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/' / %51936 Mr* J* B* S chaefer Bthyl Gasoline Corporation Boar 688 Wilmington, Delaware Dear Mr* S chaeferI X. have., no r # | f r a tio n s as to my opinion on the s u b je c t s e t f o r t h in your l e t t e r of Ju ly 8th* I am d i s t i n c t l y o f th e opinion th a t F lu id storage tanks a t.th e re fin e rie s should' not be cleaned .. nor fre q u e n tly than i s a b so lu te ly n ec essary , and th a t when they a re cleaned* they should f i r s t be washed out * w ith gasoline* in g iv in g t h i s pinion I reco g n ise the very d e fin ite hazards associated with "carrying over son of th e sludge i n t o ,g a so lin e tanks where i t uiX^. be - d ep o sited m ainly on th e bottom*. '1 do n o t l i k e th is fe a tu re of th e procedure, b u t I see no way o f p reventing I t w ithout In c u rrin g ranch g re a te r dangers than, those produced by d ep o sitio n of sludge in the storage tanks*: . `She sludge which wo are speaking of here w ill be deposited only in re fin e ry tanks* I t w ill n o t be tran sp o rted fu rth e r in tank e a r s ' and i t w ill not accumulate, therefore*, in such tank cars or in bulk'storage tanks* o r in f i l l i n g s ta tio n tanks* &sr a consequence of this*, the hazard w ill s t i l l bo .confined to tho re fin e ry where*if tho preoautions required are properly taken, thoro should be no appreciable danger to refin ery personnel* In order to avoid th is more or le s s h y p o th etical danger* we should have t o .In crease th e r is k s accruing' to our tank c lea n in g group by a very la rg e increment* I am n o t In fa v o r o f such an in cre ase* The tank clean in g Job i s hazardous a t b est and i t should be kept a t the low est possible lev el both of frequency and of danger* 0000799 l a a conversation w ith Oscar Lewis y esterd ay morning* 1 fin d th a t we a re soon to g e t to g e th e r in my o f f ic e b efo re your t r i p West to d iscu ss many of th e m a tte rs o f im portance in r e la tio n to your tr ip * By th a t Ut he time I s h a ll have the new re g u la tio n s draws up and sin ce I have a lre a d y fin is h e d my study o f th e mlkhg r e p o r ts , I s h a ll be prepared to go in to a l l of th e d e ta ils w ith which I am fa m ilia r in r e la tio n to your trip * I th in k th is w ill b a r e a l ste p forw ard and I am g lad to know th a t you and Oscar a re tak in g th is means of c le a rin g up th e d if f ic u ltie s * % 2 i. Mr. J*. H .Schaefer 1 am sanding you -under se p a ra te j cover a volume in which a number of our papers have been co llected together fo r the sake of convenience, This is f o r your own p riv a te use* 1 should a p p re c ia te i t i f you would re tu rn terme the copy of the s e r ie s of s ix a r ti c l e s ' which appeared in the Jo u rn al o f I n d u s tr ia l Hygiene* Volume 15 * September 1933# in terch an g e f o r th is book which I am sending you. You need n o t re tu rn any of th e o th e r papers although i f you do n o t mind* 1 should be glad to have the a r t i c l e e n t i t l e d nM A p p raisal o f th e head Hasards A ssociated w ith the- D is trib u tio n and Use o f Gasoline Containing T etra eth y l Lead,. P a rt I My supply o f the s e t o f sise a r t i c l e s andi of th is l a s t mentioned one is alm o st exhausted* and sin ce th ere IIs a continuous demand f o r thse a rtic le s * . X am try in g to g e t as many o f them back as 1 can. " ' ,.j . With k in d e s t p erson al regards* /j S incerely yours * . H A K lS RoHerE^TTeB^jrtTTn. k e oiffiosoo X< IN T E R -O F F IC E CORRESPONDENCE Et h y l ' Ga s o l i n e Copy: D r. R. a . Kehoe ,7 Co r p o r a t i o n M a n u f a c t u r in g a n x >T r a f f i c D e pa r t m e n t MAIL. ADDRESS*. BOX 8 8 , W ILM IN G T O N , DEL. FREIGHT ADDRESS; CARNEY' S POINT* N. J. TELEPHONE: PENNSGROVE, N. J. 2 8 0 , EXTENSION 213 -July 8 , 1936 Dr r' Graham _S dgar,. S e a r Graham: I acknowledge with, thanks r e c e ip t o f your l e t t e r o f J u ly 3 in r e fe r e n c e t o fixe re tu r n o f empty cans from a g e n ts m o u se thae m a teria l fo r blending w ith g a so lin e fo r ra cin g purposes, iile I r e g r e t to n o te th a t our raeommendati ons have n o t b een aacep ted j, n e v e r t h e l e s s we l a y s no a lte r n a tiv e but th at to carry out your in stru ctio n s to the e ffe c t that th ese agente, m ist return the cans. to us. " - T h e r e fo r e ,, i f you w i l l . k i n d l y f u r n is h me with t h e nan and a d d r e s s o f t h e a g e n t whoa I ander- stand has bees given th e, con tract in p la ce o f Louis :'oys I w i l l b e ,g la d to w rite, b oth him and Ambler Brotvxers co m p la ta /'i n s t r u c t i o n s w ith r e g a r d t o th e r e t uZiZl o f ,empty\,eans>. VeryF t r u l y y o u r s , J . H. Schaefer a :S HE 0000801 Copy: - Dr-Grahm rl 5agr H. A . Kehoe E t h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r p o r a t i o n a M a n u f a c t i t h i n q AND T RA FFI C DEPA RTM ENT IN T E R fO F F IC E c o r r espo n d en c e M AIL ADDRESS! BOX 6SS. W ILMINGTON. DEL. FREIGHT AD D R ESS; CARNEY'S POINT. N. J. TELEPHO NE; PENNSGROVE, N. J. 2SQ. EXTENSION 213 J u ly 3 , 1936 2ess3?3.rJs D. and W. 3 . A mblor, Jr * A uto .E n g in e e r in g & IM sM as, Gcaniaay, la o * 9 0 0 -1 6 Genaantown' Avenue , /'P h ilad elp h ia, Pai CJentleiaea; A yfcdar f la t s o f June 23 we w ro te <you r e q u e s t in g t h a t em pty SJH2L F lu id c a n s sh o u ld n o t S ^ r a t u m s d t o t h e p l a n t . !l l l l you p ir n s d is r e g a r d t h i s p r e v io u s \\> 5 - eosK E inication and f o llo w th e ia s t n ie t ^ o a s th a t have 'been '% given h eretofore by our '. ' s ' N 's o f f i bm X'\_ M eanwhile, s h a ll forward you in. th e aaar'>fiit^re a s e t o f in str u c tio n s on th e proper h an d lin g o f theseT ean a b e fo re t h e ir "return. ' . ' -) ) Tory t r u l y y o u r s , J K . Schaef er ;3,u m KE 00,00802 080000 3 SOHHH 5HHS0H 4H