The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-07
Projects in Indiana Include
Improvement of Calumet
Street Car System.
STORE TO BE REPLACED
Structure to Cost 100000
viii Follow Fire at
Evansville.
BY CHARLES c. STONE,
state Editor. The Times

state EultOrt
Construction projects calling for
expenditures Of 100000 are re-
vealed in a business and industrial
survey Of Indiana for the week end
ed today. The projects include the
following:
Improvement Of the street railway
system serving Hammond, Whiting
and East Chicago, S2,5O0,OO0.
Replacement of the burned De-
Jong store at Evansville, 100000.
Indiana limestone and brick will be
the materials. New buildings and
remodeling of the Well Packing
Company plant, $4,000.
Rehabilitation of the Damascus
Steel Castings plant, Hammond,
S20O,OOO
Addition 10 the Louden Packing
Company plant. Terre Haute Off
Gals announce that during 1929 the
company's business showed a Sc per
cent gain over that Of the preceding
year.
EEtnl 10 NOSL 9lVU,OUU
Bids will be opened Wednesday
for a 500. 900 factory to be occupied
by Associated Apparels Inc, Lo-
ganspOrt. The present force of 200
will be increased to 900, officials
announce.
Building permits issued at Vim
cenneS during February we're for
the largest amount in any month
since April, 1923. The total for the
month was $72,549.
President A. E. Dickinson OF the
Indiana Limestone Company an
nounces that during the first two
months of 1880, approximately
$3.50 100000 was spent in the United
States for new construction.
while general business is below
normal" Dickinson stated, "the
bottom of the valley has been
reached. A steady upturn is ex-
pected in all lines"
Addressing a group Of Blooming
ton business men, Lawrence Whit
ing. chairman of the Indiana Lime
stone Company's board of directors,
urged a greater "stone conscious
ness" in the city and suggested in
vestment of S1,OOO,0O0 in the indus
try for promotion designed to dis
pose of its by-products.
The following summary shows
conditions in various Indiana cities:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS continues
to increase gradually in Indiana
plants Of the Delco-Remy Corpora
ton, located here, at indianapolis
and Muncie. The force at the three
now numbers 1900, which is about
1000 greater than employed during
abnormal depression periods.
ElwOOd-BusinesS men and other
citizens here, by subscribing a $25,-
600 stock issue, have assured re-
mOval here of the Monticello Manu-
featuring Company from Monticello
OF the money derived from the
stock, $4,000 will be spent for a
factory site, $11 900 for erection of a
building and $4,000 will be retained
as working capital.
LebanOn-The Hicks Body Com
pany plans addition of speed boats
to its output.
Operations Resumed
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Hunter Bros.
quarry. idle throughout the winter,
has resumed operations.
Peru-A survey is being made
here by engineers for the Wabash |
railroad preliminary TO erection
during the summer OF new shops
and yards.
EvanSville-City officials. manu-
facturerS and the Central Labor
Union are cooperating in a pro-
gram designed TO reduce unemploy- |
ment
South Bend-The Bendix AYia- |
ton Corporation OF South Bend has
entered a combination which in
cludes the Westinghouse Air Brake !
Company for manufacture of air |
brakes for busSeS and trucks.
Washington-The passenger car
department of the Baltimore & /
Ohio railroad shops has resumed |
operations with 1875 men employed. |
The department had been idle since !
November.
Stockholders of the /
Perfect Circle Ring Company here |
have voted an increase Of capital /.
stock from 100000 to S250,OO0
English-Crawford county straw |
berry growers expect a profitable |
season this year due to reduced !
acreage in the south.