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INDIANAPOLIS AS GREAT MANUFACTURING CENTER

Industries That Have Produced More Than $80,000,000 During the Last YearGreat Growth in All Branches of Productive Trade,

It U after all In the field of menufaoturea that Indianapolis has achieved Its hlgheet distinction tmon, the cities of the West. The rapid Increase of its lndustrtee forms the most Interesting chapter In Us development. It doss not require the aid of statistics or detailed statements to verify the assertion that the manufacturers of Indianapolis bars fully doubled their output and value during tbs pest decade. In fact the history of manufacturing In the whole state of Tmti.na >i«« been one of steadily developing enlargement, the Industries of the state having Increased nearly 2,000 per cent. In Invested capital and yearly products since IX7O. Indianapolis Is an especially diversified center of manufactures, itst prominence as a producing point having steadily increased and the output of Its factories last year having exceeded *75,000,•00. When the figures for the present year have been completed It will be found that tlfis Immense aggregate has been passed by at least $*,000,000. The extraordinary prosperity Indicated by these facta will, under existing favorable conditions, doubtless continue to Increase In like proportion. Many of the oldest concerns have enlarged and are enlarging their faculties and output, but the most favorable sign U found In the many accessions to the number of our manufacturing enterprises greatly the Industries which cover a great varlet) of productive lines. Institutions for Mstal Working. An Important group of the city's Industries Is that which Includes the factories and works where articles from steel, Iron, copper, brass and other metals are fabricated. The first Important enterprise of this kind, outside of the ordinary village blacksmith shops, was that of ths Eagle machine works, established In I*so. Afterward, In rapid succession other foundries and machine shops were inaugurated, some of which have grown to enormous proportions and find markets for their wares all over the world. In various lines of engines, machines, electrical apparatus and other devices for furnishing motive power or saving labor, Indianapolis ranks as on# of the foremost producing centers of ths country. Certain types of engines made In this city, for use with various kinds of fuel, have met With very wide approval and demand. Agricultural implements also constitute an important production of Indianapolis and many specialties In iron, steel and other metals are turned out upon an extensive scale and find an active market everywhere. Especially la this trus In the lines of flour mill machinery, saws and saw-mill machinery, etc., some of the most extensive establishments In the United States in these lines having their homes and headquarters in Indianapolis. The manufacture of architectural iron work is an Interest that has grown here to Important proportions because of the greatly Increased use of Iron as a material la all ths largsr clasps of buildings. The same la trus of tMsmanufacture of sheet iron, galvanized Uon and metal work for uaj^^bulldWoodworking Establishments. Indianapolis Industries in ths woodworking 11ns aft of the first Importance. The manufacture and handling of lumber to supply the, locel building demand and for distribution through tributary territory la very extensive, while the production of hardwoods In the city has always been an Important Interest because of ths convenient location of Indianapolis with reference to an extensive area of hardwood forests that has made It the central and most important market for this class of material. Wagon stock constitutes a prominent feature in this trade in Indianapolis. and various kinds of hardwood for furniture and Interior work are also largely handled here. There are a number of mills devoted entirely to these materials. while the output of many more in different parts of the state is handled by Icdl-uiapolls firms The manufacture of veneers is a branch of the trade that Is represented with especial completeness. These woodworking Industries of Indianapolis not only extend to the preparation of building material and the raw materials for various manufactures, but they form a prominent factor in a large line of our Industries Among those in which the various kinds of wood form the sole or principal material may be enumerated the extensive industries In the branches of household, office and physicians' furniture, wagons and carriages, wheels, staves, woodenwa.ro, boxes, coffins. Implement hkhdles and many other lines represented by concerns, large and small, whose products reach every section of the United States. Institutions for the manufacture of chemicals form another valuable and lm-

