders are on hand to as
sure steady operation for six to
eight months.
Anderson Lynch Glass Ma
chine Company. established here
twelve years ago, now sells its
product in the United States and
twenty-five foreign countries. I'm
filled orders now on hand came
from Mexico. France. Scotland,
Japan. New Zealand and England.
Marion-Th Delta Electric Com
pany is booking large orders from
leading aviation manufacturers Tor
two new airplane lights on which 1t
recently received patents. The Ro-
herd Manufacturing Company and
Upland Flint Glass Company are en-
larging their plants. The local
plant OF the United States Radio
and Television Corporation is to be
enlarged and production increased,
Allen C. Messick. directors chair
man announces.
Brush Company Busy
Sevnour-The Indiana OK Fiber
Brush Company announces that
pIant improvements Just completed
will enable it to enter the first stage
OF a heavy production schedule.
BraziI-A force of 800 men Is
working night and day on construc-
ton OF new plant for the Clay
Products Company.
Columbus - The Indiana Fur
Farms, to operate near here, has
been incorporated by Mrs. j. Cliff
ford Noblitt and Mr.. and Mrs. Loren
Noblitt. A site of 100 acres has
been purchased.
Muncie-The new plant OF the
Kuhner Packing Company has
opened. marking advance of a con-
Germ which grew from small retail
meat business established twenty
seven years ago.
EvansvilIe-The Graham Glass
Company has been taken over by
The owens Illinois Bottle Company,
largest concern Of its kind in the
world.
PIymouth-A test well for oil snd
gas is to be drilled on the Lamson
farm near here.
Connersville-The plant of the
Auburn Automobile Company has
reached a shipping peak of 20l cars
daily, and it is expected this will
reach $50 cars by June l.
Elwood-Increasing business has
necessitated buildingsa $4,000 addi-
ton 10 the plant of the Indiana
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