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Copy: Dr. Graham Edgar /D r . R. A. Kehoe . ' Mr. J . C. Gonzalez. E t h y l Ga s o l i n e Co r p o r a t i o n Ma n u f a c t u r in g D e p a r t m e n t I N T ER- O FFI CE CO RRESPO N D EN CE Mr* 0* B. Lewis, i . . -. MAI L. AD D RESS: BO X 6 8 8 , W I LMI NGTON, D EL. FREI GH T A D D RESS: CA RN EY'S POI NT. N. J. T ELEPH O N E; PEN N SGRO V E, N. J. 2 8 0 . EXT EN SI O N 213 ' Jhne 29* 1936 _ ,j " :-'v- ; . ' Dear Osean ; > Se here had many conversations with Ju lian Gonzalez, Harry Mack, y o u rself, and some o f the f ie ld man with regard to cleaning sludge from hulk m ixing in sta lla tio n s* n o th in g d e fin ite seems to hare been done on th is subject and we a re, th erefore, w riting to you to review the sta tu s o f the situ a tio n r e la tiv e to seme d irect e f f ort/b ein g made to g et the work under way, or a t le a s t to earn to seme oonolusion^as to what we should do. X understood from E llis Jones thafcxSoeony Vacuum were considering moving th e ir Sp rin gfield hulk i^atal^lationt xuhieh has been clean edand i s not in u se, to th e ir Paulsboro r e finoeey. \ 1 b aliW e they are considering the in s ta lla tio a at Paulsboro fo r an Ayiatibn bulk in s ta lla tio n and at t s same tim e o f coure continue th e use o f th e ir a$ her bulk in s ta lla tio n for th e ir regular motor fu e l req u lv ea ^ te^ iN im ntion^K to Jones th at i f th e dism antling and re moval were done i t should ^jtkuh^er t i e supervision o f lew Barnum. A ll lin e s and equipment should he d isop h ^ eted and blanked before shipment to Paulsboro i s to be made and^he ntiW ^bejBdure i s to be in a sco rd a n eew ith th at used a t the plant under sim ila r conditions* C\ 3 V. Both youvahd/juXian Gonzalez have discussed with us the question o f th e introduction o f &Loe?i& to th e Texas Company's Bayonne in s ta lla tio n and a t the same tim e consider the p o s s ib ilit ie s o f cleaning th e tank* We think Lew Barnum should go to Bayonne and examine the tank* I f i t doesn't need cleaning he can aid in the introduction o f glycerin* On th e other hand, i f th ere i s sludge presen t, our truck should go there f i r s t , clean up the In sta lla tio n , and then at some la te r convenient time th e g ly cerin introduced* We have received a communication from Harry Mack saying that the Cleves in s ta lla tio n o f th e Gulf Company in s is t that th eir task be cleaned as soon as possible* Phis situ a tio n has been known for some tim e but for acme reason or another in d e fin ite ly postponed and undoubtedly same d e fin ite action should be considered promptly. . I s a lso have word from Harry Mack that Standard o f Kentucky a t L o u isv ille , have discontinued th e use o f th e ir bulk In sta lla tio n and th at there i s supposedly Fluid remaining in th e tank* I t has been suggested that th e m aterial he removed and salvaged and th e tank put in such a condition that i t can he kept id le under th e most favorable sa fo ty p o sitio n . We agree to th is as i t i s our b e lie f that i f an in s ta lla tio n i s not in use and th ere is n 't ranch chance that it w ill he i t i s c er ta in ly much safer to remove Fluid and g et i t hack in to the plant rather than allow i t to remain at the refin ery where there is a p o s s ib ility that some trouble may occur* S180000 3>t ;1 - 2- Mr, 0 3 . Lewis Jua 29, 193S T here i s a s im ila r s itu a tio n , I u n d erstan d , from Roy G o lts , eonesraiB g th e ValTolin p la n t a t g a st B utler# - They have a 1000-galloa in s ta lla tio n and t o v h ic h we have no re c o rd o f shipm ent b u t 1 u n d e rsta n d drums have been borrowed from o th e r r e f in e r ie s and th e in s ta lla tio n e e tu a liy used# I f i t i s a fa c t th a t . 7 slv o lin w i l l no lo n g e r us t h o i n s t a l l a t i o n th e ft h e r e to o we sh o u ld remove t h e F luid and pat' th e p la n t in such a shape th a t i t w ill assure safe idleness# Sfe h a re a ls o re c e iv e d word fro si you end o th e r s re g a rd in g t h e s i t u a t i o n a t th e G lobe O il and R e fin in g Company' s p la n t a t Leesoat, I l l i n o i s , w here t h e r e i s an a lle g e d amount of slu d g e upward to 1700 pounds# ih il th e re i s so a c tu a l tro u b le a t th e sscsumt, i t sa y be n e ce ssa ry to c le a n th e ta n k to prevent a m ajor shut-down because o f d i f f i c u l t i e s from slu d g e t o b e encountered l a t e r oa# A lso , wo hsv re c e iv e d a l e t t e r from Tom Rouaa s t a t i n g t h a t L o reco ' s . p la n t a t S h re v e p o rt i n d i c a t e s e s c s a lv e s lu d g e accum ulation# If tr o u b l e .has b ees re p o rte d a s t o p e ra tio n b u t we sight a t l e a s t make m issp eefciea o f th e s itu a tio n # P e rh a p s c o n ta c t by one o f your f i e l d men would, b e p r e f e r a b le a t l e a s t a t th e s t a r t and th en based on h is coaneats.w co u ld a r r iv e a t a d e e islo a as to w hether o r n o t i t would be a c c e s s a r y f o r Lew t o go down th e re # ^ 1 would su g g e s t th e a a su fe te r o f p r o c e d u r e - th a t you c o n ta c t your v a rio u s f i e l d p eo p le to confirm thee cases aad A c r e i t l a a e e e sa a ry make d e f i n i t e arraagesscatft. s o t h a t Lew Barrsu, o sa go t o th e r e f i n e r i e s sad sa k e th e in s p e c tio n w ith a f i e l d re p re s e n t a t i vo ?iho I s f a m i l i a r w ith t h e r a f i a r y l a q u e s tio n . A f te r Lew* in s p e c tio n t r i p we can th e n d e f i n i t e l y s e t up a s a c t u a l sc h e d u le and go t o work. There also ssay he other plant which are being discontinued, s should dotami t h is and mk# fiwsagesaeots t o clean out the rea&iaiag F luid. Tau s ig h t, therefore, make inq uiries among your fie ld a t o dot ermine i f there aro other points which probably caa be covered by Low oa M s ino poetica tour# Will you please-1st us k&m about all of this as soon as possible# Very truly yours, Jm II. Schaefer ktS ! ATTENTION - D r. Kehoe: I am assum ing t h a t you a g re e w ith o u r view s t h a t d i s continued p la n ts should be removed and put in as good a c o n d itio n as p o ssib le fo r i d l e tim e . I f we can d e term in e d e f i n i t e l y t h a t t h e r e w i l l no lo n g e r b e need fo r an i n s t a l l a t i o n p erh ap s we m ight go one s te p f u r t h e r and a c t u a l l y d ism a n tle t h e p la n t but under any case i t is our opinion th a t th e se shut-down p la n ts should not be allow ed to rem ain in t h e i r p re se n t c o n d itio n . I would a p p re c ia te your f u r th e r comments. J . H. S .