The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-01-10

their forces during the past week,
and officials announce more will be
given employment daily.
Steel Mills to Be Built
Completion of purchasing Of a
I 0OO-acre tract east of Gary by the
Weirton Steel Company clears the
way for erection of plants at a cost
of $40, 00O, 900 to $4,000. 900. No date
has been announced for beginning
construction.
Practically all factories at Koko-
mo report conditions improved dur
ing December, and without excep-
ton full operation is expected by
Jan. 81. The Standard Pottery re-
sumed full production Jan. ! wiz
375 men employed. Increased pro-
duction is reported at the Kingston
Products plant and capacity output
at the Pittsburgh Plate Glass fac
tory.
Numerous inquiries from indus
tries seeking to locate in Winches-
ter has prompted Mayor o. E. Ross
to head a movement for organiZa-
ton of a chamber of commerce.
bankers Official Hopeful
Rome C. Stephenson, South Bend
Banker and first vice-prezident OF
The american Bankers Association,
addressing the annual meeting of
the South Bend Society of Sanitary
engineers, declared:
"AIl fnancierS and bankers OF
note agree that business condi-
{ ons are fundamentally sound and
here is n. reason Why 1890 should
not be a prosperous year for the
1t zenry of the United States"
The following summary shows
conditions in various Indiana cities:
NobIesviiIe-Ofc.alS of the Ball
Brothers strawboard plant announce
sufficient orders booked to assure
steady operation for the next six
months on a t~wenty-fOur hour
.;chedule. This is one of the largest
~uns Tor the plant in recent years.
The capacity is ninety tons each
t~wenty-four hours.
Andersou-"Much improved" Is
the view of business conditions by
officials of the Guide Lamp Corpo-
ration here. Indianapolis fnanciers
interested in construction of the
New State theater have leased a
tract on an opposite corner for
ninety-nine years. The tract is
72x1OS feet. No building on it is
planned for the near future.
FortvilIe Gets Factory
FortviIIe-The Crystal Chemical
Company at Summitville, purchased
recently by the Grasselli Company,
will be moved here.
Evansville - Furniture manufac-
turers here who attended the VIM
ter show at the American Furniture
Mart, Chicago, this week, are opti-
mistic over prospects. 1t is esti-
mated 5000, 900 600 will be spent for
furniture this year. All plants
making furniture here are running on
capacity schedules.
Muncie-The Thomas Auto Com
pany has purchased the Griffith
Furniture Company. ~effecting mer-
ger of two of the city's leading in
dustries in their line. The two fac
tories employ about 300 persons.
Bluffton-All details have been
completed transferring the plant of
the defunct H. c. Bay Piano Com
pany here to the Niemann Furni-
ture Manufacturing Company of
Chicago, which plans to have the
factory, idle several months, in
operation soon.
Marion-Articles of incorporation
have been approved for Triangle
Motors, a new business here, to buy
and sell automobiles, machinery and
airplaneS.
Carthage-The Dixon Board Mills
here has been purchased by the
Container Corporation of America,
with main offices at New York.
Piymouth Company Busy
Plymouth-Omcials of the recent
ly reorganized Lee Body and Trailer
Company, announce orders have
been booked assuring steady opera
ton, with prospects that a night
shift will be necessary. a 5ox7o
addition is being built to the plant,
Petersburg-Pike county oil ac-
Invites include a seventy-five barrel
well brought in on the Charles Nc
Aztec lease; a producing well drilled
by Joe Divers, independent opera
tor, in Logan township; the Be-
ment Gas Company has a strong
pressure gas we'll on the Mary Nc
Aztec lease, and the WeiSer Oil Com
pany has a new forty-barrel well on
the Everett Lovelace lease.
Terre Haute-The Ideal Baking
Company will erect a s2o.0 900 addi-
ition tn IFS nlant