The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-28
Terre Haute, Marion, CIin-
ton and East Chicago
Affected by Expansion.
COST ABOVE 100000
New Telegraph and Tele-
phone Building Will House
TripIed Force.
BY CHARLES c. STONE
State Editor, The Times

-Four expansion programs form the
most noteworthy feature of a bust
ness and industrial survey Of In
diana for the week ended today.
The American Telephone and
Telegraph Company, after two years
of negotiation. announces ii has &C
ouired a site in Terre Haute for
erection Of a building, which, with
equipment, will require an outlay
of more than 100000. The build
ing will be four stories high, so con-
structed that additional stories may
be added. The present force OF
forty-five persons will be tripled.
A new unit Of the Soultz Brass
Foundry Company has been placed
in operation at Marion, entailing an
increase in the force which will add
$50. 900 a year to the company's pay
roll. The new unit cost $4,000.
The Empire Refining Company
will enlarge its East Chicago plant
during the spring to point in
creasing output by 10000 barrels.
Cracking units will be increased
from six to ten.
Factory to BE Enlarged
A contract has been signed for an
addition to the Levin overall fac
tory at Clinton, to increase floor
space 6 400 square feet. A fund Of
more than $4,000 was contributed by
Clinton business men and other
citizens to assure building of the
addition.
Steel production in the Calumet
district has reached a point slightly
above 95 per cent of normal, g gain
of 5 per cent having been accom-
plished in the past week.
Conditions in various Indiana
cities are shown in the following
summary:
LebanOn-Ths Ladogs Canning
Company announces that tomato
growers will be paid Sl4 ton, an
Increase Of 81 over last years price.
The company'S plant here has been
enlarged to an extent permitting
handling of 300 tons of tomatoes
daily.
Hartford City-This city's four
glass factories are expected to be
operating on a satisfactory basis at
an early date.
Gary The Indiana Industrial
Land Company, a Midland United
Company subsidiary. has bought 200
acres of land between here and
Michigan City as the site for an
electric generating station. No early
development of the tract is planned.
Terre Haute-The Hardware Sup
ply Company, with 100000 capital
stock, has been formed here, and
plans erection Of a building in the
downtown district with $4,000 square
feet of floor space.
VincenneS Plant Busy
VincenneS-The Hartman Manu-
featuring Company, producing farm
machinery, is operating steadily and
officials announce the schedule will
be maintained for at least eleven
months. Thc company'S weekly
pay roll is 81 200.
JeffersOnville-The Howard ship
yards has launched and turned
over to the buyer, the Vesta Coal
Company of Pittsburgh, Pa, the
William Larimer Jones, one of two
towboats. The craft is of all-Steel
construction. l39 feet long and 81
feet side. The two boats will cost
s400,o
VaIparaiso-Control of the Acco
Corporation. which has been in the
hands Of an executive committee as
a result of financial difficulties, has
passed to the Porter superior court,
where a temporary receiver was ap-
pointed.
Michigan City-The Michigan
City Core Sand Company has been
organized, with plans to begin oper-
atoms March Is. More than one
hundred workers employed in erect
ing the 100000 Northern Indiana
Public Service Company generating
station on the Lake Michigan shore,
walked out after a disagreement
with machinistS, accused Of per-
forming services the iron workers
asserted was part OF their work.