The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-23
Gain Shown for April as
Compared With Total
in March.
PERIOD USUALLY SLOW
State Construction Status
Ranks Favorable With
That of Nation.
BY CHARLES C. STONE
state Editor. The Times

Although only two of fifteen In
diana cities covered in business
and industrial survey for the week
ended today, show building gains
during April this year over April,
1929, eight had larger volume in
the month this year than in March.
The two gaining over April last
year are Marion and Terre Haute.
Those with increases over March
this year are Elkhart, Fl. Wayne,
Hammond. Kokomo, Marion, Mum
Gle, South Bend and Terre Haute.
The situation in the state, viewed
n connection with that of the ma
ton as a whole, is favorable. For
che entire country the building gain
in April over the March total was
/. II per cent. This gain is considered
significant in view of the fact that
normally the building trend during
March and April is downward. How
ever, for April this year. the volume
was 81 per cent less than for the
same month last year.
New Hotel for Anderson
Among major building operations
in the state is the twelve-story
Tower hotel. Anderson. for which a
contract has been awarded. Work
will be started as soon as a Muncie
contractor can move equipment.
The hotel will cost 100000.
A steel tipple, to cost 100000, will
be erected at Deep Vein coal mine,
south of Princeton.
The board of school trustees at
Jacksonville has filed notice OF in
tention to issue S155, 900 in bonds for
additions and improvements Of three
schools.
The Auburn city council has &C
cepted plans for $4,000 building
to house the light, water and street
commissioners deps .nentS.
Within the last lew days build
ing projects have been started at
Marion that will entail expenditure
of $500 900. These include ware
house for the United States Radio
and Television Corporation; new
garage and filling station for the
Rhoads Auto Service Company,
garage and warehouse for the In
diana General Service Company and
addition to the Marion National
Sanatorium.
Factory Being Erected
Good progress is being made in
erecting a $4,000 factory building
for the Reliance Manufacturing
Company at Washington.
At East Chicago, the Empire Re-
filming Company has obtained seven
teen building permits for structures
which will cost a total Of $850,OOO.
The company is now employing
1000 men.
The following summary shows
conditions in seevral Indiana cities:
BIoomingtOn-Seve large build
ing projects are providing some re-
lief from unemployment here. Stone
quarries are busy and many men
idle for several months are being
re-employed in the industry.
Columbus - Untitled orders of
Noblitt-Sparks Industries, Inc,
totaled S1.912,000 on May as COM
pared with $l94,400 on the same
date last year. Operations at the
w. w. Mooney & Sons Corporation
tannery are increasing and eighty
men are now employed. A capa-
city force of 200 TO $50 is expected
within the next few months.
Kokomo-The headquarters of the
Globe American Corporation have
been moved here from Macomb, Ill,
following merger of the American
Steel Products Company Of that city
with the Globe Stove and Range
Company of Kokomo. The plant is
operating at capacity.
Periodicals. of the Master
Fireman Company, Inc, formed to
manufacture a stoker invented by
Arthur v. SampSen of Peru, an
nounce production will be started
within two weeks. Jobbers are now
producing parts of the machines
and assembly work will be done
here.
Paper Plant Grows
Hartford City-Enlarging of the
paper making unit of the Fl. Wayne
Corrugated Paper Mill will be COM
pleted within a few days, increasing
capacity to 125 tons daily.
Wabash-The board mill of the
United Paperboard Company, idle
! while repairs are being made, will
resume operations about June Is.
Wabash county farmers will begin
harvesting the 1880 pea crop about
mid-June, which will provide the
Wabash Canning Company with
one of the largest volumes of raw
material in recent years. The acre
age this season is 1856.
Button - The Morris 5 and
10-cent to 81 stores with head
quarters here, and which owns forty
three stores In Indiana. Ohio
Michigan and Illinois. has issued
$3.50 900 in preferred stock. proceeds
from which WILDE used in an ex-
tenSive expansion program.
Evansville = Servel Inc, has
received a $4,000 order from the
United States government for 200
refrigerators to be installed in army
camps in this country and abroad.
OrIeans-Late next week pick
ing of the largest strawberry crop
in Orange county'S history will be
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