BIG LIVE STOCK TRADE

YEAR'S BUSINESS WILL APPROXIMATE $30,000,000. Rapid Increase In Indianapolis Stock Dealing—To Become a Great Cattle Market. Indianapolis has for years been an Important live stock market and recent otanfes and developments Indicate that Within a short period this will become ane of the moat extensive cattle and hog markets and packing centers In the United States. There is no branch of trade for which the location and facilities of Indianapolis present greater advantages and no local industry has prospered more steadily during recent years than the packing of hog products and the dressing of beef. From the earliest period of its history, since it became a state, Indiana haa been a large producer of hogs. in the first years of Marion county the country built up faster than the city and the farmers found themselves with a surplus of grain which they could not sell, because of the distance from a market and the condition of the roads. They, therefore, turned their attention to raising bogs upon an extensive scale and driving them to market. For the first few decades the market for hogs was found at Ohio river points, Cincinnati taking such precedence in the pork packing industry that for many years it carried the name of “Porkopolis;" but later, with the development of railway exten- . B i on a through the West. Cincinnati, while 'it retained considerable importance, had to yield first place to Chicago, and la sow surpassed by several cities. Territory Covered. The territory from which the live stock ■old in the Indianapolis market is procured embraces all of Indiana, the central and southern portions of Illinois and part of Ohio, and there ars frequent consignments from outside of this territory. The stock is nearly all received on con-

portant group of the activities of Indianapolis, headed by ths large esta bllanmenta which have riven to this city Its reputation as one of the leading centers of production In the line of pharmaceutical goods covering practically all the standard articles of ths pharmacopia as wall as a number of specialties that have become deservedly popular and have been approved as valuable medicines by ths druggists of ths whole country. Other chemicals are produced on an extensive scale in this city, such as washing and bleaching compounds of various kinds, meat preservatives and other articles In wide use and demand. Prepared Qoods. • In this department, which Is becoming more and mors Important every year, Indianapolis has a conspicuous group of entsrprlses. The most prominent Is the flour mill Industry^ and the establishments devoted to the manufacture of corn goods Other notable concerns are the bread and cracker bakeries and the Industries connected with the manufacture of such articles as are distributed by wholesale grocers, among which may be specially enumerated baking powders, roasted cofrees, spices, canned goods preserves, pickles, condiments and starch. Many other articles of food supply might be added to the list. Some of these special Industries have extended their operations over a wids territory and have earned for their wares a high place in the markets of the country snd Europe. Textiles and Other Lines. Ths group of textile manufactures of Indianapolis covers a diversified rang* from the production of the raw material to ths manufacture of finished goods and articles of wearing apparel. Woolen mills for ths production of various lines of fabrics as well as establishments for the making and bleaching of cotton goods are extensive and prosperous and there baa been a marked development In our textile Industries. The manufacture of bags on a very large scale has been recently added to ths other leading branches. Others of the more prominent lines are awnings and tents, mattresses, knit goods, rugs and handwoven carpets. The clothing industry In various departments Is represented on a large scale, while the production of ladles' shirt waists and workingmen's garments, such as shirts and overalls, has grown to large proportions. The various leather Industries, such as the making of saddles, harness, boots and shoes, etc., are carried on very extensively, the volume of trade In these lines showing gratifying growth and the demand extending over a wide territory In Indiana and adjacent states and In the South. City of Small Industries. While boasting some of the largest msn.ufactories In the United States and, in a few Instances ths largest In the world. Indianapolis Is essentially a city of small industries. It would be impossible In an article of this nature to enumerate tne hundreds of small shops and works employing anywhere from five to fifty persons In the fabrication of thousands or different articles that find their way Into the markets of the world and con. tribute vastly to the wealth and reputation of Indianapolis. It Is not alone our large enterprises, but the multiplicity of , little ones that have gained for this city Its distinction as a manufacturing center. There are at least five thousand workpeople distributed In every quarter of tho city, who produce every year. In small shops and In single rooms In the tops and basements of buildings. In the neighborhood of *10.000.000 worth of various wares. And this element cuts no figure In the ordinary calculations of our Industrial activities. , Open Opportunities. Even the marked diversity of manufactures and the large volume of business represented by the list of industries briefly referred to In this article by no mean* bounds the manufacturing possibilities of Indianapolis. The location of this city Is such as to give it great advantages for the manufacture of many articles not made here, and there is still room for a great enlargement In all manufacturing lines and the Introduction of new and specialized industries not yet represented In our lists. Because of Its exceptional location the growth of Indianapolis as a manufacturing point has been remarkabfk, yet this growth will doubtless continue and will augment from year to year the fame of the capital city of Indiana throughout the world In all the principal markets of which our products are already used and consumed.

