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Jiily 13th* 19/4. Mr. Oscar B. Losds, 2thyl Gasoline Carp., Chrysler Bldg., How York City, ll I , Dear Oncar:- On several tank cleaning Jobs last winter, treaerkious amounts of ice -.'ere found in ths bottoms of some of the leader gasoline tanks cleaned* In a few instances, this lea amounted to such tremendous proportions that it was just a physical impossibility to bury it all. In such cases, that portion of be iso resainieg above the ground was well covered with sand,and dikes were built all around it to prevent its flowing away when it melted. Yvar since the an weather, wo have been after Socony to make cer tain that all of these points were properly taken care of. As .-/out of them were abandoned bulk plants, the promises of which were kept locked, *e Colt that th-aro wss no real hazard, tut we did not want to take any chances. Last week, Oocony assigned Mr. Floyd ''bod, tho bast taifc cleaning foreman in the boston Division, bo do this work, and an assigned Mr. Moseley to accompany him* Just for the record, we are quoting herewith from Herb*0 report. MTha balance of the week was spent in company with %>od* With him, I visited five plants of 3ocoay which are listed below Iigther with the work performed a m the general conditions which wore found and as they are at present. *Westfield 1 Throe pits had been left open hut, as a generous amount of sand' had been strewn over the ice, at the tine of the cleaning, there was not any of the sludge or seals in evidence. As wa shoveled the top three tofour inches of sand and dirt into the bottom of the pita, all evidence ofthe sludge and scale wore removed and the balance of the earth filled in cue nolo to a o depth of about three foot. o> r- "Saltham Five pit-; had been left open, two of which vara very large and Wood CM stated that the pile of ice had been eight to tr-u foot in sight. All of this CM O material melted into tho pits and non* was found beyond tho bank of earth O surrounding too pits. Also "and had been applied to the top of the ice pile Ul to ^r go and no sludge or seals was exposed. Wo filled in the pits fo chat, rust, scale. .ni sludge is buried to a depth of some six feet* X rd rd "iryda Parks A. A. Lamb Company, a goneral contractor, has purchased this proper ty and tliroo of the five nits had been filled in woon this company graded tho - 2- July 13th, 1941 To Sr 0,. 3., Lowis, "Urooktoxi: Three simps were faun.; hers and the same general conditions existed as above in that no material taken from the tanks could ba seen on the ground haring been covered with sawdust unu sand* Kush, scale 5uin .other deposits were encountered just below the curfaeo ana this was shoveled into the hottea of the hole and covered with the balance of the earth* Iu one case, however, was a large. sump into which had '.soon pumped considerable exceedingly hoary oil which now presents about t v? sasae consistency as grease and .corns csaoline and surface water ore seen -.rhan the entire mass is stirred. Our efforts to cover this over was not success ful as when re filled in the sides, the center rose to ouch a height that it would overflow rmc when the enter was sanded the sides rose. It will, in all probability, be necessary to cover this several times as the material oxidises, otherwise anyone crossing this ground will sink waist-high to the bottom of the .run?* A- retaining m i l , approximately, 10 to 12 feet high surrounds the property during the lay the plant is in operation as a district office ana general " irch.nxse* Therefore, the oraneea of a trespasser becoming involved in falling into the sump are alight. "fall liver: Five pita liac. b.?n excavated lore and all had been filled in at tha bias tnat the tanks were cleaned. As this property has been sold we went in "over the fence" un-- when we spaded into the .ground, some evidence of rust and scale could be seen. We recovered. the area of the snaps with eax-Gh to a. depth of about nix inches, in the event that someone night easily uncover those tank deposits* *1 would say that nil of these locations are entirely m f a from our Company^ standpoint, with the exception of the one sumo in Brockton which I would sugye;.rb be followed again in about two ..aonbha time19 Very truly yours, MAT/H K ? 0022701