Pacific States Electric Company: Catalogue No. 17 (1915). Electrical Material, Construction Tools And Supplies [And Asbestos Interior Paneling!]

Los Angeles / Oakland / Portland / San Francisco / Seattle: Pacific States Electric Company, 1915. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Lxx, 1108 Pp. Green Cloth, White Lettering And Black Map Of Western U. S., Green Endpapers. Average Wear, Cover Lettering Bright And Complete, Spine Lettering Mostly Worn Away But Remaining Lettering And Blind-Stamping Still Readable, Hinges Tight. No Name Sor Marks Or Stains, Some Flecking Of Green Cloth Color Resulting A Lighter Green Spots. P. 174 Shows Their "J-M Transite Asbestos Wood Panels And Moldings, Office Partitions That Are Absolutely Fireproof And That Have A High Degree Of Sound-Deadening Properties Are Possible (Sic). It Can Also Be Made Into Fireproof Receptacles For Oily And Other Waste In Factories, For Filing Cabinets, Document Boxes For The Protection Of Valuable Papers, Etc." And, Doubtless, Simply Into Coffins. Available In Plain And Ebony Sheets. P. 175 Shows Other Asbestos Specialties Including Asbestos Braided Tubing (For Insulating Conductor Wires Of Arc Lamps And For Covering Electrical Wires), Asbestos Yarn (Doubtless For That Least-Favorite Aunt), J-M Niagrite Fireproof Cable Insulation Asbestos Listing Or Woven Tape (For Winding Armatures, Wrapping Small Electrical Wires, Etc.); "Heavy Listing, Both Commercially And Absolutely Pure, Is Used For Wrapping Heavy Cables In Power Plants And Underground Systems". Also, Their Fibroid Asbestos Paper Tape, "For Wrapping Both Magnet And Armature Wires."