The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-06
BUILDINGSF FOR
BUSINESS Use
COME TO FORE
Warehouse at Anderson to
Cost SIPS, 900 Among
State Projects.
NEW HOTELS ON LIST
Hoffman Being Built at
South Bend; Another.
for VincenneS. Il
BY CHARLES G. STONE
state Editor. The Times

state Editor. The Times
Erection of structures to be used
for business purposes is the out
standing development in Indiana in
dustry and business for the week
ended today.
An Indianapolis company, the
identity of which has not been made
public, has practically completed
plans for erection of a three-story
warehouse at Anderson to cost about
$125,000. The building will be OF
brick and concrete.
Officials of the American Tel
ephone and Telegraph Company an
nounce construction of its $250,000
building at Terre Haute, will be
started in August. Vonnegut, BONN
&c Miller, Indianapolis, are the
architects. Erection of a new unit
at the Quaker Maid plant will be
started Monday. 1t will cost $35, 900.
New hotel in South Bend
RAPID progress is being made in
building Hotel Hoffman, a twelve
story structure at South Bend. 1t
is announced the building will be
ready for Use in the fall, when ti.ou-
sands of visitors are expected in
the city at football games. In
creased attendance is expected due
to completion of new stadium for
the University of Notre Dame.
A modern eight-story hotel is to
be erected at Vincennes, represent
ing an investment of 100000. A
public subscription campaign for
the project brought a total OF
$153,500. Construction is expected to
be started by July l.
The generating station of the
Northern Indiana Public Service
Company at Michigan City will
be dedicated Wednesday morning.
All steel work has been completed
and brick laying is progressing rap
idly. More than five hundred men
are employed in the project.
Steel Plant Project Moves
Definite steps have been taken to-
ward erection of a gigs tic steel
plant in Porter county, which will
be in the center of a second Gary to
be known as Port Williams. The
National Steel Corporation, which
will own the plant, announce form
ing of a subsidiary, the Midwest Steel
Corporation, which will be he hold
ing unit for the plant, cost of which
will be $45 100000 to $50,000,O00. 1t
has been announced previously that
the plant will be built within the
next three years.
Conditions in various cities are
shown in the following summary:
Observation-Disclosures are held by
the Petroleum Expio. alton Com
psny, Sisterville, W. Va. on about
10000 acres of Monroe county land,
on which test holes are being sunk
for oil and gas. Some good gas
showings are reported from holes
in the Unionville section.
EIwOOd- Holdings here, at Frank
ton and Kokomo of the Elwood Oil
Company have been bought by the
Cities Service Oil Company, sub
sidiary of Cities Service Company,
one of the nations largest re1nerS
and distributors.
Marion-Immediate increase of its
working force from 600 to $500 is
planned by the United States Radio
and Television Corporation, which
has started production of new model
radio sets.
Factory Force Reduced
Greensburg-The force of the Re-
lance Manufacturing Company
plant has been curtailed, and OFF,
Gals announced more workers will
not be employed until business con-
ditions improve.
Anderson - The Kruesch Ice
Cream Company of Anderson and
the Beatrice Creamery Company.
S37 100000 Chicago concern, have
been merged. Expansion of the
Anderson unit is being considered,
officials announce.
CoIumbus-The Hook Drug Com
pany, chain store operator with
headquarters at Indianapolis. has
leased quarters here for a store.
Remodeling will be completed in
time for opening the store in
September.
Auburn-The Silver Moon Toy
Company, now in plant south OF
Waterloo. will be moved to Au-
burn.
WaShington-As a measure to
avoid curtailing the working force
of the local shops of the Baltimore
& Ohio railroad. a forty-hour week
has been fixed for laborers. They
have been working forty-four hours.
Covington-A new building, l02 by
100 feet, has been completed for the
Harrison Steel Castings Company
here, and will be occupied by the
machine shop. now located in the
basement of the plant