signments by the commission firms operating at the two stock yards—the Union and the Interstate—to local packers or to the representatives or agents of eastern concerns. The facilities of the yards here are better than at any other of the western stock yards, the rates being tower than in any other city, while the absence of a speculative elementgtrom the market makes prices less fluctuating and the prices to the shipper average better here than elsewhere. To the shipper in the territory tributary to Indianapolis the advantage of getting to the city and back home quickly and cheaply Is. of course, an Important one. and Indianapolis has. on this account, grown more and more In favor as a market. It Is to be regretted that the figures of receipts and shipments for 1901 are not yet available, but they have been very considerably in excess of 1900 when the sales aggregated over 126,000,000. The past year has been the most prosperous one in all months of the live stock trade. The receipts of cattle and horses were the largest on record, and the receipts of sheep a little over the average. Aa a Horae Market. As a horfce market this city has grown In favor rapidly, because the advantage of location and the market conveniences center here to a remarkable extent In the region around Indianapolis, not only In Indiana, but also In adjacent states, are located many Important breeding districts, where the advantages of superior gracing and large grain production are especially favorable to the raising of first-class stock. And because of the quality of the horse products of this region, the attention of eastern buyers has been more and more directed to this city as the place where they can procure just the kind of horses they want. In the improvement of the local horse market an especially prominent factor haa been the erection of fine barns, which are said to be the b**s suited to the purposes of a first-class horse market of any that have been built in tills country. Point for Export. One of the features particularly marked In the character of the city as a live stock center Is the extent to which It has become a supply point for eastern packers and for export. All of thsujnore important packing houses of New England and the eastern seaboard are rep-

THE UNION STOCK YARDS, Indianapolis, Indiana

CATTLE, HOGS, SHEEP, HORSES and MULES The bept arranged yards and the moat rellablo market in the country. Noted the country over for steady prices and the limited range of its fluctuations. Has the Full and Zxelusib* Support ot All Indianapolis Packers and Dressed Beet Housed.

WINCHELL, HAWKINS & CO. Live Stock Commission Salesmen Union Slock Yards, Indianapolis, Ind. Reference: Indiana National Bank, Indianapolis, Ind.; Rushvllle National Bank, RuahvUle, lad. Lons Distance Telephone, No. 79. We (Ire shipments personal and Impartial attention.

resented by buyers In this market, and this outside demand, together with ths growing Importance of Indianapolis as a packing center, has resulted In a steady development of the city as a market for live stock. Business for 1901. Tha following table, prepared by H. D. Lane, auditor of the Union stock yards, shows the receipts and shipments at those yards of hogs, cattle, sheep and horses for the first eleven months of 1901 as compared with the year 1900: —Receipts—--1991. 1900. (U mo.) Hogs LB2S.OI* umjux Cattle 129.722 191,007 Sheep 67.006 115,922 Horses *2.973 21.97* —Shipments— Hogs *00,767 873,*89 Cattle <1.682 80,282 Sheep *8,939 92,629 Horses 29,018 26,177 cates that the year 1902 will be another These figures are the largest In the history of these yards. Everything Indicates that the year 1902 will be another record breaker. The sixteen railways radiating In every direction from the city through sections that are highly productive of the grasses and grains best adapted for feed are opening the door wider every day to a development of the Indianapolis live stock trade greater than was ever anticipated by the most sanguine. Owing to the fact that the figures have not yet been tabulated It Is Impossible to give a detailed statement of the year's business at the Interstate stock yards, but In a general way It is known that the year was a most successful one.

