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E G Ct hyl a so l ine o r po r at io n CG Dr EU A. Kenc
Ma n u f a c t u r in g a nd Tr a f f ic De pa r t me n t
J. H. SCHAEFER, MOR. A. P. STOVER ASST, MGR. E. J. GRESSL1N. TRAFFIC MGR
PLEASE ADDRESS REPLY TO;- CHRYSLER BUILDING 405 LEXINGTON AVE., NEW YORK CITY
August 5, XS39
a^iorandus* to* 1st E. J* Grossiin
The fallowing is a excerpt fro Mr* 0 B. Lewis* letter of July 28 written fre the 'lest Coast where he. is aw making an inspeetion of sons of our activitiest
"Oft Sunday and Monday, Looher end V 'nA 19 Wilmington to eupenrtee
drum shipments for Seaside and Olympic* i`he
continuously given shipping
people and local hanulers urns very evident and I uh^nh^iir, Schaefer would be
pleased* As in all ths& procedures, 1i^tia T & r e r o a p in. In this
instance, they handle the drama, two
they us round steel hoops
covered with rapsj no hoop slips o?|2y'd(3 of a drumand they seemvery
securely held* Looher tails sm the am vim & m & ng plant has a description and
pictures of this method of handlta^irSjut Buw&s^hhell might heck with John
Schaefer on this* da- drerafoaek.
.tw at a time .at filmington, where
they do it wall, is that they
at other ports and thus break down
the ruleof handling only one drusNtN^iii* Looher has revived our old idea.
...of shipping in larger dontFSBbrR'i centojjanr to he lowered from ship to truck,
to* I told fa;mthe difi'/csQSilos. but he wishes to write a. report on the ad
vantages, so Xtold his io\toS&b^^si '
la general, s l r i t o he handled reasonably well on the West Coast, but l amsurprised to not that in the ineteaoea cited by Mr* Lewis that drums were bandied two at-a time in unloading by the steamship,company*1 think It would he well to have Mr* Armstrong contact the line in question and repeat our instructions that for both loading and unloading drums only on should'be handled at a time by methods approved by him*
1 (pits agree with Mr* Lewis* eojardoats that while it would appear -that two-at-a-tiae handling' seems to be managed reasonably well under these particular circumstances, it erecttoa a precedent which would interfere with our insistence of handling only oftat &time.
You might also ;wish to writ to Mr* Locher, c/o Mr* fflagner'e office on ih test Coast on this natter* Please let me have copies of your corres pondence*
J* H* Schaefer a dxm
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