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o o> rcv? cv? o o to Ui kr id X rd rh Jiily 13th* 1941 Mr. Oscar B. Losds, 2t*r/l Gasoline Cor?., Chrysler Bldg., Hew York City, 4. i, Da&r Oncar:- On several tank cleaning Jobs last winter, tremendous amounts of ice -.'ere found in the bottoms of some of the leader gasoline banks 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 eases, that portion of y-a ice remaining above the ground was well covered with sand, and hikes were built all around it to prevent its flowing away when it malted. Ivor since the wia weather, vre have been after Socony to male cer tain that all of these points ware properly taken care of. As most of them were aMndoned bulk plants, the promises of which were kept locked, we fait tint there wss no real hazard, fut we did not want to take any chances. Last week, tocorvy assigned Hr. Floyd Yfood, tho best tank cleaning foreman in the Debtors Division, to do this work, and ;m assigned Mr. "soseley to accompany him* Just for tho record, we are quoting herewith from Herb*0 report. wThe balance of the week was spent in company with rfeodt With hia, I visited five plants of 3ocoay which are listed below Ltgether with the work performed am the general conditions which were found and as they are at present. atfields Throe pits had bean left open but, an a generous amount of sand' had been strewn aver the ice, at the time 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 ramoved and the balance of the earth filled in the nolo to a depth of about three feet. *'Saltham Five pit-; had been left open, two of which wore very large and Wood stated that the pile of ice had been eight to tr-rn foot in sight. All of this material melted into tho pits and none was found beyond tho bank of earth surrounding tha pits. Also "and had been applied to tho top of the ice pile and no aludgo or scale was exposed. Wa filled in the pits fo that, rust, scale. . n:S sludge is buried to a depth of soma six foot. 3Hyde Porks A. A. Lamb Company, a. general contractor, has pxsrchasod this proper 2- - July 13th, 1941 To Mr., 0., 3., hr-tis "Brockton: Three simps were faun.; hers rind the same ganerai conditions existed as above in that no material taken from the tanks could ba seen on the ground haring boon covered with sawdust anu sand* fust, scale 5uih .other deposits were encountered just below Jw curfaeo on.:;, this wa3 shoveled into the bottom of the hole and covered -sith the balance of the earth* In one case, however, was a large, strap into which had '.soon pumped considerable exceedingly hoary oil which now presents about t re sasae consistency as grease and soxa-s psaoline and surface water are seen -.rhan the entire aass is stirred. Our efforts to cover this over was not success ful as whoa re filled in the sides, the center rose to ouch a height that it would overflow rmc when the center was sanded the sides rose. It will, in all probability, be necessary to cover this several times as the oaterial oxidises, otherwise anyone crossing this ground will sink waist-high to the bottom of the snap* A- retaining mil, approximately, 10 to 12 feet high surrounds the property during the day the plant is in operation as a aistrict office a net general -archorse. Therefora, the chances of a trespasser bseoning involved in falling into the sump are alight. liver* Five pita had been excavated lore and all had been filled in at the time tnat the tanks were cleaned. 4s this property has been sold we went in "ever cue fence" an-- when we ep&dod into the .ground, some evidence of rust and rcale could be seen. We recovered the area of the snaps with oar&h to a. depth of about six Inches, in the event that aosasona might easily uncover theue tank deposits* *1 would say that ail of those locations are entirely mfa from our Company's standpoint, with tbs exception of the one sunn in Brockton which I would sugyect be followed again in about two months time*19 Very truly yours. MAT/M v o.c. to ir. E. A. Sohoe KC 0022701