The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-22
BUILDING LOSS
SHOWN BY is
INDIANA CITIES
Logansport Alone Gains in
July as Compared With
Same Month Last Year.
BY CHARLES c. STONE
state Editor. The Times

Continued inactivity in building
and some factors indicating slight
ly better conditions in few indus
trial lines was noted in a business
survey Of Indiana for the week
ended today.
During the week, summary Of
buudtng operations during July was
compiled showing that only one
city of seventeen showed a gain
over the same month last year.
The gaining city was LoganSport.
There was a decline Of more than
So 900 900 in the total for the state,
the total for July last year being
SIC. 267,6 l2 and for the same month
this year, S2,131, 230. In addition to
Logansport. the survey covered An
derson, East Chicago, Elkhart,
Evansville, Fl. Wayne, Gary, Ham
mond, indianapolis, Kokomo, Mich
jgan City, MiShawaka, Muncie,
Richmond, South Bend, Lafayette
and TeTre Haute.
Bids on Hotel Asked
Among larger building projects
contemplated in the state is large
hotel at Vincennes and new plant
for the Herald Argus, Laporte news
paper. The hotel will be seven or
eight stories high, built partly OF
Indiana limestone. Bids will be re-
ceived Sept. Il.
The newspaper will spend sos, 900
i'll erection OF its plant. The site
is being cleared and as soon as the
work is completed, construction Will
| be started.
After three weeks of idleness, OPP
erations have been resumed by Boss
glove plants at Charlottesville and
Bluffton.
Purchase of land continues in the
Port William development project,
which eventually will be the site OF
huge works of the National Steel
Company.
The following summary shows
conditions in various cities OF the
state:
acknowledgements of a de-
vice for home showing of talking
pictures will be started here soon
by the Hear-See Manufacturing
Company.
Bloomington - New equipment
costing $4,000 has been installed in
the Bloomington Packing Company
plant.
400 Work at Greenwood
Greenwood-Un Unemployment con-
ditions improved here when the
Stokely Bros, canning plant pro-
vided work here for a force OF 100
while the Noblitt-Sparks factory re-
sumed operations with about ESQ.
Anderson-Officials of the Ames
Shovel and Tool Company, whose
plant is now running on reduced
schedule. announce full operations
will be started Sept. IA.
Franklin-W-B Oil Incorporated
in the name of new company
which has been formed to drill for
gas and oil. 1t has a capital OF
$250,000. The company already has
leases on more than 1000 acres OF
land and plans to begin first drilling
operations within few weeks.
Hartford City-TFhirty machines,
the entire equipment of the Laplln-
sky g. Son garment factory here,
are in full operation.
Auburn-H. L. Brinck, sales man
ager of the Auburn Automobile
Company. sees in the present bust
ness depression the building OF a
sound foundation for future pros
perity He says stocks are being
reduced, which will result in a. de-
mand for more goods, which in turn
will mean resumption o. manufac-
turing.
Charlottesville - The Pearlman
Grocery Company of Charlottesville
will open an establishment in La
fayette Sept. /.
Plant May Be Opened
Eaton-The Eaton char plant,
disposed of at receivers sale to the
Fantus factory location service,
Chicago, may be placed in operation
soon. The buyer announced that
every effort would be made to place
the plant with buyer who would
run it.
Hunting.on-An incinerator de-
signed for household use is new
product of the Majestic Manufac-
turing Company here. Company
officials announce that prospects
are excellent for a full production
schedule and an increase in the
working force.
Sullivan-The Ebbw Vale coal
mine south of here has resumed
operations with nearly 300 men en-
ployed.
South Bend-The Roach, Apple
ton Company, manufacturing cleo
trical protective materials and au-
tomobile accessories, will be moved
here from Chicago as soon as a
factory building is completed. 1t
will employ between 200 and 225
persons.
East ChicagO-Earnings of the