The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-16
Northern Indiana Scene of
Electric Transmission
Expansion Program.
FURNITURE TRADE DULL
Depleted Stocks Basis of
Some Hope Among
Manufacturers.
BY CHARLES C. STONE
State Editor. The Times

Construction work was outStand-
ing in a business and industrial sur
vey of Indiana for the week ended
today.
Two large electric distribution
centers and a 132,O00-volt steel
tower superpower transmission line
will be constructed in northern In
diana by the Northern Indiana
Public Service Company and the
, Interstate Public Service Company,
subsidiaries of Midland United
Company. Work is to begin at once.
Plymouth and Monticello will get
the distribution centers. The power
line will be eighty-two miles long,
extending from New Carlisle to
Monticello, through Plymouth.
On completion Of the work all of
Midlands subsidiary electric prop
critics in northern Indiana will be
connected with the great power ia
cilities of the Chicago district.
S150,000 Theater Planned
Negotiations are in progress at
Michigan City for erection of
S150,000 theater, Nathaniel Bern
stein, Gary. announces.
The H. "A. Arbaugh Construction
Company, Portland, holds contract
to build an addition to the Ran
dolph county hospital at Winchester
at a cost of $4,000.
The Foster Lumber and Coal
Company, Valparaiso, has been
awarded a contract for a new in
dustrial exposition building on the
Porter county Playground at cost
of $8,70O.
In the furniture industry mark
ing time describes the situation.
Shelbyville manufacturers see a ray
of hope in depletion of stocks. There
is little activity in Columbus fur
niture factories. It is believed that
the midsummer show which will
open July for three weeks, may
serve to give indications of what
.. the situation may be in the coming
year.
Hope of Mining Revival
Purchase by the Sweringen inter
estS of the Chicago e. Eastern Illi-
nois railroad, which includes a line
between Terre Haute and Evans
, vile through the Indiana mining
section, has caused hope in some
quarters that coal production may
be aided, as there is belief that
the deal was made so the Van
Sweringen roads would have line
along which coal could be produced
Nor their own use.
Net income of the Perfect Circle
Company, with headquarters at
Hagerstown, for the first three
months of this year was more than
Is per cent under that for the same
period in 1929. The figures are
SI62. 123 and $205, 232.
However, company officials report
that the companys Hagerstown
plant is now operating with night
and day force. as is the one at Tip
! ton and the foundry at Newcastle.
The increased operation is declared
due to replacement orders from
jobbers.
$4,000 Order Boosted
Arthur Driver, technical engineer,
who has an advisory position with
the Dirigold Corporation. Kokomo,
expresses a belief that it will be on
a better basis soon. Involuntary
bankruptcy proceedings, filed In
Federal court at Chicago, have been
dismissed and the corporations in
debtedness reduced from 100000 to
$I30,OO0. An order for $4,000 worth
of tableware, with an option for
son 600 more. has been booked by the
corporation.
Conditions in other Indiana cities
are shown in the following sum-
mary:
Crawfor6SviIIe-An airplane kite
toy is a new product of the Apex
Stamping Company here.
MT. Vernon Operations were
started this week by new concern
here, the Mt. Vernon Excelsior
Company, and the first shipment
has been made.
EIkhart-The Primo Sales and
Manufacturing Company has been
formed here to produce and market
an oil burner for use principally in
heating stoves.
TT. Wayne-A deal has been closed
whereby the NagnavoX Company,
Oakland, Cal, will acquire a part
Of the Steinite Manufacturing Com
pany's radio plant here. The Stei-
mite company is now in receivership,
East Chicago-The Graver Tank
and Manufacturing Corporation has
hsen formed here following acqulsi-
ton by the Phoenix Manufacturing
Company of the Graver Corpora
ton. which in addition to a plant
here, has units at Joliet, H., Catas-
auqua, Pa. and Montreal, Canada.