G. Ittenbach & Co.

The largest and most widely known stone dressers of the central West. Stone dressers and architectural designers. It Is safe to say that no Individual concern has ever been more successful In developing tho finest possibilities of the Imperishable and beautiful stone for architectural purposes than the firm of O. Ittenbach & Co. Knowledge In the line of a specialty makes all the difference between a good artisan and a bungler. The mechanic who seeks to rise should learn the theory of what he Is doing, as well as of the tools and forces he Is operating, and the materials that enter into his handicraft or Its product. This is the culture and the theory which they pursue and the one to which their alls rmlng success Is due. This firm which dates the establishment of Us business back to 1862, has been an influential factor In the development of Indiana's quarry Industry through the magnitude of Its operations as cut stone contractors. The business of tbe house has been expanded In sympathy with the growth of Indiana in wealth and population, and the activity of building operations which have naturally accompanied Us growth. As their business expanded so has their artistic skill kept abreast with modem progression. The end of architecture aa an art Is to arrange the plan, masses and enrichment of structure so as to Impart to it Interest, beauty, grandeur, unity and power. Architecture thus necessitates the possession by the artisan of gifts of Imagination aa well as technical skill. These elements must exist to achieve satisfactory results and It la with a full knowledge of these facts that the Ittenbachs have spared neither pains nor money to secure the most artistic and satisfactory artisans that can be employed together with all the latest devices In the way of modern machinery. The facilities of the house embraces one of the largest and most completely equipped stone working establishments In the central West. The buildings and the yards of the plant cover over 60.000 square feet, haring switch connections with the Big Four railroad. The equipment of this plant well represents the perfection that has been attained In modern stone working machinery In the way of the latest Improved appliances They have In constant use four saws, four planere, two travelers, one lathe and a circular planer, which was made from their own drawings and personal directions. The motive power for this machinery Is supplied by a one-hundred horse power englna In this establishment employment is furnished to one hundred and fifty skilled workmen, who are under the unremitting personal supervision of the members of the firm, Frank and John Ittenbach both haring been “raised” In the stone business, so to speak, being sons of Mr. O. Ittenbach, who was tbs founder of *he business In 1882 and retired In 1891, turrJ lng the business over to his sons, t present owner*, who possessed sonre knowledge of architecture, designed well and showed considerable taste In the execution of ornamental works. To this art they were greatly attached, and upon them he looked for the perpetuation, not only of the family name, but the family profession. The firm has been prominently Identified with the erection of most of the costly and handsome specimens of modem architecture In Indiana. They furnished ths stone for such splendid and much-admired buildings as the Majestic building and the Indiana National Bank of Indianapolis, the United States court house and postofflee buildings at Norfolk, Va., and the church, hotel, bridge and academy for tbe 6lsters of Providence at Bt. Mary's, Ind. They also furnished the stone and did the decorative work on the Public Library, the County Jail, the Power House, the Riverside Pumping Station for the Indianapolis Water Company, the Columbia Club building, • Commercial Club building. Century building and Indianapolis Sentinel building, all of the city of. Iffdl&n&poUs. The firm has secured the contract for the cut stone work for the Claypool hotel of Indianapolis and the Gorman residence In Dayton, 0., which will be the finest residence in the city of Dayton. Many other stone edifices and magnificent structured of their handy work might be mentioned, the site of which attests ths ability of th-jlr workmanship. The firm have their offices locatsd at 918 Morrison.-* t_, Indianapolis, Ind.

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Stockton, Gillespie, Clay & Co. live stock connissioN HERCHANTS Indianapolis, Ind. W. W. Stockton, J. F. Clay, Cattle and Sheep Salesmen. B.W. lililesple. Hog Salesman. C. H. Clark, offlee. References: Any Acquaintance.

