Ligonier Banner., Volume 36, Number 40, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 January 1902 — Page 14

INDIANAPOLIS AS GREAT MANUFACTURING CENTER

Industries That Have Produced More Than ~ $80,000,000 During the Last Year— Great Growth in All Branches . of Productive Trade,

It is after all in the fleld of manufactures that Indianapolis has schieved its highest distinction among the citles of the West. The rapid increase of its industries forms the most interesting chapter in its development. It does not require the aid of statistics or detalled statements to verify the assertion that the manufacturers of Jlndianapolis have fully doubled their output ahd value during the past detade. . In fact the history of manufacturing in the “whole state of Indiana has 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 1870. .

Indianapolis is an especially @lversified center of manufactures, itst promfnence as a producing point having stead{ly increased and thz output of its .factories last yeéar having exceeded $75,000,000. When the figures for the present year have been completed it will be found that this immense aggregate. has been passed by at least $8,000.000. The extraordinary prosperity indicated by these facts will, under existing favorable conditions, doubtless continue to increase in like proportion. Many of the oldest: concerns have enlarged and are enlarging their facilities and output, but the most favorable sign is found in the many accessions to the number of our manufacturing enterprises. greatly diversifying the industries which cover a great variety of productive lines. 2

institutions for Metal Working.

An important group of the city’s industries is that which includes the factorles and works where articles from steel, iron, copper, brass and other metals are fabricated. The first important enterprise of this kind, eutside of the ordinary village blacksmith shops, was that of the Eagle machine works, established in 1850. 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 one of the foremost producing centers of the 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 Indianapolig and many specialties in iron, steel and other metals are turned out upon an extensive scale and find an active market everywhere. Especially is this true 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 in all the larger classes of buildings. The same is true of the manufacture of sheet iron, galvanizefl iron and other sheet metal work for use in build‘ings and for other purposes.

Woodworking Establishmentst

‘lndianapolis industries in the woodworking line are of theé first importance. The manufacture and handling of lumber to supply the local building demand and for distribution- through tributary territory is very extensive, while the production of hardwoods in the city has always been an important interest because of tha 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 Indianapolis firms. The ‘marufacture of veneers is a branch of thg trade that is represented with-especial completeness. _ These woodworking tndustries of Indianapolis net 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, woodenware, boxes, -coffins. implement handles 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 im-

BIG LIVE STOCK TRADE

YEAR’S BUSINESS WILL APPROXIMATE $30,000,000.

Rapid Increase in Indianapolis Stock Dcaling—To Become a Great

Cattle Market.

Indianapolis has for years been an important live stock market and recent changes and developments indicate that within & short period this will become

one of the most 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 advanteges 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 has 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 surpluss of grain which they could not gell, because of the distance from a market and the condition of the roads. They, therefore, turned their attention to rais{ng hogs upon an extensive scale and driving them to market. For the first few decades the market for hogs was found at Ohlo 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 extensiong through the West, Cincinnatl, while it retained considerable importance, had to yield first place to Chicago, and is now surpassed by several cities. ; Territory Covered. .

The territory from which the live stock gold in the Indianapolis market is procured embraces all of Indiana, the central and southern portions of Illinois and part of Ohio, and there are frequent conpignments from outside of this territory. The stock is nearly all received on con~

portant group of the activities of Indianapolis, headed by the large establishments which have given 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 the pharmacopia as well a 8 a number of specialties that have become deservedly popular and have been approved as valuable medicines by the druggists of the whole country. Other chemicals are produced on an extensive scale in this city, such as washing and bleaching compounds of wvarious kinds, meat preservatives and other articles in wide use and demand. -

Prepared Goods.

In this department, which is becoming more and more important every year, Indianapolis has a conspicuous group of enterprises. The most prominent is the flour mill industry and the establishments devoted to the manufacfure 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 Aspecially enumerated baking powders, roasted coffces, 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 wide territory and have earned for their wares a high place in the markets of the country and. Europa. ' : Textiles and Other Lines. The group of textile manufactures of Indianapolis covers a diversified range from the: production of the raw material to the manufacture of finished goods and articles of wearing apparel. Woolen mills for the production of various lines ‘ot fabrics as well as establishments for the ‘making and bleaching of cotton goods are extensive and prosperous and there has been a marked development in our textile industries. The manufacture of bags on a very.large scale has been recently added to the other leading branches. Qthers ot the more prominent lines are awnings ana tents, mattresses, knit goods, rugs and handwoven carpets. The clothing industry in various departments is represented on. a large scale, while the producticn of ladies’ 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 ana shoes, etc., are carried on very extensively, the volume of trade in these lines showing gratifying growth and the demand extenaing cver a wide territory in Indiana ana adjacent states and in the South.

