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F e b r u a r y 1 3 , 1914-1 Mr. L e st e r B. R o b er ta C a s i l l a de C o r r e o No. I 70 I4. Bu en os A ir e s A rgen tin a Dear L e s: ' I am se n d in g y ou h e r e w it h a b l u e p r i n t su p p l i e d t o me b y O sc ar L e w is, w h ich I t h in k may b e o f i n t e r e s t t o you fo r tw o r e a so n s. F i r s t , some r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f t h e Je r s e y com pan y a p p r o a c h e d Le w is some t im e a go an d ask ed h is ad v ice in con n ection w ith m ixin g o p e r at io n s o f la r ^ e volum e in So u th A m erica. Lew is in for m ed them t h a t an y a c t io n w ith r e sp e c t to su ch m ixin g b le n d s w ould h ave t o meet your ap p roval b efo re they cou ld be c ar r ie d ou t, but a f t e r som e d i s c u s s i o n w it h th em , an d a t t h e i r r e q u e s t , he p r o v id e d them w ith t h is d raw in g, w h ich a p p a r e n t ly s a t i s f i e d them and p le a se d them very much. I c a l l your atten tio n sp e c ific a lly to the p latform fo r th e storage o f drums an d th e s ix p la c e s equ ipped w ith f a c i l i t i e s fo r em ptyin g drums o f F lu id and w ash in g them o u t . T h is, o f c o u r se , was d e sign e d f o r th e p u r p ose o f e n a b lin g th e drums to be em ptied very r a p id ly in t o th e at o r age tan k from w h ich su b seq u en t m ixin g cou ld be c a r r ie d o u t . I t o c c u r s t o me t h a t y o u may h e a r d i r e c t l y o r i n d i r e c t l y fr om r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s o f t h e Je r s e y Compan y, f o r , i f my in for m atio n i s c o r r e c t , th ey were in t e r e st e d in t h is in con n ection w ith m ixin g o p e r at io n s a t Aruba. I doubt i f th ey w ould go ah ead w ith p la n s o f t h is type w ith ou t c o n su lt in g y o u , b u t i n an y c a se I t h in k you sh o u ld know t h a t t h e ir developm en t company i s in t e r e st e d in m ixin g equ ipm en t o f t h is ty p e in Sou th A m erica. My se c o n d r e a so n i s t h a t you may b e i n t e r e s t e d fo r o t h e r r e a so n s in th e a p p l ic a t i o n o f m ixin g equ ipm en t oh t h i s p r in c ip le in Sou th A m erica. Th ere a r e se v e r a l p o in t s a t w h ich la r g e q u a n t it ie s o f F l u id a r e h a n d le d , an d i t w ould seem t h a t e v e n t u a l l y c e r t a i n o t h e r p la c e s w ould d evelop m ixin g o p e r a t io n s o f su ch volum e a s to r e n d e r com plian ce w ith ou r r e g u la t io n s bn th e f r e qu en cy o f m ix in g, d i f f i c u l t o f p e r fo r m a n c e . M oreover, when a la r g e volum e o f g a so lin e i s to be m ixed a t one tim e, th e em ptyin g o f th e drum s b y th e r e l a t i v e l y slow p r o c e ss, may tak e su ch a p e r io d o f tim e a s to be u n du ly h azar d o u s. In 2 e it h e r o f t h e se sit u a t io n s, th at i s , e it h e r undue frequ en cy o f m ixin g or undue le n gt h o f tim e fo r a sin g le m ixin g o p e r a t io n , equ ipm en t o f t h is ge n e r a l ty p e w ould he advan t age o u s from an h y gie n ic p o in t o f view . I see no r e aso n why you sh ou ld n o t c o n sid e r th e u se o f su ch equ ip m en t, an d he p r e p a r e d t o in a u g u r a t e i t s u se i f an d when i t i s d e s i r a b l e . I am n o t su r e t h a t t h e p l a n , a s dr aw n u p h e r e , i s t h e b e s t f o r a l l p u r p o s e s . I am s u r e , i n an y c a s e , t h a t you w ould exam in e in t o th e w hole si t u a t i o n an d h ave p la n s drawn up in d e t a i l , w h ich w ould p r o v id e fo r a l l th e s p e c i f i c a t i o n s , e t c . You a r e a l r e a d y f a m i l i a r w it h m ix in g equipm en t o f t h is ty p e, and you can a lso o b t a in a ssist a n c e and in fo r m atio n a t an y tim e you d e sir e . Fo r y o u r own p r o t e c t i o n , you may w ish t o le a v e t h e a p p r o v a l, o f t h e u se o f t h i s eq u ip m en t a t sp e c ific p o in t s, to me. I do n ot n e c e ssa r ily u rge t h is. I m e r e ly sa y t h a t f o r y o u r own p r o t e c t i o n , y o u may w ish t o fo llo w th e p o lic y o f p u t t in g t h e se m at t e r s up t o me, i f and when t h e y a r i s e . I n an y c a s e , y o u w i l l w ish t o p r o v id e me w ith a l l th e in fo r m a t io n in ad v an ce. O th erw ise I sh o u ld l i k e you t o p r o v id e me w it h t h e I n fo r m a t io n a t a c o n v e n ie n t t im e , so t h a t I s h a l l know w h at I s g o i n g o n . My g e n e r a l fe e lin g I s t h a t th e u se o f m ixin g equipm en t o f t h is type sh ou ld be lim it e d t o s p e c ifi c sit u a t io n s, sin c e i t in v o lv e s d o u b le h a n d l i n g o f F l u i d . On t h e o t h e r h an d , I t h in k y ou can se e th e a d v a n t a g e s o f i t s u se when t h e r e i s a l a r g e volum e o f m ix in g t o he d on e, an d i t may be t h a t y o u w i l l w an t t o o b t ain equipm en t o f t h is type fo r c e r t a in p o in t s In th e n e a r fu t u r e . I n an y c a se you sh o u ld know w h at i s go in g on in th e m in ds o f you r cu st o m e r s, so as to be fu l l y p r e p ar e d t o m eet an y p r o p o sa ls w h ich t h e y may b r in g t o y ou r a t t e n t io n . Do n o t h e s i t a t e t o l e t me kn ow i f you w ant an y o th er In fo r m atio n oh t h is type o f equipm en t a t t h is tim e, or i f you w ish , do n ot h e sit a t e to ap p e al d ir e c t ly t o Lew is fo r In fo r m atio n and a ss ist a n c e . I am W ith k in d e st p e r so n a l r e g a r d s, C o r d ially y ou rs, "RAKiis R o b e r t A . Ke h o e , M.D. HE 0010Si