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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR DATE 1955 July DOC CSR248 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Advertisement in Trade Journal - ASBESTOS Canadian Crude Courtesy Asbestos Corporation Limited JULY 1955 . oo Weighs only 1.20 lb. per sq yd M No. 24H120 A UNIQUE ~~ HERRINGBONE --- ASBESTOS CLOTH rs aN NAR) M No. 24H120 Underwriters grade herringbone cloth is designed to provide protection and ease of action to cm- ployees in hazardous industries Its weight of only 1.20 pounds per square yard relieves the wearer of the cumber- some burden usually associated with asbestos safety clothing The famous M SRC finish provides additional resistance to frictional wear Leading manufacturers of asbestos safety garments feature M No. 24H120 herringbone cloth This is typical and exclusive product of M research MANHATTAN INC ASBESTOS TEXTILE DIVISION Manheim Pa FACTORIES Manheim Pa Bridgeport Conn No. Charleston S.C ' Passaic N.J Neenah Wis Crawfordsville Ind Peterborough Ont Can : MANHATTAN INC Asbestos Textiles Packings Brake Covered Brake Clutch Covered Blocks Radiator - Facings Fan Belts Rubber Enginered Hose Rubber Plastic and SinterSeintered d Metal Products 'Abrasive and Diamond Wheels Bowling Balls ASBESTOS FOUNDED IN JULY 1919 AND PUBLISHED MONTHLY SINCE THAT DAT^ BY SECRETARIAL SERVICE 4 807 WESTERN SAVING FUND BLDG S. E. COR BROAD & CHESTNUT STS PHILADELPHIA 7 PENNSYLVANIA Trust of C. J. STOVER Proprietor E. E. COX Edstor Entered As Second Class Matter November 23 1923 at the Post Office at Philadelphia Pennsylvania Under Act of March , 1879 Volume 37 July 1955 Number 1 CONTENTS ASBESTOS PRODUCTION IN AUSTRALIA THE COVER FOR OUR 37TH VOLUME BUILDING MARKET CONDITIONS CANADIAN ASBESTOS INDUSTRY ~- 1954 CANADA'S ASBESTOS GOODS - 1958 HEAT TREATMENT OF CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS FIBRES Automobile Sales Production Statistics Imports and Exports THIS AND THAT NEWS OF THE INDUSTRY Asbestos Stock Quotations . Current Range of Price Page 2 20 22 24 28 30 32 34 36 38 39 44 54 55 ASBESTOS is indexed regularlbyy Engineering Index Inc. United States SUBSCRIPTION PRICE : - - 2.00 Per Year Canada - 3.00 Per Year Foreign Countries - 3.00 Per Year Back Copies - 35 Each Single Copies - Current .25 Each Payable in U. S. Funds Copyright 1955. Maud M Stover Trustee Trust of C J Stover ASBESTOS - July 1955 Page 1 CANADA'S ASBESTOS GOODS 1953 ; : The Asbestos Products Industry , 1953 a seven page -- folder issued recently by the Dominion Bureau of Stasties __ at Ottawa gives various statistics concerning Canada's | _ asbestos manufacturing industry Briefly a few figures are of special interest factory shipments by the manufactuers of asbestos goods in Canada in 1953 were valued at 22,030,972 ; producets _ Divided as to than usual interest: these figures will be of more 1953 1952 - * aos . ue 7 tO, Quantity . Asbestos Brake Linings Molded _. Ft . Other . . . Ft '. Asbestos Pipe and + Selling At Works ' Valne . 3,073,335 399,553 Quantity , Selling At Works Value $ 2,918,294 430,237 Boiler Coverings Asbestos Clutch 1.506.667 1,668,890 wa on . Facings _. No. 1,023,551 Asbestos Gaskets - Asbestos Packings All kinds All Other Products 1 1,070.689 1,070.689 . 597,019 597,019 79,537 1,009,451 22,080.972 Includes asbestos dryer felt hydraulic hose asbestos shingles asbestos yarn asbestos millboard asbestos cement wallboard asbestos cloth asbestos cement pipe etc. Figures for these commodites cannot be shown separately as in most cases there were only one or two producers in this industry Number Number Plants Average Number of Employees Salaries and Wages . "* : Cost Fuel & Elec at Works : Cost of Materials at Works Gross Selling Value of Products 1953 18 1,930 6,223,024 557,589 10,363,034 22,030,972 1952 17 _ 1,826 5,448,895 5,448,895 535,910 9,306,930 19,638,570 Of the 18 factories reporting in 1953. 7 were located in Quebec 8 in Ontario 1 in Nova Scotia and 2 in British Columbia : Other tables concerning imports exports materials - Page 30 ASBESTOS - July 1955 * used in the Asbestos Products Industry etc. are included in the pamphlet which may be obtained from the Industry and Merchandising Division at Ottawa for 25e Ask for The Asbestos Products Products dustry 19531 Creator of Hector the asbestos producer Gerhard Brinkmann the new Canadian cartoonist received na- tional recognition during April Featured in a page spread of cartoons in WEEK- END Magazine which has a circulation of over a million copies Brinkmann's work in the asbestos country was noted by the editors Today an advertising illustratorwho has had several books of cartoons published Brink- mann lives in Granby Quebec from where he sets out to seek new cartoon ideas in asbestos mines department stores and factories the WEEKEND editor reported From Asbestos Producer April 1955 THE COLONIAL SUGAR REFINING CO LTD SYDNEY AUSTRALIA Sole Distributors for AUSTRALIAN BLUE ASBESTOS LIMITED PRODUCERS OF AUSTRALIAN RAW BLUE ASBESTOS MINES AT WITTENOOM W.A. Buildings Belgium Argentine Brazil Denmark t France Egypt Great Britain Holland SOLE SELLING AGENTS SOLE SELLING AGENTS Minerals Ltd. Ltd. ( India Italy Norway Pakistan Portu- gal Spain Sweden Switzerland Market Buildings Mark Lane LONDON i Austria Czechoslovakia Germany Hungary Japan Poland Yugoslavia Carters Merchants Ltd. Winchester House Old Broad St. LONDON * and Australian Blue is an ideal fibre for asbestos cement for pur- poses requiring good heat insulation and acid resistance It possesses excellent spinning properties Samples are available upon request ASBESTOS - July 1955 Page 31