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Et hyl (Ia soi.ixk Oor por at iox TOHOTTTO D m S I O N 302 Ba y St r e e t Toront o 2, Canada IN TE R -O FF IC E CORRESPONDENCE ' '' ' . ,, ."p - D r, R o b ert A. Kehoe, " , -= ^ :'v. ' f c " November 1 8 th .. 1937 Dear Dr, &ehoe:- We a p p r e c ia te y o u r l e t t e r o f Septem ber 2 4 t h . , c o v e rin g th e su b je c t of w ater contam inated w ith g a so lin e add would have re p lie d sooner but fo r the fa c t th a t due to th e reticen ce of the S h e ll O il Co. o f Canada, L td ., more d e ta ile d in fo rm a tio n has been slow in a rriv in g . : Our Mr. MacEwen g iv e s th e a d d itio n a l d e t a i l s : "At one o f t h e i r p la n ts one o f t h e i r p ip e s c a rry in g t h e i r r e g u la r g a s o lin e sprang a le a k and 200 g a llo n s o f g a s o lin e escap ed b e fo re th e le a k was n o tic e d . The w e ll i n q u e s t i o n i s some 300 f e e t from th e s p o t where th e le a k o c c u re d , b u t th e ground in between is sand, or quicksand, and ap p aren tly th e g aso lin e is slow ly seeping in to th e w e ll. They have a lre a d y pumped th e w e ll once, b u t a p p a re n tly as much g a so lin e has a g ain ru n i n , and th e y expect to have tro u b le w ith i t continuing to seep in fo r sane weeks. At the p re sen t tim e th ere i s about an inch and a h a lf of gasoline on top of the w ater. " I t i s n o t b ein g used f o r human consum ption a t th e p re sen t tim e, but is req u ired f o r th e farm c a t t l e , and th e question is i f th is w ill lik e ly cause poisoning of the c a ttle ." The g i s t o f y o u r l e t t e r h a s b een made known t o th e S h e ll O il Co. o f Canada, L td .' s D iv is io n Manager i n London, th e d i s t r i c t where th e d i f f i c u l t y o ccu rred , and he a p p e a rs.to appreciate the possible serious consequences. s v you. F u r th e r d ev elo p m en ts, i f any w i l l be made known t o Yours veTy t r u l y , >v 0/0 CC. t o Mr. Lew is. kf , vk;# . -:-> w