City of Small Industries.

While boasting some of the largest manufactories in the United ‘States and, in a few Instances the largest in the worlq, Indianapolis is essentially a elty of small industries. It would be impossible in an article of this nature to enumerate the hundreds jof small shops and 'works employing anywhere from flve to fifty perscns in the fabrication of thousands ot different - articles that find their way into the markets of the world and cone tribute vastly to the wealth and reputation of Indianapolis. It 1s not alone our large enterprises, but the multiplicity or 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 the city, who produce every year, in small shops and in single rooms ir‘l__,{the tops ana basements of buildings, in” the neighborhood of $10,000,000 worth of. various wares. And this element cuts no figure in the ordihary calculations of our industrial activities. _ e

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 means bounds the manufacturing possibilities ot 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 ana specialized industries not yet represented in our lists. Because of its exceptional location the growth of Indianapolis as a manufacturing point has been remarkable, yet this growth will doubtless continue and will augment from year to year the fame -of the capital city of Indiana throughcut the world in all the principal markets of which our pruaucts ‘are already used and consumed. :

slgnments 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 lower than in any other city, while the absence of a speculative element from 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 flgures of receipts and shipments for 1901 are not yet avalilable, but they have been very considerably in excess ‘of 1900 when the sales aggregated over $26,000,000. 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. : As a Horse Market. o

As a horse 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 limportant breeding districts, where the advantages of superior grazing and large grain production are especially favorable to the raising of first-class stock. And because of the quality oi the horse products of this region, the attentien 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 fimprovement ‘of the Ilocal horse market %n especlfally prominent factor has been® the erection of fine barns, which are said to be the best suited to the purposes of a first-class horse market of any that have been built in this country.

Point for Export.

One of li‘he features particularly marked in the character of the city as a live stock center ig the extent to which it has become a supply point for eastern packers and for export. All of the more important packing houses of New England and the eastern seaboard are rep-

THE UNION STOCK YARDS, Indianapolis, Indiana

LAITLE, HOGS, SHEEP, 'l‘f\e best arranged yards and the most reliable market in the country. Noted the country over for steady prices and the limited range of its fiuctuations. Has the Full and Exclusibe Support of All Indianapolis Packers and Dressed Beef Houses.

WINCHELL, HAWKINS & CO. Live Stock Commission Salesmen Union Stock Yards, Indianapolis, Ind, Reference: Indiana National Bank, Indianapolis, Ind.; Rushville National Bank, Rushville, Ind. Long Distance Telephone, No. 79. We give shipments personal and impartial attention. Y

resented by buyers in’ this market, and this outside demand, together with the 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.

The following table, prepared by H. D. Lane, auditor of the Union stock yards, shows the receipts and shipments at those yards of hogs, cattle, she¢p and horses for the first eleven months of 1901 as compared with the year 1900: —Receipts—--1901, 1900. (11 mo.) JHoes el .oo ;.0 1823018 1,801,381 Gattler . 00, i e 189,722 191,007 Sheep @ an i 8T.006 115,922 HOrSes. oo il 82913 31,974 —Shipments— Hags 00 a 0 . 400,767 873,489 Gattla "L . 4182 80,233 Sheep - .0, oo ... 0 48939 92,629 Horses ©oo i 00l . 20,016 26,177 cates that the year ®92 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 rallways radiating in every direction from the city through sections that are highly productive of the grasseg 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. : 2 Owing to the fact that the figures have not yet been tabulated it is impossible to glve a detailed statement of the year’s business at the Interstate stock Yyards, but in a general way it is known that the year was a most successful one.

