Decorah public opinion., 1923-02-07
J.K. SHAW OFFICER
IN BIG INDUSTRY!

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TO allow us to increase our plant
as rapidly as desired. The various
( markets for Celotex are so tre-
/ mendous that our one problem is iA-
creased production.
100000 Feet Per Day
"Our plant is now producing 100,-
900 feet of CeloteX lumber per day.
Three new units which are now be-
ing added will increase our facilities
50 that by July we will be produc-
ing 100000 feet per day, and by the
first of next year, over 100000 feet
! per day.
/ while the general offices of the
/ company are in Chicago, many of
the principal stockholders and di-
rectors are prominent st. Louis cap
! italiSts and business men.
THE president of the company is
/ b. G. Dahlberg, well known paper
| and lumber man, who has been
prominently connected with similar
industries for many years. Associ-
ated with him i'm the management
Z Of the company, are c. F. Dahlbere
t. f. Dahlberg, r. B. Munroa, Carl
I Muench and myself We have had
| many years experience in the fibre
industry, and believe that we now
/ have the basis for one of the largest
/ industries i'm the country"
"The present plant which is op-
Grating night and day, stands in the
rather unique position of having
sold and contracted for its entire
output, at the present rate of pro-
! duction for the year 1928"
! Statistics of southern cane grow
! ing states disclose that available
/ bagasse in the United States and
! Cuba is sufficient to produce 25,-
100000 feet of CeloteX lumber each
/ day of the year. This bagasse is
| the longest and strongest fibre
/ known to the world that is suitable
/ for manufacture into lumber. This
same lumber is water and vermin
| proof, and is not subject to decay
| or deterioration. 1t is absolutely
sterile and because of that fact is
adapted TO many uses in which lum-
! beIS due to sap and fungus growth,
! is impractical. When used in,
boxes and in building construction,
/ CeloteX has many times the strength
I of ordinary lumber. 1t also COM
I bines great strength with extreme
| lightness, and has an insulation
value equal to that of cork board.
/ 1t absorbs the transmission of
/ sound to such a degree that it is
rated as one of the best sound-dead-
ening materials known to the build
! ing material world.
l.
ordinary lumber. 1t can be sawed,
nailed, planed and sanded, and is.
used in the building of homes i'm
! place of wood sheating, rough
! flooring, Sound-deadening material,
roof insulation and as a plaster and
stucco base. The board is also used
very extensively for interior decora-
! tive purposes, and is well adapted
to this since it can be painted or
veneered upon.
Used in Refrigerator Cars
In refrigerator car insulation, it
is rapidly, taking the place Of hair
felt and other quilt forms of insula-
tion for the reason that where Cello
tex is used, the car is lightened and
strengthened as less lumber is re-
quired in construction.
In the box industry more than 30,-
600 feet is used daily by shippers.
The CeloteX boxes are lighter than
wood boxes and are dust and water
proof. The savings in freight as a
weighs less than one-half that of a
wooden box, and is much stronger.
| The boxes are well suited in shipping
I ma ok. al l. .
orator companies are now using Cello
tex in large quantities. One of the
1 largest manufacturing companies in
the United States, located at Grand
/ Rapids, Mich, recently developed a
combination of ply metal, wood
: veneer and Celotex that en-
ables them to furnish a practically
complete refrigerator in sheet form,
which can be folded into a complete
refrigerator box at any assembling
plant 1t is predicted that this de-
velopment will revolutionize the re-
/ frlgerator industry, as it allows the
manufacturer of refrigerators to
1 convert enormously expensive manu-
featuring plants into mere assem-
bling stations. The weight of this
new type of refrigerator is little
more than one-half that of the usual
household refrigerator.
Automobile body manufacturers,
after extensive investigation and ex-
periments found that Celotex is suit
ed for use as tops for inclosed cars.
An eastern company manufacturing
truck bodies TO be used in the trans
portation of ice and ice cream re-
Gently began the use of Celotex in
stead of lumber in the construction
of their bodies.
The Du Pont Company, it was
disclosed by Shaw, used more than
one-half million feet of Celotex in
the construction of the roofs of their
new silk mills at Buffalo, N. Y.
ONeil Ryan, a son of former
Circuit Judge O'Neil Ryan and well
known among the younger st. Louis
business men, is connected with the
company and returned last week
from New Orleans, where he made
a survey of the plant
'While at the mill ] saw four and
one-half miles of finished lumber