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I tl December 7, 1936 L r. J. C. T ay l or B thy l G asol i ne C orporati on C hry sl er B ui l di ng New Y ork, hew Y ork A tten ti o n L r. 0. B. L ewis D ear L r . L ewis: I n r ep l y t o y our q u esti o n r eg ar d i n g non-spark i ng sc r ap er s, I b el i ev e i t w ould be d esi r ab l e to f u r n i sh our men w i th these i n str u m en ts, p ar t i c u l ar l y si n ce they may have occasi on to en t er tank s H ot l o c ated at r e f i n e r i e s, and i n si t u at i o n s w here th ey w i l l have to depend en t i r el y on t h e i r own equi pm ent. I assume t h at you have al r ead y w r i t t en th e saf et y men ad v i si n g them of th e ty pe o f a i r - l i n e equi pment t h at they w i l l r ec ei v e, and d et ai l i n g th e i tem s, i n or der t h at we may be sure t h at t h e i r equi pment i s com pl ete. I b el i o v e the l i s t of equi pment was i ncl uded i n our l e t t e r acq u ai n ti n g you w i th th e o r der f or t h e equi pment* he have noted i n th e r eco r d s cov eri ng th e t e r r i t o r y of th e east er n seaboard t h at th er e ar e a number o f barge3, owned and operated by c o n t r ac t sh i p p er s, and on w hich v ery l i t t l e h i st o r y can be obtai ned at t h e l o ad i n g p o i n ts due to th e f aet t h at th ey ar e i n i n t er m i t t en t ser v i c e and may be used by a number of r ef i n er s i n a gi v en p er i o d of ti m e, would i t be p o ssi b l e f o r you to o b tai n f rom th ese c o n t r ac t i ng compani es, the names or numbers of the tan k er s or bar ges, as w el l as i nf orm ati on on the cap aci ti es' ? : T hanki ng y ou, I am V ery t r u l y y o u r s, siK: vn 0022535 T l l ar d V* L achl e, L . P.