The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-06-13
EMPLOYMENT
INCREASED BY
STATE FIRMS
Site Leased for Garage in
Anderson; Banks Are
Consolidated.
LIST MUNClE BUILDINGS
Several Firms to Transfer
Plants and Forces
Immediately.
BY CHARLES G. STONE
state Editor. The Times


Resumption Of full employment,
increase in workers in many facto-
ries in Indiana and prospects Of sew
eral large building programs with
in the next few weeks we're the
highlights in state business and de-
velopment for the week ending to-
day.
The Ames Shovel and Tool Com
pany, Anderson, is working a night
shift in an effort to fill orders that
have accumulated since the old
plant was destroyed by fire in Feb
ruary. More than two hundred men
are employed.
In addition, construction is being
rushed on the new plant, to- be
ready for occupancy by July IS.
Garage Site Leased
With leasing of the site of the
former building of the Anderson
Transfer Company, Charles Bolte
OF Wabash, announced a modern
f1re-proof garage, costing $4,000,
Will De eISCGSQs
The chief bank activity of the
state was at Anderson this week
when the Citizens bank and the
Farmers Trust Company merged.
An increase in operations, amount
ing almost to duplication, viii take
place at the Hammond plant at the
Central Railway Signal Company
next month. This announcement
followed recent incorporation OF
the company. Under the new sched-
ule 200 persons will be employed.
Change Railway Hours
Revision of the Monon railroad
company schedule at Lafayette,
placing workers on a f1ve-and-one-
halliday week instead of four days,
was announced. The four-day pro-
gram had been in force since April.
South Bend city officials an
nounced building permits, aggregat-
ing about S2,0O0000, have been is
sued in the last sixty days. This
includes the $24o,0O0 permit for the
Hotel Hoffman, which is to be COM
pleted this fall.
The Greenwood Canning Com
pany reopened its factory TINS
week giving jobs to $50 additional
workers. The pay roll VIII toeaI
$4,000 weekly, officials said.
Factory to Start
Preparations for operation OF
garment factory at Greenfield are
being made. 1t is expected the COM
nanv will employ about zoo men.
The new $250,00O factory OF the
Kennedy Laundry Company Of
Gary was opened this week. The
industry employs seventy-f1ve per-
sons and five branch stations have
been opened in Gary.
Approximately S15O,OO0 is involved
in two building projects which vii
get under way at Muncle WITHIN
few weeks. DR.. Will G. Moore an
nounced plans for erection OF two
story Office building, and the WI
nut street Baptist church will bullo
en- $4,000 church and parsonage.
Conditions in other Indiana cities
are shown in the following sum-
mary:
Hammond-The Ford Motor Com
pany has obtained a permit to oullc
dock on it's property along the
Calumet river. The dock will DC
$50 feet long and will be built OF
concrete, capable of accommodating
the largest Great Lakes boats.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and en-
larging of the Wayne Dairy Prod
ucts Company plant was completed
this week Cost of the improve
mentS was $4,000.
EIwood-The Monticello Man
ufacturing Company will begir
moving machinery to its new loca-
ton here Sunday Part of the
factory force already has beer
transferred.
WaShington-The Indiana Board
and Filler Company will spend
$4,000 building a new boiler room
and the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road Company will install a filtra-
tion plant
CarIisle-Lar scale operation OF
Dugger-Martin mine is contem-
plated here following leasing of the
property fo1 ten years to o. w. anc
c. L. Turner of Hymera.
EIkhart-The Leedy Manufactur-
ing Company, Indianapolis drum
making finn, will be moved here
this summer About fifty employees
and their families will be trans
ferred. The annual business of tn,
company is about S1,000,000.