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; * / Copy: Dr. W. F. Mach ie y I N T ER- OFFI CE CO RRESPO N D EN CE E t h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r p o r a t i o n M a n u f a c t u r in g Depa r t m en t M AI L AD RESS: BO X 6 8 8 . W I LMI NGTON, D EL. FREI GH T AD D RESS: CA RN EY' S POI NT N . J. T ELEPH O N E; PEN N S GROVE, N J . 2 8 0 , EXT ENSI ON 213 February 2, 1934 H r. D. Y. Rosen feld Mech anical En gin eer Gen eral American Yank Car Coip o r a t io n ? . 0 . Box 532 Sh ar on , P a* Dear Mr. Rosen feld; We ackn ow ledge w it h th an ks, r e c e ip t o f you r l e t t e r o f Jan u ar y 2 9, in r e f o r e a se t o tan ks r e c e n t ly removed from c a r s SM X-806 an d EBAX-607. S' ' We ar e p le ase d t o n ote t h at xth er e i s ap p ar en t ly no ser iou s e ffe c t s to the EKj.p/'whp'was exposed t o the fu se s o f th e in terior tank. ^ <\ ) j * \ Tie b e lie v e ,- if you w 'iUNfbH ow t i e p r o ced u r e o u t lin e d by me, over the ph on e/ ypu 'sh ou ld ru n in t o no more d i f f i c u l t i e s . \ x \\ ' As f a r a s sI b ah ,.se e , t h e r e c e r t a i n l y sh ou ld b e no b ad r e s u l t from th e u se ^ e f t h e ss't a n lm / fb r c h lo r in e se r v i e e , in asm uch a s an y sm a ll t r a c e s o f or gan fe le a d r e e l dues sh ould b e com pletely d est r oy ed b y c h lo r in e . Yours ver y t r u ly , ETHYL Q&SGLUJE CORPORATION JBS:S J . H. Sch aefer KE 0000751 G3NERAL AMERICAN TANK CAR CORPORATION P . 0 . Box 532, Sh ar on , P a * Jan u aiy 29t h , 1934 M r. J . H. Sc h a e fe r , Manager M an ufacturin g Department Et h y l G aso lin e Coip o r at io n Box 688 W ilmington, D el. Dear Mr. Sch ae fe r : SUBJECT: B.O . 3726 Our 'ph on e t a l k t o d a y , r e l a t i v e t an k s removed from your c a r s EBAY 606 and 607, which we h ave on h an d* I t o ld you o f the r e p o r t which Mr. Be ld in g gave u s, r e ga r d in g you r st e am in g t h e se t an k s and t e s t i n g them fo r t r a c e s o f le a d b e fo r e t h ey w ere sh ip p e d t o Sh aron , and ac co r d in g t o Mr. Be ld in g we w ere a b so lu t e ly sa fe in sen d in g ou r men in t o t h e se t an k s to do an y t h in g we w an t w it h them. In p r e p ar in g one o f -these t an k s I e x p la in e d t o you th e e f f e c t which th e exposu re had on one o f our men, which c o n sist e d of a bu rn in g se n sat io n th r ou gh ou t h is pulm on ary t r a c t c l e a r down t o th e bottom o f h is lu n gs, a l s o t h e in c r e a se d h e a r t b e a t . Th is man, o f c o u r se , was n ot in th e tan k v e r y lo n g an d a f t e r an h our or so claim ed h e f e l t a l l r i g h t . However, we s h a l l ob ser v e him d u r in g t h e n ext two o r t h r e e d a y s, by which tim e we s h a l l e xp e ct you r ph one c a l l fo r a r e p o r t o f h is c o n d it io n . In th e m ean tim e, we sh a l l a ga in st eam t h e t an k t h or ou gh ly fo r t h e n ext two days b e fo r e se n d in g an o t h e r man down; th e o t h e r man t o be d r e sse d a s p e r your a d v ic e s and a l l c lo t h in g d isc a r d e d a f t e r e xp o su r e . The f i r s t man m en tion ed, h owever, w ill n o t be exposed a ga in . The t an k , when com pleted , w i l l go in t o ch lo r in e s e r v i c e . Sh ould l i k e t o h ave your comments on t h i s . Yours ver y t r u ly , GENERAL AMERICAN TANK CAR CORPORATION Sign ed : D. T . R osen feld Mechanical En gin eer DTR:EH X 0000752