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stopped other building little or no damage. Townsend A.H. Hooker. E. H Hooker and Willard Hooker Marsh Lansing Rowland here. My suggestion is to use Bakelite. Asbestos paper with very little solid A as diaphragm then heat so as to make porous or heat with acid and incorporate soluble pulverized materials so as to insure porosity. I intend to utilize this opportunity to instruct Riley in Yonkers in all uses of Bakelite. Busy at plant all day Evening supper at Clifton hotel with insurance men. Jolly evening went to bed about 11 P.M and slept well.
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June 3. [[underline]] Townsend [[/underline]] tells me wants to take $15000 stock in Bakelite Co. and to reserve him as much as that  All morning tedious slow discussion on construction problem.  Hand lunch at 2 [[underline superscript]] 15 [[/underline /superscript]] P.M Then [[concerted?]] conference. I have much trouble not to fall asleep.  Continued all afternoon. At 7.P.M they tell me ^[[insurance]] [[?]] adjusters have accepted our terms.  Supper at Clifton. [[Gruff?]] there.  Elon Hooker had to hurry away to New York Played billiards with the other gentlemen of the Company
June 4.  Beautiful sunny weather. Took Breakfast with Townsend and Marsh then went to works. There in accordance with