INDIANAPOLIS LEADS IN THE JOBBING TRADE

Wholesale Business of 1901 Will Exceed $65,000,000-Vast Field Covered By Jobbers of Capital City*

Last year It was feared by some of our wholesale merchants, and the matter was freely discussed, that the Introduction of interurban railways into Indianapolis would have a tendency to reduce the jobbing trade, the theory being that so many country people would come to this city to buy their supplies that the country dealers would want fewer goods. But this fear was groundless, for, whereas. In 1900, the total Jobbing trade was a little in excess of *55,000.000 It is already certain that the figures for the year Just closed will be above *65,000,000. And why? Because Indianapolis Is the center of a fertile, extensive and cultivated territory of imperial area, with which the great transportation system of which It la the center of communication keeps it in the closest touch; because it possesses advantages not surpassed by any city In the country for carrying on extensive distribution of merchandise; because the home demand in all principal lines of merchandise Is a large and active one, and Indianapolis enjoys a position of special prominence as a supply point for the entire state; because the trade of this city has extended Into portions of Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky and in numerous lines as far south as Tennessee, while In a number of specialties It extends to all parts of the country.

Direct Importers. Such Indianapolis houses as deal In goods of foreign origin are to a large extent direct Importers, the proportions of these Importations being such that there were collected In Indianapolis for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1901. duties on imports aggregating *169.032.38. The city now has over two hundred houses engaged In the exclusive wholesale and Jobbing trade, the business In all staple lines Increasing continuously and the Importance of Indianapolis as a Jobbing oenter showing a steady and gratifying growth. In some lines the travelers for Indianapolis houses regularly cover the surrounding states, and In several Instances penetrate the sections claimed by other commercial centers, quite a number of the more important or specialized industries of the city having secured a trade that is national in scope. The making of Indianapolis a reserve city with the consequent increase of banking business and expansion of bank assets has enormously Increased the banking facilities avallablo to reputable merchants and enabled the latter to greatly extend th* field of their operations. —«/ The Grocery Trade. In the grocery business Indianapolis -*as become a very large faetor because the city Is not only the supply point for its own large population, but also sells groceries to all parts of the state as well as to the merchants of adjoining states. All of the various features of a perfect Jobbing grocery center are represented here—the large importing and manufacturing houses in the line of food products and other goods sold by grocers maintaining permanent headquarters In this city through the medium of a number of firms of merchandise brokers. Besides the general trade In groceries, there are special features In the trade In which the prominence of Indianapolis Is particularly marked, one of these being the handling and distribution of canned goods packed and put up through an extensive tributary region and largely marketed through Indianapolis wholesal* houses. The aggregate business of the wholesale grocery houses of this city In 1900 was *10,000,000, and for 1901 It will exceed *l2. • 000,000. In all respects the trade has been entirely prosperous, and It has been a record year.

Dry Goods Interest. Next In Importance to the grocery business is the dry goods trade, with sales during the past year of over $6,000,000 as against $6,000,000 In 1900. The trade covers a territory including practically all of Indiana and large sections of Illinois. Ohio and other nearby states. A large consuming demand in the dry goods trade, in all staple lines, brought a substantial reduction in stocks of goods at the opening of the present season, which Induced active buying and resulted in making the year the highest In the record; it haa also rendered it certain that the dry goods Interest will continue to flourish famously for some time at least. A gratifying feature of the business of the year 1901 has been that collections have been extremely good, and a large number of the merchants In the territory supplied by Indianapolis have discounted their own bills. Hardware, Iron and Bteel. There is no branch of business lp which Indianapolis Is more prominently a center than that connected with the handling of Iron, steel, nails and hardware, the city being the home in this department of trade of several houses controlling & business of national scope. The sales during the year just closed have been larger than ever before, and while there have been some cuts In prices, which re-

