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Copy: Dr. Graham Edgar f Dr B. A. Zehoe
, Mr, Harry Ealey Mr. T. 1 . Honan
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INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE<
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*"' ' "'I acknowledge with thanks receip t o f yeurxwartous le t t e r s la connexion5*
with S in c la ir 's 0rd<^ So. 48245, covering th eir, blamkst reqptrancats o f Fluid f e f
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" '* : :As w understand th e situ a tio n Sinol& irw ieb toiaak a ll t e lir e r le s o f '
dmm Fluld to Houston, using th is as a a ln tera ed ia ry p o in t, and then from that point
re<jaisition out carload shinmenta to Q offayvllle A rgentine, Parco, and Sand Springs,
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I t w u ld :;hf, Assumed, pf,,oourit that: tn^tbuld-thaa^hav :'-direct su perrisioa'
o f th refor^ardtag; and that our ksowledge-of theee/m ov^ents uould he s o le ly a fter
th e fa c t, %hn they;would rB<t th e d isp o sitliS L # f dnM &^eo^ir'Hdttit<itt'''tt8ilnal8
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survey a t *Hauston so:; that: w.jawy..hy.a^aoa^let.^ictur#;::Of.unloading' f a e i l lt i e s ,
arrangoaent o f railroad sid in g , s t o r e s apaae, e$o#,t which w-hlies is qu ite e sse n tia l
and, furthermor, which w heliey
fully.'d efeafels^ d^ ef^ we-agree to such;,,
a plan with -Sinclair^
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'A ccordingly, I ic>u|;d(sugge3t that-^peadisg th e .reoaipt o f atrepca,t from the
Tulsa o f f ic e , we continue shipxiattt^X oSinolair. u M e r t he .usual' plant that i s , whenever
there i s a shipment fo r any or'tK al^ d ireet p oin ts we he fam ished with :sp cific in - :;
f o m t l o r t v to^ d estin a tio n
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torth at ^'piftt in th e esust'esiary fasJiiaa* . ... , ;.<* . . .
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yitwa a reco rd .o f Sinclairs drum rg*ir<^eats,^ tvss& ly, w' do act f e e l th at ' f
f t is^n^eessary to deviate txem. oar pjs@fat p l a n . f h ^.eage seems t o he a step iii
the* wrbi^ d ife c tio a as i t e e r ta iiily jd.aee*'.#M f*#*'O ftd*ow -er'^^
what further beyond our control than as at p resen t. I f we shouia do anything, we
should attempt to make .a. ^ fisg e fo ); th...hotter- rath er th e for th e worse,
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The follow in g is ' am approximation o f drum shipments on an annual b a sis to
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This mesas approximately 13 earloads per year to Argentine, 19 to C offeyv i l l e , and 8 eaeh to Fareo and Send Spriiiga* Isn 't th is enough veins, with a l i t t l e more carefu l planning a th e part o f thus refin ery p ein ta , to warrant our continuing
to ship drums consigned d irest t o d estin a tio n , evm thcugh theyadght go v is Houston?
Furthermore, thoro to at le a s t eao h ost sa ilin g per week from Sinclair* Mareue Hook K efinery, m i p a rticu la rly durlugth &mmr sen, they average from two
to three* Sach host can handle ccroveaiOBtly a s forward deck stowage 38 drama which i s a su ffic ie n t quantity to allow at le a s t 44 drama to be consigned to any o f the inland
p o in ts as ca rlo a d ,'and the balance to Houston* The load on deck forward i s the most convenient bae&uae o f ship*s boom equipment* There i s , however, eft-d eck apace to accommodate add ition al 150 drums, the on ly condition to be observed is that a land boom
assist be availab le for unloading because th e a ft space i s not so equipped as Ship's equipment,but certa in ly th ere would be tim es shea th is additional space could be u tilis e d a s an emergency provided S in cla ir would be w illin g to supply th e necessary equipment a t th e ir term inal for proper unloading, or arrange for unloading at su ffic ie n t t id e le v e l where the drums could be r o lled from deck to shore*
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To repeat then, ones again, our opinion, we do not think we should take a atop In a backward d irectio n in regard to the handling o f drums, a s Sinclair* a new plan does not prsent as good a situ a tio n as the one which hue been in e ffe c t up to t h i s tim e, and secondly, in view o f th e ir volume o f b u sin ess, we think the proposed plan i s un necessary* !Furthsi^y, ..lip the'recording; f tb s d isp o sitio n o f a ll. our STHJL con
ta in ers and the p o licin g o f those with regard to th e ir proper return, our ark fo r th is business would bo doubled were w@ to us the proposed plan*
Also regardless o f what plan sight even tu ally be worked out for S in c la ir , I think m should incorporate i t s handling in lin e with th e recent report we aent you in regard to having a f u ll time inspector located, a t Houston, who would supervise the re
loading o f the drums in to box cars in the approved fash ion , supply th e necessary p la cards fo r th e in sid e usd outsid e o f the car in accordance with In tersta te Oooearee
Commission*a regu lation s and our own Medical Department r u les such as to what to do in case o f a s p ill in a or, th e n o tice to carrier sig n s, et*, With about fo rty to f i f t y cars out o f Houston for Sinclair* business alone a year, or nearly one car per week, there almost seems ju s tific a tio n fo r an inspector to be there for th is case alone end whoa w add to i t other shipments s s outlined in our previous report w are firm ly con vinced that m should take some action as soon as possible* This i s e n tir e ly to o much volume o f business to be moving around Houston without our d irect supervision*
sig h t add that have talked a t len gth with Dr* Echo on th question o f transportation supervisors to b located at Houston and Los ngeles and h concurs fu lly with our views and recosasodnotions as outlinod to yon*
I understand from y telethon conversation with you th at ws have more or le s s camaitted ourselves to S in cla ir fo r th new plan* I f agreeable to you, le t us withdraw our agreement u n til wo have t h i s m atter f u lly in v estig a ted and a b etter procedure
esta b lish ed , es I do not think we can afford to take say risks* la to futur p o licy cases o f th is kind, m y I suggest that a ll. p a rties concerned be g iv es th righ t o f *n expression o f opinion befor t o d e fin ite ly go in to any arrangements? please do cot ta t t h i s as any c r itic ism o f what has happhf*d in th past but merely as a view more con ducive o f betterin g our transportation situation *
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M eanwhile, wo hsw a shi-patsa* o f 66 d n rs s c le a r in g f r a M areas Hook on
T hursday and we would llk t a M t a fiait lia o - u p f a r t h e d is p o s it io n o f. tie s drus, p ossibly-consign in g 44: t o a n Inland. p o in t saft ttw* baiane t o H ouston, o r say o th e r d i r e c t d efin it eotisign& sat a s t i e cas m y repair, a l l dono i n a c c o r d a l a
w ith t h e p la n we haw been fo llo w in g t o t h i s tiase
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