R. B. Davis to Albert S. Gray on the Raybestos Division's New Roto-Clone Dust Collector (1941)

A one-page letter of June 24, 1941, from the general manager of the Raybestos Division of Raybestos-Manhattan (R. B. Davis) to Dr. Albert S. Gray of the Connecticut State Department of Health in Hartford. Davis wrote that the division had "just installed a new Roto-Clone dust collecting system for our new building" and invited Gray to visit, or to send "your Mr. Postman," who was "more or less familiar with our aims here." He added: "It is our desire to make Raybestos one of the best operated plants in the state."

What it shows

The Raybestos Division at Stratford, Connecticut, was in regular contact with the state health department's occupational disease bureau, and its industrial hygiene engineer, B. F. Postman, knew the plant. Here the company invited the state to see new dust control equipment. The letter does not say what the dust levels were before or after.

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's attorneys indexed the Sumner Simpson Papers. Their index describes this document as follows:

Informs new Roto-Clone dust collection system has been installed in plant. Suggests representative of health department come observe this improvement. Expresses desire to make Raybestos one of the best operated plants in the state.

About this copy

This is document 04652 of the Sumner Simpson Papers, as numbered in the collection's index.