G. Ittenbach & Co.

The largest and mniost 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 the finest possibliities of the imperishable and beautiful stone for architectural purposes than the firm of G. Ittenbach & Co. Knowledge in the line of a speclalty makes all the difference bétween 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 allarming success Is due. | This firm which dates the establishment of its 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 the house has been expanded in sympathy with the growth of Indiana in wealth and population, and the activity of buillding operations which have naturally accompanied its growth. As thelr buslness expanded so has their artistic skill kept abreast with modern progression. The end of architecture as 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 as well as technical skiil. These elements must cxist to achieve satisfactory results and it is with a full knowledge of these facts that the Ittenbachs have spared neither pains nor money to secure the most artistic and patisfactory artisans that can be employed together with all the latest devices iln the way of modern machinery. The facillties of the house embraces cne of the largest and most completely. equipped stone working establishments in the central West. The bulldings and the yards of the plant cover over 60,000 square feet, having switch connections with the Big Four railroad. The @quipment of this plant well represents the perfection that has been attained in modern stone working machinery in the way of the latest improved appllances. They have in constant use four saws, four planers, 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 engine. ' : : In this establishment employment s 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 having been ‘raised’” in the stone business, so to speak, being sons of Mr. G. Ittenbach, who was the founder of the business in 1862 and retired in 1891, turning the business over to. his sons, the present owners, who possessed some 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 famlly name, but the family profession. ’ The firm has been prominently identifled with the erection of most of the costly and handsome specimens of modern architecture in Indiana. They furnished the 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 postoffice buildings at Norfolk, Va., and the church, hotel, bridge and academy for the Bisters of Providence at St. Mary’'s, Ind. They also furnished the stone and did the decorative work on the Public .Library, the Count¥ Jail, the Power House, the Rlverside 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 Indianapolis. The firm has secured the contract for the cut stone work: for the Claypool hotel of Indianapolig and the Gorman residence in Dayton, 0., whieh will be the finest regsidence in the city of Dayton. Many other stone edifices and magnificent structures of their handywork might be mentioned, the site of which attests the ability of their work‘manship. : 2o - The firm have their offices located wut 916 Morrison-st, Indianapolis, Ind.

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Stockton, Gillespie, Clay & Co. LIVE STOCK COTTIISSION New and Old Unlon Stock 'Phones 3209. HERCHANTS Yards, Indianapolis, Ind. W. W. Stockton, J. F. Clay. Cattle and Sheep Sales‘men. B.W. Giilespie, Hog Salesman. C. H. Clark. office. Reéferences: Any Acquaintance.

NDIANAPOLIS LEADS

IN THE JOBBING TRADE

Wholesale Business of 19__Ql Will Exceed . $65,000,000 Vast Field Covered - By Jobbets of Capital City,

Last vear it was feared by some of our wholesale merchants, and the matter was freely discussed, that the introduction of interurban railways intd 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 §65,000,600. 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 is 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 ot merchandise is a large and aective one, end 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 citysnow 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 center 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 importarnt 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 available to reputable merchants and enabled the latter to greatly extend the fleld of their operations. : ! ;

The Grocery Trade.

In the grocery business Indianapolis ..as become a very large factor because the city is not only the supply point for its own large population, but dlso 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 gen eral trade in groceries, there are spectal 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 wholesaly houses. The aggregate business of the wholesale grocery houses of this city in 1900 was $10,000,000,. and for 1901 it will exceed $12.000,000. 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 agalinst $5,000,000 in 1900. The trade covers al 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 has 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 ‘vear 1901 has been that collections have been extremely gonod, and a large number of the merchants in the territory supplied by Indianapolis have discounted their own bills.

Hardware, liron and Steel.

There is no branch of business in which Indianapolis {s 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 a 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-

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duced profits considerably the disadvantage thus occasioned has been compensated for by the larger sales of the yvear, so that in these lines, as in others the year 1901 will be posted as a record year in local jobbing. : L.eather and Products.

Especlally noteworthy has been the improvement on some of the lines of trade that are connected with the handling of leather and its manufactures. The trade in leather and harness from Indianapolis covers a good territory and has increased in volume every year. The business during 1900 was over $1,250,000, and the present year cioses with a ‘showing of considerably over $2,000,000.

The boot and shoe interest is one of the 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 heen 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 a trade throughout Indiana and the surrounding states, ana also farther afield in western territory, competing successfully with the houses of other cities and glving to Indianapolis a strong- position as 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 few yvears. 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 Indianapollis 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. The 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 m_q%‘e extensive than in most lines, notably in the department of bank and office supplies of various kinds.

Millinery Business.

Fully abreast of the other business interests of Indianapolls the millinery trade has made rapid progress, du_e to favorable location and to the pushing and aggresslve 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 styles and also to order supplies. The year just closed will go on record as one of the best in the history of the trade with sales of $2,000,000. The dealers are looking forward to a considerable increase over these gratifying figures for next year.

China and Crockery.

In the queensware trade Indianapolis has long held an important place, the Jobbers of the city bheing 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 confectioneries is favorably known over an extensive region, and the sales of the local manufacturers which now amount to §1,000,000 and over annually constitute an important element in the aggregate trade of the ecity.

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Warman, Black, Chamberiain & Co Auction, Commission and Sale Stables. HORSES AND TULES. AUCTION EVERY TUESDAY. Telephone, 1476. o Union Stock Yards, Indianapolis, Ind.

