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January 15, 1969 ''The Moore, and White Company 330 E.' Hunting Park Ave. Philadelphia, Pa. 19124 ' Attention: Mr. J. P. McTommoney Dear Mr. McTommoney: ; '' .v . As you may possibly have heard, bur Smith and Kanzler plant In Linden, New Jersey is being sold to the Philip Carey Company. We expect to ' replace this mill with a new mill to be located in the Midwest. I have been assigned to the project of development of this mill and would like to enter into discussions with you toward the possibility of Moore and White quoting us on a suitable paper machine. " - - . Our present thinking is that we will want a smaller machine than the . Smith and Kanzler machine. It is our intent to make only our own products plus possibly a minimum of commercial papers to fully load the machine, so we will want to come up with a machine designed and built spedfically for the production of high quality asbestos gasket papers. We will require a minimum of 54 inch trim. We do not want to go too much wider than this , since we will want to be able to deckle down for a 36 inch minimum trim width. We would prefer not to go up to a 72 inch trim since this would increase capacity beyond our foreseeable needs and increase capital investment and operating costs as well. We want a machine similar to the Smith & Kanzler machine in general configuration, since on the whole that has worked very well on our prod ucts. We will be working against a rather tight budget and are hopeful that we may be able to locate some good used components which can be rebuilt and incorporated in the new machine. " If you expect to be in Chicago in the near future I would be pleased to meet with you for a discussion on this; or, If you feel we can accomplish more by meeting at your office, I can come to Philadelphia at some mutually agreeable time. Sincerely, R. S. McGranahan . Chief Facilities Engineer . . VPD-158-0000574 | DANA-273