Great Prosperity; Hemingray is compelled to add to their facility, they make insulators, oil receptacles, glass churns, druggist bottles, etc.

GREAT PROSPERITY

Enjoyed by Our Numerous

Manufacturers,

And Shared by Their Hundreds of

Employees.

Some Interesting Facts About

Muncie Industries.

Encouraging Reports From

Many of the City’s Big

Concerns — Figures That are

Reliable, but Nevertheless

Surprising.

It is a matter of pride to every Muncie citizen that the many industries which help to make the city famous over the world, and which have been a material aid in the marvelous growth of the city earning for it the merited title of "Magic," are one and all in a prosperous condition.

Not a factory man in Muncie has a complaint to make of hard times, and all those employed in the mills are fast making for themselves a competence that will help themselves and their families along very materially.

FACTORY MEN TALK.

A News reporter made the rounds of about half of the factories yesterday and talked with the managers about the features of their concerns. Those mentioned below are not to be considered by any means as a complete list of Muncie's factories. Not all the principal concerns have been visited, nor have the three washing machine factor­ies, the planing mills, the lumber yards the flouring mills, nor any of the north side points been seen as yet.

Take Whitely alone for instance. The monster factory, that will give employment to nearly 1,500 men, represents 6,000 people, and the malleable iron mills, which are now being constructed and which will keep over 400 men at work al the time, have not been listed below, and quite a number of important concerns are not mentioned, tor the very good reason that it is

AN IMPOSSIBILITY

to make the rounds of Muncie's immense string of factories in one day.

To visit each factory and see how the work is done would take a month's time. A stop of a few minutes in each office and a rapid drive to the next factory was yesterday afternoon's program and in a five-hour trip just half the circuit was made. The News is under obligations to Hon. Kilgore for favors rendered on the trip, this clever gentlemen having mapped out the route gone over and made it as near a short-line as possible.

NELSON GLASS WORKS.

This enterprising concern is an enjoying a profitable business and keeps 150 em­ployees busy all the time. Under the management of Charles Wilcoxon the the factory gets a large share of the glass trade.

WHITE RIVER IRON AND STEEL WORKS.

This factory was once located at An­derson, about 17 miles west of Muncie on the Big Four railway, but the superi­or advantages of this city brought it here and now it is in a prosperous condition. 125 men are employed and the pay roll exceeds $6,400 a month. About 65 car loads constitutes the monthly output.

MUNCIE GLASS CO.

This concern employs 250 men and pays out $3,000 every week. 30 cars loaded with glass go out of their factory every month.

MUNCIE CASKET CO.

The Muncie Casket company enjoys a constantly increasing business. At present they have 30 employees on the payroll.

THE BENDING WORKS.

J. H. Smith & Co. operate this factory and their works are a scene of activity all the year round. They employ 230 men, among whom is disbursed $60,000 in the course of a year. They ship about 35 car loads monthly.

MIDLAND STEEL CO.

The above company operates one of Muncie's most important industries. They employ 300 men and pay out $25,000 a month.

UNION GALVANIZING WORKS.

Galvanized iron finds a ready market and the product of this mill, which is run in connection with the Midland Steel mill, fills 60 cars every month. They will soon be running 20 hands and they now pay out nearly 1,000 monthly.

THE INDIANA BRIDGE WORKS.

The Indiana Bridge works is a big advertisement for Muncie, their work going all over the world. They employ 120 men, pay out $1,300 weekly and ship 35 car loads a month.

ARCHITECTURAL IRON WORKS.

Here is another company which keeps Muncie's name and fame constantly be­fore the world. They are now working 150 men and have a pay roil of over $5,000 a month. It takes 100 cars to handle their monthly product, which is shipped everywhere.

MUNCIE PULP CO.

One hundred and twenty-fire employes are at work in this big plant and it takes $5,000 every month to pay them off. Fifty car loads is the monthly output

INDIANA IRON COMPANY.

This is a concern whose immensity must be seen to be realized. The factory embraces a nut and bolt mill, an iron mill and a rolling mill. 750 employes are kept busy all the time and their salaries aggregate $30,000 a month. One hundred and seventy fire car loads of finished product are shipped each month. The monthly output weighs 3,000 tons.

COMMON SENSE ENGINE CO.

This is a practically new factory, but when running full force there are 135 employee and the pay roll is $4,000 a month. The monthly output is 40 car loads.

GILL BROS. POT WORKS.

This concern employs 30 men and pays out $1,250 a month.

BALL'S GLASS FACTORY.

Seven hundred and fifty men, a monster pay roll and an immense output is what makes this factory an important one. The News has not the figures to give an accurate statement regarding this concern.

OVER’S GLASS WORKS.

In this factory there are 125 workmen, who make 25 car loads of glass each month. The pay roll is $2,500 a month.

MUNCIE NAIL WORKS.

The Muncie Nail company ship 150 car-loads monthly, employ 300 men and pay out $3,00 weekly. They do a big business all the time

MUNCIE WHEEL CO.

Six hundred carriage and buggy wheels are made at this factory each day. Sixty employes are on the pay roll, which amounts to $3,500 monthly. The output is 15 cars each month.

MARING, HART & CO.

This company operates one of the most extensive window glass factories in the West They employ 225 men and pay out $15,000 monthly. They ship 30 car-loads a month.

TAPPEN SHOE CO.

The Tappan Shoe works, in full opera­tion, will employ 100 people and pay out $1,800 a week. They make 500 pairs of shoes daily.

PORT GLASS WORKS.

This is another new concern, but it al­ready has 100 employee and pays out $6,000 a month.

The Bell Stove works employes 150 men.

THE MUNCIE ELECTRIC COMPANY

Have about all of their machinery placed in position and are gegting [sic] getting ready to place on the market a general line of electrical appliances, motors, dynamos and other articles will be manufactured and when once in running order they will have one of the most complete plants in the West. Their machinery is all new and of the most approved de­signs and latest patterns, rendering their facilities the finest for the rapid execu­tion of their work.

Mr. James Chamberlain is the general is the general manager and Mr. F. C. Field, is the electrical engineer.

THE HEMINGRAY GLASS CO.,

Have been compelled to add to their facilities and yesterday started in operation a new tank furnace which will largely add to their output. The com­pany manufactures a miscellaneous lot of glassware, such as insulators, oil receptacles, glass churns, druggist bottles &c., &c.

They give employment to a large number of skilled workmen and their product is shipped to all parts of the United States and Canada.

The factories mentioned above em­ploy actually 4,500 people, and this is but little over half the total number of industries in Muncie. The Whitely factories swell that total to 6,000 and the employes of the remainder can not now be given for lack of statistics. But at the usual rate of computation, this shows up 30,000 people for Muncie. We only claim 25,000, but it it very evident that 35,000 is not so far off from the facts.