H. H. FLETCHER & CO. LIVE STOCK COriMISSION nERCHANTS Room* 7 and 9 Exchange Building, Telephone 83.

duced profits considerably the disadvantage thus occasioned has been compensated for by the larger sales of the year, so that In these lines, as In others the year 1901 will be posted as a record year in local jobbing. Leather and Products. Especially noteworthy has been the Improvement on some of the lines of trade that are, connected with the handling of leather £hd its manufactures. The trade in leather and harness from Indianapolis covers a good territory and has Increased In volume year. The business during 1900 ifis over *1,250,000, and the present " year closes with a showing of considerably over *2,000,000. The boot and shoe Interest Is one of ths jobbing lines In which Indianapolis houses have more than held their own against strong outside competition. The wholesale trade In this line was inaugurated before the war and has continued to grow In volume of business and territory covered. New firms have been added from time to time to the list of those engaged In the business, and the competition has been somewhat close, but the volume of trade has been Increased by the enterprise of local Jobbers, whose travelers have established & trade throughout Indiana and the surrounding states, and also farther afield In western territory, competing successfully with the houses of other cities and giving to Indianapolis a strong position aa one of the most aggressive and prosperous boot and shoe jobbing centers of the West • with a trade approximating *3,000,000 annually. Jobbing Drug Trade. Probably there Is no line of business In which the central location and superior railroad facilities have contributed more to the precedence of Indianapolis than the wholesale drug trade. The city Is one of the best drug markets In the country, and its prominence In this line has become more accentuated during the past tew years. Sales have steadily increased In volume every year, and In 1901 closely approximated *5.000,000, being the largest year ever known In the trade here. The Paper Trade. Business In every branch of the paper trade In Indianapolis during the year just closing has been very active, and the local jobbers may well congratulate themselves on the strong position they have gained. They not only supply the home and nearby demand, but they also operate over a wide outside territory, extending through the southwest to Texas. Tha related lines of stationery, blank books, etc., is one of Importance in Indianapolis which is a supply point for these goods for an extensive and populous region. There are special features in these trades in which territory Is covered far more extensive than lines, notably in the department and offlee supplies of various kIWRMillinery Business. Fully abreast of the other business Interests of Indianapolis the millinery trade has made rapid progress, due to favorable location and to tbe pushing and aggressive methods of the local Jobbers, who, to some extent, are manufacturers also. This city has reached out In this line until It supplies not only the ordinary trade territory of Indianapolis, but also an extensive region west and south. The spring and fall openings attract a large number of out-of-town milliners, who come here to get acquainted with the changes In Btyles and also to order suppltes. The year Just closed will go on record as one of the best In the history of the trade Arlth tales of *2,000,000. Ths dealers are looking forward to a considerable Increase over these gratifying figures for next year. r China and Crockery. In the queensware trade Indianapolis hss long held an important place, the jobbers of the city being direct importers from the leading manufacturing countries and carrying stocks which In the completeness of their assortment bear favorable comparison with any in the country. As a consequence the business In this line has been extended over many states and has grown rapidly. Candy Manufacturers. The confectionery trade Is one of the most Important branches of wholesale business carried on In this city. The quality of, the products of our local confectlonerlSs is favorably known over an extensive/ region, and the sales of the local manufacturers which now amount to JIjOpO.OOO and over annually constitute arvvJLortant element in the aggregate tra&£®f the city.

, { INDIANAPOLIS Book/and Stationery Company, i Wholesale Exclusively. School Supplies and Holiday Goods. 121 Meridian St., INPIANAPOUS, IND. Htnru D IICC p wholesale and retail grain i Wuiy kus&c, Bn< j seed merchant. Grain and seed grower. 23 and 25 Capitol-ave. north. Telephone 640. Opposite State House, r INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

Warman, Black, Chamberlain & Co Auction, Commission and Sals Btablsa HORSES AND fIULES. AUCTION EVERT TUESDAT. Telephone, 1476. Union Stock Yards, Indianapolis, Ind.

WM, B, BURFORD, PRINTER, ENGRAVER AND STATIONER X?C fff/ank Books Continuous or ’ I T T £ Banks, County Officers, Manufacturers L/OOSC JLCcil and Business Houses Lcd&CfS CARD INDEX SYSTEM _ CREDIT SYSTEM ~T T £ CARD LEDGER SYSTEM Loose Lest filing cabinets Systems Indianapolis, Ind/

Hibben, Hollweg & Co. IMPORTERS. JOBBERS. Dry Goods, Notions, Woolens, Etc. Offer for the Spring Season, 1902, very large and complete stocks throughout every department. Representative lines from all the best known Domestic Mills and Manufacturers,' together with many direct importations of our own selection. We Make Low Prices, Liberal Terms, Prompt Deliveries And carry in open stock, at all times, a wide range of the best lines of Merchandise suited to the requirements of the season and the preferences of this territory. (Wholesale Exclusively.)

