The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-03-21
nine INDIANA
CITIES SHOW
BUILDING GAIN
Increase Fails to Prevent
Drop of $4,000 From
February Total in 1924.
EMPLOYMENT IMPROVES
State Situation Better Than
That of Nation as
a Whole.
BY CHARLES c. STONE
state Editor. The Times

BY CHARLES c. STONE
state Editor. The Times
Building in Indiana during Feb
r1Iarv was $183 900 under the total
for the same month last year, q
business and industrial survey OF
the state for the week ended today
shows.
Half of eighteen cities covered by
the survey showed increases despite
the lower state total They were
Elkhart, Evansville, Gary, Indian
apolis, Marion, Iichigan City
Mishawaka, Richmond and Vim
cennes. Among twenty-five lead
ing cities of the nation indianapolis
was at the bottom Of the list In
building, although a gain over to-
tails Of January this yeer and Feb
ruary, 1929. was shown.
Among the cities showing building
declines we're Anderson, from $780,
500 in February, 1929, to $23,51O for
the same month this year; KokOmO.
from S31.0 to S14,197; South Bend,
from S47O55O to S173, los, and Shell
byville, from $37 $50 to $3,142.
667 Cars of Stone Ordered
Industrially, the outlook is becom-
ing brighter. The limestone belt is
showing activity, recent orders in
Guiding one for GOT carloads to be
used in construction of West Vir-
ginia's new state Capitol at Charles
ton. The Indiana Limestone Com
pany has the order
In Indiana factories employment
during February was about one
third better than the national aver
age.
Conditions in various cities of the
state are revealed in the following
summary:
AndersOn-Full- time operation OF
the American Steel and Wire Com
pany plant has been established to
MI heavy orders.
KOkOmO-In addition to the plant
OF the Haynes Stellite Company, to
be used in manufacture of hastelloy
a new product, will be ready for
operation between April Is and May
l. L. T. Dwyer, president and gen.
eral manager of the Mclaughlin
Manufacturing Company, announces
the plant is operating on full time
with about 500 employed.
POrtIand-An steering wheels to
be used on automobiles made by the
Ford Motor Company of Canada
will be manufactured in the plant
OF Shelter Manufacturing Company
here, M. NJ. Burgess, manager, an
nOunces. 1t is planned to increase
the force within sixty days.
Factory to Be Moved
Elkhart-The Wilson Bros. gar
ment factory here is to be moved to
South Bend, April /, and merged
with the large Wilson plant there.
South Bend-COnStruct of a
twelve-st hotel here to cost $780,
900 will begin in April, it is an
nounCed by the Hoffman Realty
Company.
Observation-Disclosures Of the South
eTn Indiana Gas and Electric Com
pany announce that its 1880 con-
struction program. to cost $65O0O0,
Will be well under way by April Is.
LebanOn-Officers of the Pulliam
Publishing Company will be moved
here from Oklahoma City, which
has been its headquarters. The
company publishes nine daily news
papers. two in Indiana and seven
In Oklahoma.
IOwell-One of the largest banks
in Lake county came into being here
this week with the merger of First
National and Lowell National banks.
Assets of the combined banks are
In excess of 100000.
NinCenneS-Claude Gregg, preSi-
dent Of the Vincennes Packing Com
pany. announces the winter season
Just closed was the best in the COM
pany's history. A kraut plant is to
be added to facilities.
MiShawaka Gets Plant
Mshawaka-Chamber Of Commerce
officials announce that the Hoyt
Machine Company will be moved
here from Indianapolis soon. This
city'S proximity to the markets In
which the company sells the bulk
of its products was given the reason
for moving.
WabaSh-Thirty-fi TO forty
more persons are wanted to in
crease the force of the Reliable
Garment Company, which eStab-
hShed plant here two months ago.
Richmond-In addition to i'm
provementS made at cost of $780,
600. the Chesapeake & Ohio rail-
road plans more work here, includ-
ing a siding at the city light plant
and additional platform space
Mt. Vernon--A contract has been
awarded by the Fuhrer- Ford Milling
Company for erection of five con-
crete wheat storage tanks with a
total capacity of $4,000 bushels.
Construction will be started in
April.
Hammond--The Standard Steel
Specially Company, Beaver Falls,
Pa, has bought an eleven-acre fac
tory site here and viii begin opera
tons at once with a force OF fifty
men. Work has been started on a
third of q group of blast furnaces at
the Youngstown Sheet and Tube
Company plant as part of an eX-
pansion program which eventually