Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1894 — INDUSTRIES RESUME AT KOKOMO, MUNCIE AND FRANKTON. [ARTICLE]

INDUSTRIES RESUME AT KOKOMO, MUNCIE AND FRANKTON.

— ’ —— M. JL • ’ Elwood. March 26.—The three window glue bouses at Frankton started np today, running full handed day and night. They are loaded down with orders. Muncie, March 26,—An important new industry . tarted the wheels moving in this city to-day. it was the elegant new plant of the Consumers* paper company. The floor space in the building is about thirty, seven thousand square feet and about one hundred and fifty hands will be employed making strawbo rd for the manufacture of paper boxes. The machinery is of the most modern make and the plant represents an expenditure of about 1160,000. The factory is built of brick and stone. It requires about eight hundred horse power to operate the ponderous machinery William Kendall is manager and the plant is owned by a cooperative company composed of consumers. It is nn important new Industry for Muncie and the state. The stock will be sold by Rush, Evans <t 00., ChicagoAbout forty tons of straw will be consumed daily. Anderson, March 26The Quick City land company of Frdnkton has located a big’Pittsbarg iron working concern that will employ 200 men. The deal wa w olcsed Saturday and work on the new factory will begin at once. Frankton notwithstanding the depressing times, is moving right along in the matter of locating factories, and those she has already located are in operation. They have no use for calamity-howlers at Frankton, and she is not cursed Iy a lot of eightby ten politicians who are now engaged in fostering hard times for political effeet. Elwood, March 26.—Frankton located a large steel industry to-day, which will start up June 1. with 300 hands. The company is composed of Pittsburg, Chicago and Loudon capitalists aid has a capital of SIOO,OOO. ft will manufacture steel supplies exclusively, turning out car-bn meets, cogs, billets, etc. Kokomo, March 26.—One furnace was started at the Diamond plate glass works in this city today, and it is thought that the mills will be in full operation herein a short time. Two hundred men will be employed in the running of the first furnace and 800 when the factory is in full operation. The plant of the American strawboard mills here is also being put n shape to resume and will be running ull by the middl j of April. Marion. March 26The Dillon glass works of Fairmount, which has been idle for several months, resumed work this morning with a full force of men. [ Laporte Argus: “The great Illinois steel works at South Chicago commenced work last Monday, employing 4,000 men. They stopped work under the MoKiuley bill and did not commence again until the repeal of that bad law ana the substitution of the Wilson bill was accepted as a certainty. The attention of the Republican calamity howlers is directed to these import<.ntfacts.” Logansport Pharos: “If, after the legislation prom ised by the Democratic party is enacted, t mes gel good and the people become prosperous, what becomes of the claims of the claims of the howlern? They say threatened Demooratio legislation is the cause of the depression in business, but from all parts of she country news of increased business is reported. Nearly all the factories and workshops are full of orders and appear to be doing a good business. The Mo Kinley law has done its worst, and the ontaiaty that the Wilson bill >iU be passed is giving encouragement to everybody to go ahead and do business. The outlook for the future is daily growing brighter, and this is now conceded by the worst calamity howler.” Thu east-bound shipments out of Chicago for the week ending last Saturday amounted to 89,619 tons, an increase oves