The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-11-07
HARTFORD CITY
FACTORY WILL
Be EXPANDED
Overhead Door Corporation
to Add $4,000 Square
Feet to Floor Space.
200 MORE WILL WORK
MunCie Products Firm Will
Increase Force by
Jan. |.
BY CHARLES C. STONE
State Editor. The Times

Among encouraging events in
Indiana business during the past
week as disclosed in a survey ended
today, was announcement by the
Overhead Door Corporation OF
Hartford City that it would en-
large its plant with a unit having
36,400 square feet of floor space,
making a total of 10000 square
feet for the factory.
About Nov. Is, the Muncie
Products Company, General Motors
subsidiary at Muncie, will add about
two hundred men to it's force, John
Wood, general manager, announces.
A force of twenty persons above
normal is working steadily in the
plant of the Durham Manufacture
ing Company.
S. j. Gregory and Thomas K
ValoS, who have leased the Liberty
theater at Peru for fifteen years
at total rental of $270,0O0, an
nounce that the house will be closed
for two weeks while extensive re-
modelling and repair work is done.
School to Cost $42S,0OO
A contract has been let at Gary
on bid of $4,000, for construction
of the Lew Wallace school. 1ngwald
Moe, successful bidder, announces
that so far as possible materials and
labor required will be obtained in
Gary.
The new plant of the Reliance
Manufacturing Company at Wash
ington will be ready for operation
by Jan. l, and will provide employ
ment to nearly 500 persons, A. T.
Bard, Secretary-treaSurer, and Earl
Tolen, production manager, an
nounce. In the old plant, 365 per-
sons are now working five days of
eight hours each, but Monday the
schedule will be increased to six
nine-hour days.
Among the interesting business
changes of the week was the retire
ment of Joseph M. Nurre as presi-
dent TO the Shower Bros. furniture
plant at Bloomington. He has been
succeeded by w. E. Showers, whose
place he took nearly three years
ago when Showers retired because
OF III health. His condition has i'm
proved to the extent that he was
abel to resume the post. Nurre will
resume active control of his own
business of glass manufacture.
Conditions in various cities of
the state are shown in the follow
ing summary:
Vincennes-Full operations have
been resumed at the plant of the
Blackford Window Glass Company.
with 238 men employed.
Auburn Plant Busy
Auburn-A night shift was added
this week at the Rieke Metal Prod
ucts> Corporation plant, following
steady operation throughout the
summer. Orders on file now include
one for $4,000 each of fianges, steel
plugs and lug sealing rings, for the
Petroleum Iron Works Company of
Beaumont, Tex.
acknowledgement at the
plant of the Kokomo Sanitary Pot
terry Company is about 20 per cent
more than was on the pay roll dur
ing the summer. George E. Rhodes,
president, announces enough orders
are on hand to assure steady oper-
alton at least until Jan. l..
Newcastle-An order for ninety
punch press safety devices has been
placed with the Grace Manufacture
ing Company here, by the Canton
Forge and Machine Works, Canton,
o. The device, an invention of
Frank Grace of Newcastle, was put
on the market only a few weeks ago.
Gary-The Brown Printing and
Paper Goods Company, moved here
from Rhinelander, Wis, will be
ready for operation in about two
weeks. About fifty persons will be
employed.
TT. Wayne-Two units Of the
Magnavox Company have been
transferred to its plant here from
Boston. Recently coe was moved
from California. Officials say the
changes are being made due to con-
ditionS which are rapidly making
the middle west the nations BUSH
ness center.