WM. B. BURFORD, ‘ - PRINTER, ENGRAVER: AND STATIONER 222 ﬁ;;c;ial é! ) : | ) ‘ “plank DOOKS | Contnvous ‘ - FMM = , , Banls, County Officers, Manufacturers LOOS c Lea.{ and Business Houses Led gers CARD INDEX SYSTEM : ® AND CREDIT SYSTEM : : : ' CARD LEDGER SYSTEM = LOOS@ Leaf 'FILING CABINETS « - : ; = g - Sys fems - Indianapolis, Ind, Hibb Sllweg & C iibben, floliweg 0. IMPORTERS, JOBBERS. : 5 ‘ 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 Ter:};s. 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.) o T A —— G SN SR B )N SR ; ginn h | MORSE&CO, , Ermemmmll SRE R U ) Gas and ff Sty ';;,\,:-4_-;,?‘&3;‘37%;;&535& "’:"*3@-“*" Rk £ Portable % e ] Engines § Mane sSR B JO S e P i ) > : ee il FAIRBANKS' STANDARD i WINDMILLS. N TR UR e e m THE TWO BEST SMOKERS Hiemmes \ AN lf'mest Selected Stock Secretary G'agennnnnﬁnnqnn 5 C - Thomas A, Hendricks,...loc TEMPLE & ELLIS CO, . SCHOEN & TOOLE, Manufacturers, Distributers, SOUTH BEND, IND. . : "~ INDIANAFPOLIS, IND. '

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A. KIEFER DRUG CO. Wholesale Druggists And Jobbers of Fine Cigars. . 231233235 McCrea-st. 236-238 S. Meridian.st. mi HOLLWEG & REESE, . : : Direct importers i : and jobbers of : China, Glass, Queensware 84, 86 and 88 8. Meridian St. INDIANAPOLIS, - - - IND. ee S S TANNER & SULLIVAN, - WHOLESALE : Tin Plate, Sheet Iron, letals, Tinners’ Supplies. v . MANUFACTURERS OF TINWARE. 216-218 S. Meridian St. INDIANAPOLIS. McNAMARA-KOSTER FOUMDRY CO. gl b 5 o gyt Eouth Donnsylvania Street. . INDIANAPOLIS. . o A — S ———— HAUGH-NOELKE IRON WORKS o - Manufacturers of : ; ‘Architectural and Structural Iron _Wgrk . INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

-.- No Terminal or [ : ° ° ; : - Switching : Charges - Imposed S ; ° Against Shippers The. Belt R. R. having been built and owned by the Union Stock Yards Co., 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 ofwcattle. Sheep Dipping Plant with capacity for dipping 8,000 to 5,000 sheep daily. = 2 HORSE AND TIULE TTARKET ; Regularly attended by European, Southern and home buyers. Prices unequaled by any other market in the West. :

'Commission Auction Union Stock Yards, S l» Stable. Indianapolis, Ind. aie » Com. dealersin all classes of horses Auction every Wednesday. Telephone, No. bB, We keep constantly. for Retail a large assortment of Heavy Draught, Express, General Purpose, Livery and Fine Driving Horses at lowest prices. Capacity, 1,000 head.

K & (o ingan & (o. : [LIMITED] Pork & Beef : ; Packers - < o : Indianapolis, Ind. e —————— Langsenkamp Bro’s Brass Works, ¥FOUNDEKS and FINISHERS. Heavy and Light Castings in Brass, Phos- . phor Bronze, Aluminum, Etc., Sheet Brass, Brass Tubes and Rods, Platinum Points for Gas Engine Igniters, Brass Rallings. : ‘Special attention given to Job and Repair Work. 138 TO 142 E. GEORGIA ST, Both phones 121. 2 Indianapolis, Ind. e T The Coffin Fletcher Packing Co. " INDIANAPOLIS, IND. ! Pork and Beef Packers. Curers of ' | Primrose Brands of Meat. e —— Yan Camp Hardware and Iron Co. : INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Light and Heavy Hardware. Tin Plate and Tinners’ Supplies. Guns and Am munition.. ‘‘Strictly Wholesale Dealers.” - VONNEGUT HARDWARE CO. Builders’ and Cabinet Hardware. ) Machinery, Tools and~ Manufacturers’ Supplies. Meat Market Qutfits. Nos. 120 and 124 East Washington St. Telephone 589. INDIANAPOLIS, IND, KIPP BROTHERS CO. o 7 cocde: “(’:‘&Li‘ié’?? i stationers’ sg{rg‘:!es;‘ngfey:, x;msrltci?ll in O;Sme::: §1 and 30 B, Merldian St. INDIANAPOLIS, IND, e e —— M. O°CONNOR & C 0,., Wholesale Grocers, 47 and 49 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis,lnd [favens & Geddes Co.