The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-08-08
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Construction Projects to
! Give Work to Many
Indiana Men.
FACTORIES TO REOPEN
Warner Gear at Muncle to
Start Schedule OF
/ Full Production.
FACTORIES TO REOPEN
BY CHARLES S. STONE
state Editor. The Times


Optimism IS manifest in business
circles throughout the state as re-
ports are received from all points
that large construction operations
are planned and factories are be-
ginning fall production.
Announcement has been mace
that Samuel insult, mid-continent
utility magnate. has ordered con-
struction of additional power plants
and power lines in the Calumet in
dustrial district in program call
ing for expenditure Of Sl2,5OO,OOO.
This construction is TO start at
bnce. The additional power plants
Hfll be the second and third units
bf the State Line Generating Com
bany. which will be larger than the
present building.
Big Contracts Awarded
/ Contracts for two new huge gen.
orators have been awarded. one to
the General Electric Company and
the other to the Atlas Chalmers
Company Of Milwaukee. The frst
generator will have a capacity OF
1854 kilowatts and the second OF
$4,000 kilowatts.
Construction contracts are to be
let next week and work IS to start
Immediately.
A s2.5OO,OO0 line also is to be con-
structed to supply power to indus
tries along the Indiana Harbor ship
canal. The power will come from
ahe state line plant and the Young
town Sheet and Tube Company. In
diana Harbor will provide the high
tension cable for underground in
stallations.
SeryeI Co. to Expand
An expansion program calling for
Che expenditure of 100000 VIII De
started within the next two weeks
by Servel, Inc, at Evansville, &C
cording TO announcement Of H. H
Sprinfford, chairman of the board
Of directors. -,
The construction program will
enable the plant to go ahead with
manufacture of a full line OF re-
frigerators.
Full production will be started
Sept. l at the new Warner Gear
Company factory at Muncie, E. B.
BaItzley. second yice-president OF
the company, announces. About
fiftv men now are at work testing
machinery for the manufacture OF
1000 transmissions a day. When
the plant is operating at fuI
capacity, between 500 and 600 work.
men will be employed.
Normal operations will be re-
sumed next week at the Ames
Shovel and Tool factory at Ander-
son with a fIs.l force of $50 men.
The plant has been idle several
Rnonths pending erection OF two new
buildings replacing the section OF
the factory destroyed by fire. The
buildings have been completed and
practically all machinery installed.
Large Contract Given
What probably is the largest con-
tract ever to be awarded a lime
stone company had been obtained
bv the Shawnee Stone Company
according to word from Blooming
Ton. This contract calls for forty
four mammoth sculptured figures
kixtv-two classic sculptured panels
and $50 feet of deliberately carved
Parthenon frieze. This work, 1ol
The Chicago Museum Of Fine Arts
0-as not awarded in the original
contract upon which the central mil
of the company has been working
since the first of the year. The
feure involved has not been d.
gulged.
plans for the construction OF
Lew pumping station on White river
~ an estimated cost of $4,000 have
been adopted by Bedford city
6ouncil. 80.
A contract to pave East Ninth
kfreet from washington to Indiana
avenue in Bloomington for s22. 7oC
has been awarded to BuskrS &
Dodds. :.
WITH fall orders far in excess Of
kvhat they were at this time laS'
scar Indianapolis industries are
starting employment.
Real silk Booming
The Real silk Hosiery mills has
announced night and day shifts on
intensive production schedules
Noblitt-Sparks. Inc. reports heavy
orders and the Heriff-Jones Com
ranv. manufacturing jewelers.. which
recently moved TO Indianapolis, e&-
meets record business.
Two large orders for contractors
houipment to be used on hydro
electric dam projects in Pennsyl-
Vauia and Washington have beer
received by the Insley Manutactur-
ing Company. H,
Approximately 5000 men are bach
IN the pay roll Of the Big Four rail-
road in the reopened Beech Grove
shops and the Ford assembly plant
here.
With important plane manutae-
furers calling for its products, tht
Chevolair Motors. Inc, is going int
a large fail production period.
The Indiana Truck Corporation a.
Marion has announced the star
of production on a large line Of
school buses. which will be manu-
featured in addition to the light
and heavy duty trucks