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LOCAL MAN STARTS . NEW MANUFACTURE AT UES MOINES'ft!H, S. Busby, Originator of Li-quid Asbestos, Opens Fac tory at Des Moineshe ! —Its A new company has been recently ay been formed at I♦**« Moines, of which so, H s Bu«by of this city Is president av and manager. The new iudustry i manufactures liquid asbestos, a pro*1 duet used for furnace and holler cov-ty erltijKs.| N. lv Fitch of Des Moines is vie#J ??•‘idnnt of the concern Mr Fitch l I* also owner of the Independent Paint Co, of lies Moines.The concern i« known ns the IT RF Manttfitc luring Co w ith teni|wrary offices at s uith West Fifth Ave. Ies Moines, and temporary factory j quarters at :t:t| South West Sixth Ave, ^ Though ti e trademarks are still in ■ the hands of the V s. Patent office nud have nut yet heeu released, theil l |of ] xt |at Iiin Ijl ; * tnj. o.y is operating on r big : marirln and large quantities of the it product ttre being shipped from the j factory at lies Moines daily.| The offices and factories of the con* [u corn have heeu moved to larger loca-I! tlons three times in the last six months eod the facilities for handling the business are now* twenty times ,f larger than they were at the starting it : of the manufacturing.Liquid asbestos is an insulator that ; may be applied with a brush, and ae-k cording to Mr, Busby, is absolutely •s waterproof and fireproof. The asbes-- low roek is ground and mixed with 11 seven ingredients, one of which is im-t- j ported from Brazil, and Mr Busby1 said Monday, tliat it lias never been *lt;i obtained from any other place in the w ' W'orld,;e The liquid Is sold in gallon cans.n six gallons to the ca*e. and besides e : white, is made in six different colors;J red, blue, green, orange, brown and , gray. The colors are permanent and d equally as attractive and lasting as* ; paint Mr Bushy said that t ie liquid d asbestos sells for practically the same e ; price as the asbestos paper, and can lie applied In about one-fifth the time i! ; that It takes to put on the paper.1.1 The new organization is being in-- J corporated and, according to Mr. Bus--, by. both common and preferred stockj will be sold, probably amounting to e about $lf»o,uuo.onii Besides a number of salesmen cov-1 ; ering territory all over the llnfted e States, the company now* employes■ ten persons, five in the factory and five In the office. Plana for erecting a new factory building w*ere outlined by Mr. Bushy The new* product is being shipped Into every state in the[ union., according to Mr Busby, and as high as 22 Inquiries and orders a 1 day are being received by the eom-f pa05'.! Furnace and Boiler manufacturers, jobbers and repairmen every-i where are becoming interested in the- new product,” Mr Busby *tated.“There has been no improvement in the past fifty years in Insulating fur*F naces and boilers, while manufactur-t ers have strived to improve their products in other ways,” be said, t Mr. Busby was In Washington over■ j the week end returning to Den Moines j Monday evening.Me has lived practically all of his Iffe In this community, having been associated with his father, r. M Btis-1 bv, in his factory here for many years He has been in the selling game for twenty year-, his last employers having been a Sew Rork furnace and ! boiler concernMr. Busby plans to move his family I to Des Moines about October first.If. S. ItII*by
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Washington Democrat Independent
Washington, Iowa, US
Thu, Aug 02, 1928
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