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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
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1.20 lb. per sq yd
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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
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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
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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
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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
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ASBESTOS - July 1955
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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
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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
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