Conwed (Wood Conversion Company) Purchase Orders, Shipping Papers and Telegrams for Union Carbide High-Purity Asbestos Pellets from King City (1967)

Ten pages of 1967 paperwork for two Conwed (Wood Conversion Company) orders of 'Asbestos, High Purity, Pellets, in bags' from Union Carbide at King City, California, at $100.00 per ton. The set contains the purchase orders (nos. 66800 and 74322), notices of shipment, a packing list, bills of lading, an order acknowledgment, and telegrams asking Union Carbide for the rail car number. Each shipment was 120,000 lbs in 20,000-lb lots shipped FOB King City to Cloquet, Minnesota.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Conwed/Wood Conversion Company purchase order 66800 to Union Carbide, April 6, 1967, for one 60-ton car of high-purity asbestos pellets at $100.00 per ton, with handwritten shipment notations
• Page 2: Union Carbide Plastics Division notice of shipment, shipped 4-18-67, 120,000 lbs asbestos HI purity pellets, B&O car 299695, FOB King City
• Page 3: Union Carbide packing list for the same April 1967 shipment
• Page 4: Straight bill of lading, Southern Pacific, King City (Welby), April 1967, 400 bags of asbestos pellets to Wood Conversion Co., Cloquet, Minnesota
• Page 5: Telegram of April 20, 1967 from Wood Conversion (WE Walsh) to Union Carbide, Attn Bert K. Barton, asking for the wire car number on PO 66800
• Page 6: Conwed purchase order 74322, Nov. 24, 1967, to Union Carbide Chemical & Plastics Div. for high-purity asbestos pellets in bags at $100.00 per ton
• Page 7: Union Carbide Chemicals and Plastics acknowledgment of the order, 11/27/67, 120,000 lbs asbestos HPP at $100 per net ton, FOB King City
• Page 8: Union Carbide notice of shipment, shipped 12-1-67, 120,000 lbs asbestos HPP to Conwed Corp., Cloquet, Minnesota
• Page 9: Straight bill of lading, Southern Pacific, King City (Welby), Dec. 1, 1967, 2400 bags of asbestos pellets to Conwed Corp.
• Page 10: Telegram of Dec. 4, 1967 from Conwed (WE Walsh) to Union Carbide Chemical & Plastics Div. asking for the wire car number on PO 74322, marked urgent

People and organizations

From Wood Conversion Company (Conwed) (purchaser; issued purchase orders 66800 and 74322); WE WALSH (sender of the telegrams to Union Carbide, signed for Conwed) to Bert K. Barton (Union Carbide Corporation, Mining and Metals Div. (later Chemical & Plastics Div.)).

• W. E. Walsh (author)
• Bert K. Barton (recipient)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Conwed Corporation (named)
• Plastics Division (named)
• Southern Pacific (named)
• Wood Conversion Company (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · California Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Minnesota Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-5230 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 10 pages. Production numbers 074393 to 074395.