The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-17
UTILITIES PLAN
EXPANSION AT
MILLIONS COST
Bond Issue of $14,000,000
Asked for Northern
Indiana Work.
CITY SPENDS $4,000
Goshen Buys Equipment for
Resumption of Light
Plant Operation.
BY CHARLES c. STONE
state Editor. The Times


BY CHARLES c. STONE
state Editor. The Times
Plans of utilities to spend several
millions of dollars were outstanding
in a. business and industrial survey
of Indiana for the week ended to-
day.
Permission to issue and sell $14,-
10000 in bonds is asked of the In
diana public service commission by
the Indiana Public Service Com
pany, which plans to spend money
derived from the issue to financing
an extensive construction program
in northern Indiana.
The city of Goshen has closed
contract with Fairbanks, Morse 81
Co., Chicago, for equipment to be
placed in the municipal electric
plant at cost of $4,000. For the
last eleven years the city has been
buying current from public utility
companies.
Railroad to Spend S15O,000
Partof $4,000 appropriated by
the Pennsylvania railroad for install
lation of automatic position light
signals on two stretches of the st.
Louis division will be spent in In
diana, one of the stretches starting
at Macksville being affected.
AS a means Of relieving unem-
ployment, the Indiana Bell Tele-
phone Company announces that
within a few days laying Of an I'M
derground conduit system will be
started, the work being advanced,
as it was originally planned to start
it next year, when a new building
is to be erected.
The Pennsylvania railroad is
planning to enlarge its freight yards
at Anderson.
The following summary shows
conditions in various Indiana cities {:
.Anderson-Some operations are
already under way in units of the
Cleveland plant of the Guide Lamp
Corporation, recently moved as an
addition to the local plant. Fac
tories working steadily here include
the Delco-Remy and National Tile.
The schedule of the American Steel
and Wire mill has been reduced.
The Davidson Carriage Company
has moved here from Chicago and
is quartered in a former factory
building.
Muncie Situation Better
Muncie-Improvement in business
conditions here was noted in sur
vey of several industries. Among
concerns covered in the survey we're
the Durham Manufacturing Com
pany, Dougherty Cake Products,
Inc, and the A. E. Boyce Company.
Normal operations, with seventy
five employed, prevail at the Dur
ham plant. The Boyce Company
reports a gain of 3 per cent in bust
ness in September this year over
that month in 1929. Officials of the
Davis corporation said that if the
volume of the last nine months
continues, 1890 will be its best year.
Michigan City-An order for 500
cars. placed by the Chicago & Great
Western Railroad. is the first re-
ceived at the local plant of the
Pullman Manufacturing Company
since February. After being idle
six weeks, the Reliance Manufac-
turing Company has resumed OPP
Grafton in part with fifty employees
Marion-An order for eighty
eight trucks, to cost 100000, has
been placed with the Indiana Truck
Company.
More Persons Employed
TT. Wayne-Employment is stead
Fly gaining at the plant of the
Steinite Radio Company. according
to Walter E. Johnson, general man.
ager, who says 300 persons are now
on the pay roll.
Lapel-After being idle two. weeks
while repairs we're being made. the
Sterling Glass Company plant is
again in operation.
Peru-A new building for use of
the G. Caruso Fruit Company has
been completed at a cost of $4,000.
neutrality-suspicious. machinery is
to be installed and new roof for
the entire plant of the Majestic
Company put on, j. j. M. Triggs,
president of the company, an
nounces. He reports a steady in
crease in business since July /. The
plant is employing 125 men five days
a week. The orion Crane and
Shovel Company is completing a
$4,000 pile driver for the Santa Fe
railroad.
South Bend-The local plant of
the Oliver Farm Equipment Cor
poration is employing 1900. men
four days a week. Work of con-
structing a $4,000 addition to the
plant of the South Bend Bait Com
pany has been started.
Elkhart-A new industry, the Elk
hart Wrapping Machine Company
will begin operations soon.
Terre Construction of q
new building for the American Tel
ephone and Telegraph building will
be started soon. as architects have
nearly completed drawing of plans
With the site. the improvement will
cost s750.000.