PAIR BANKS, ■ 8 1 morse&c °- Gas and Stationary, . ( Portable ■_ MB Gasoline < ; SKhSB Hf '"-W Fngines $ Marine. FAIRBANKS’ STANDARD **3s Wg WINDMILLS. —INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

THE TWO BEST SMOKERS HnesT Sdected^tock! Secretary Gage 5c Thomas A, Hendricks, „.,loc ■>. BOTH THOROUGHLY GOOD CIGARS TEMPLE A ELLIS CO* / SCHOEN & TOOLE, Manufacturer*, Distributers, SOUTH BEND, IND. INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

A. KIEFER DRUG CO. Wholesale Druggists And Jobbers of fine Cigars. 2JI-2J3-2J5 McC rea-st. 226-238 S. Meridian-st HOLLWEG & REESE, Direct importers and jobbers of China, Glass, Queensware St, M and 8S 8. Meridian St. INDIANAPOLIS, - - - IND. TANNER & SULLIVAN, WHOX.BSAI.I Tin Plate, Sheet Iron, lTetals, Tinners’ Supplies. MAjreVACTUIIXKS OF TI.VWARX. 218-218 S. Meridian St. INDIANAPOLIS. McNAMIM-KOSTER FOUNDRY CO. Founders and Pattern It&kers. Heavy and light gray iron castings. Bosh phones, 408 to 41) South Pennsylvania Htreet. INDIANAPOLIS. HAUGH-NOELKE IRON WORKS Manufacturers of Architectural and Structural Iron Work INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

No Terminal or Switching Charges Imposed Against Shippers The Belt R. R. having been built and owned by the Union Stock Yards shippers are assured of a prompt handling Into the yards. More fully represented than ever before by buyers for eastern packing houses as. well as for export and all other grades of cattle. Sheep Dipping Plant with capacity for dipping 8,000 to 6,000 sheep dally. HORSE AND iIULE IIARKET Regularly attended by European, Southern and home buyers. Prices unequaled by any other market In tbe West.

BLAIR-BAKER HORSE COMPANY Commission Auction p^, on stock ysm*, c.i. Indianapolis, Ind. jlflDie. Com. dealers in all classes of boms Auction every Wednesday. Telephone, No. U. We keep constantly tor Retail a large assortment of Heavy Draught, Express, General Purpose, Livery and Fine Driving Horsea at lowest prices. Capacity, 1.000 head.

Kingan&Q. Clouted} Pork & ‘Beef ' Packers Indianapolis, Ind. Langsenkamp Bro’s Brass Works* FOUNDERS and FINISHERS. Heavy and Light Castings in Brass, Phoa. phor Bronx*, Aluminum, Etc., Sheet Brna% Brass Tubes and Hods, Platinum Points for Gas Englns Igniters. Brass Railings. Special attention given to Job and Repair Work. ISB TO 142 E. GEORGIA ST., Both phones 121. Indianapolis, Ind. The Coffin Fletcher Packing Co. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Pork and Beef Packers. Curers of Primrose Brands of Meat. Van Camp Hardware and Iron Co. INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Light and Heavy Hardware. Tin Plata and Tinners’ Supplies. Guns and Am munitiofi. "Strictly Wholesale Dealers.” VONNEGUT HARDWARE CO. Builders' and Cabinet Hardware. Machinery, Tools and Manufacturers’ Sop* pile*. Meat Market Outfits. Nos. 120 and 124 East Washington St. Telephonesß9, INDIANAPOLIS. IND, KIPPBITHERSGQ * c™ 1 good A druggists' and stationers' sundries. Toys, musical tßstJUrisnta, cutlery, smokers' articles, sporting goods, eta. 17 and 89 S. Meridian St.. IKDIABAPULIB. IND, M. O’CONNOR & CO., Wholesale Grocers, 47 and 49 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis,lnA Uavens & Geddes Co. mm Wholesale Dry Goodm.