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Fry 2nd, 1942
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hr, Harry buho Seattle, bash,
Weekly Letter!lay 2nd, 1942 by; John 3. Colo,
Dear Harry:
following is a roport or'vy activities for the w o k ending Hay 2nd, 1942
bbun-lard Oil Jo, of Indiana., Caspar, yo,
I v:as present; at this rofinery this week to observe tiio dismantling of Dairies bos, 97 and 98 which -were recently cleaned for tide purpose. 5io work proooadad without inoidont end both tanka ware conplotoly uisnamtlod end the shoots stacked in piles* bnooietl attention vms paid to dotondno vfhetber or not there v/as any oxoessiv amount of dust liboratod during ths- ousting of the rivets, and to dotorai-os whether or not any :tutorial was loose in the overlap of t! o plates,
I could dotamino no evidence of dust n't any tins and bho overlap of the plates m s perfectly alotm*
I also delivered a copy of the n>v? A?l T&nkoleaning frocoadtiro to -hr, Cotton, dupt, of bids rafinory and ho requested that hr, Osborn, dafoty director and myself hold a bafoty i-ootiag for thus Fororaon of this refinery and discuss this paper in. dat&il,
A .ooting as held and the following were present j
]3oyi O3born, Safety director hick lowlands Asst* Idastor l^olumic hay Coakling, Asst, Cupt, Phil cyan, dofinery Foronaa John ArbuoStJe, Construction Foreman
It m s decided after tho meeting that ail personnel of this refinery connected in any my with tcnkoloening aiiould road the Jafoty Jept, copy of this bulletin end initial sane, All shoso present advised t at t * subjects discussed at the mooting would be disoussod further with all tankoloaning personas! at future dopartmont&l m s tings,
hr. O.-ixjm also advised that ho `, w g->ing to write rr, Jnith, of their Chicago Offioo, stating that tits mousing had boon hold,
.eakly Lottar-Uay And, 1343. Cont, By; John 3 loia
J: Texas Co,, Gasper, hyo.
This refinery vraa oont&otod for the pv.u*poua -T nuking a regular au&rtsrly Ins ;motion of their 3150 TO installation and sano has boon rondorod in fno regular :mnnor*
It v/as brought to isy attention that the To, 3 valva could not bo operated without tho usa of a -raronoli. In vio-w of t is I rooamended to the maui&gomant teat a nevi valve stem roplaesnasnt bo ordered. Hr, beali. Asst, bunt, statai that he would order same imacdiatoly and upon receipt of gar would advls iaa so that roplaoeraoat could, bo nads,
I also lo a m a d t-&t .4'* lioyes, Operating forcete bad just returned fron (Gioir Galoot (hyo,) f.ofinery and tins refinery would go in operation on the first of iny, having been shut down all -winter I -.ri still -..'aiting word from Hr. Chefstead, hupt. of toyir Craig, Gole refinery regarding trsnaohipjaont of ft 10GD of fluid from that point
to Galant,
I -also learned that the recant floods in Colorado
!xad m d o it iiipossablo to ship any products from the Craig hefinery and all
coints in Colorado sro at prosont being 1andled by oho Gasper h.ofinory, fids was milto satisfactory to the Gasper refinery as choir trnkago was practically fall and they wore almost faced with a shutdown duo to the inability of shipping out their finished products.
Continental Oil Go,, Glenrook, -.yo.
This refinery -fas oonfcaotod for t':o nurnoso of looking a regular guartorly inspection of their 425G TC installation as 7 / 0 11 as an jbvt'iority-*an Contact, Both of these reports isivo b en rendesdd in the regular manor,
I night mention that all work at this refinery is going at fever heat trying to get everything in readiness for the expected visit of Dsn boron, sometime between hay Ibth and CGth.
100 Qctsno Aviation -lont for h.yoming
hy contacts at the major refineries regarding this . proposed plant disclosed not hin;; further than that .*,0,Indiana, Texas,
Gosony Vacuum and Continental hod a joint m b ting in Cldcs.,go, 111, regarding this on April ISth* It is tsp under3teJiding that a plant '.nil loo built in Gasper with all of the above refiners furnishing the necessary products or els one will be built in Ghoyenn, Gyo, (frontier Gfg,) and tkoy 'rill receive products from .the above mntionod rofinors. As soon as anything definite is learned regarding t -ds plant I will adviso, ;o that vie can taka- stops towards 'getting tbo zioeeasayy blending plant equipment,
-yoming houtino Camples
In view of the fact that fits "ridgos, field Acprosantativa for this territory was in Detroit, the ropilar routine samples for .ycaing woro pickod up and forwarded to our Kansas City "aboratory.
fajo 5. Qf?kiy lusfeor-yayCnd, 1042. Cant, I'y: Jolui Colo*
.Jbdng flunt Inspootions
Coicas Co., Cuspar, ..yo# 9250 ?C Oontinsnt&l vil So#, Clsnrock, yo# 4250 3#
y rooord indica-feo ths-t ail iuopoofeions do i avo nov/
boen rondorod vsith bo oscoption of fecas Co, at Calpet, .yo# 2hia rofinary
has beon siarfe cnm all vdater and afe prcsanfe 1 oa amiting vsord ragarding fel-.a fe?
feranoBVtssanfe of 10 CD oi' fluid fresa ibxos-Craig dolo# to this poinfc and ai; tho tina fehis is aad na inspootion '&11 bo nado o' thoir ITfCD ?lrjcvfe# Aufehority and dotificafeion Arca Oontaofcs Gtandard Cil Co# of Indiana, lossrs Cotto and Conklag, Cacnor, yo, Ifexas Co# :.:ossrs ATil3cing and *'oall, Caspsr# Ayo. Conbinsnfenl ol Co# Aosar dansay ruad iimaird, 0-lunrook, .yo# (.icport)
Ay records xndicafco fchat all Cont&ot/ deporte tr.at
ara do havo no*.? m an rondorad# I Cave oaly tvwu noro to m k o or tho
flrst hal of 1942# Ar# -iankin-SVontisr Afg* Choyanna# .yo# is nofe do \mtil Aay and this m i l bo nado and renderod noxfc -.cok# .r# C-reomiood-Toxas Co#, Calpot, .yo, le do in Cuno and t ila vi 11 bu nado and rondored afe t:ua tino of ufo Aranas fipnont of fluid fron tr.oir Or&ig Colo ffy. feo tibio nointi.
Tor:/ truly yours#
John i# Colo#
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