Asbestos Magazine, 1924

Johns-Manville's notes

1. Feb. 1924, p. 29 summary p. 19

   "Asbestos Paper Standards" - Secretary Hoover has appointed J.M. Weaver of Keasbey & Mattison as his representative in the Asbestos Paper Industry. A conference will be called to consider suggested standards in the Asbestos Paper Industry. Producers, consumers and distributors of these products will be invited to attend and express their opinion. Standards suggested are the result of a preliminary conference held in Washington, November 2nd, and it is hoped that by some proper standardization, unnecessary or little used sizes can be eliminated as stock sizes and that more economical manufacture and distribution can thereby be obtained. Recommended standards for sizes of paper and millboard are set out. The thought of the committee is that each standard is made to fit the needs of the consuming public as closely as is commensurate with the quantity supplied. Other, little used sizes would not be carried in stock, but supplied only on special order. While this work has been started by the Asbestos Paper Manufacturers Association, all manufacturers of these products have been asked to cooperate in order that action in the industry may be made uniform.

2. Apr. 1924, pp. 20-23 summary p. 20

   Asbestos has copies of building codes for 13 cities, many of which require asbestos for fireproofing.

3. Apr. 1924, p. 49 summary p. 20

   J-M has arranged an Asbestiform Collection of nearly 600 samples to be displayed in their new office at 41st and Madison.

4. May 1924, p. 27 summary p. 20

   J-M advertised in the Literary Digest a new material "Houseline," a sheathing material for use between floors, under roofs, in walls, and in fact a lining for the whole house.

5. June 1924, p. 32 summary p. 20

   Paper and Millboard Standards - A meeting was held in Washington, D.C. May 22, under the auspices of the Division of Simplified Practice, Department of Commmerce, to which were invited both manufacturers and consumers of asbestos paper and millboard to create size and weight standards in the asbestos paper industry, and to eliminate those sizes and weights of paper and millboard for which there was little call. After full discussion, the meeting set out recommendations. "It is believed that the adoption of these recommended standards will result in great economy to the industry."

6. June 1924, p. 35 summary p. 21

   Therminsul, a new non-asbestos product, has been ranked higher than either air cell or magnesia in insulating qualities by the Bureau of Standards. It is a felted mineral wool product which can withstand 1800°F indirect heat indefinitely. The manufacturer, Insulating Products Co. of Kalamazoo, Mich., is now capable of manufacturing 25,000 feet in 10 hours.

7. July 1924, p. 31 summary p. 21

   "At a coroner's inquest at Rochdale, during March, a statement was made by one of the medical expert witnesses that an employee of an asbestos plant in Rochdale had died from asbestos poisoning. The opinion was arrived at after a microscopic examination of the lungs."

8. Aug. 1924, p. 35 summary p. 21

   "What is thought to be the first shipment of asbestos products by airplane was made recently when J-M sent from New York City by airplane to Cheyenne, Wyo. four pairs of special asbestos boots to be used in fighting an oil fire at Cheyenne."

9. Nov. 1924, p. 45 summary p. 21

   Brake Lining Decree Reversed. "Our readers will be interested to know that a decree of the Court of Chancery, Trenton, NJ issued some time ago and directing the Asbestos Brake Company, the H.W. Johns-Manville Company and the Thermoid Rubber Company to render an accounting for royalties from the manufacturers of brake linings and brake bands, and upheld at the June term of the Court of Errors and Appeals, has recently (during the latter part of October) been reversed as the result of a reargument by the Court of Errors and Appeals." "It will be remembered that the proceedings were instituted by Milford C. Massie both individually and as trustee for the Brake Liners Company and Conrad Hubert, it being charged that both the Manville and Thermoid Companies refused or neglected to pay royalties specified in these agreements."