Decei'tiber 15* 19SS 
r. S. Chas* Swett 
Hollywood Security Buildiag 
6581 Hoiljf^ood Boulevard 
Hollywood, Calif. 
Dear Mr. S'wettt 
e next of wliat h£i.s becoine ay daily series of letters! 
The Hayy, on order from the Sai thsouisan, will be delivex-iag to 
Terainal Island in care of Captain Haiicocic in tiae for sailing tm druias of 
alcohol on wliich the freight has been billea as collect froa .lare Island, 
fi'om which point it is being sent. TMs is m inaavertence which we cannot 
no?# stop and were unable bo forestall. Eiach drum contains about 54 gallons, 
juid one is about, the quantity that I had estimated b'or myself and the 
visitors. The otlier drum I will be glad to turn over to you in return for tiie 
freight charges on both, I aai tiusting that this traaeporation on both of them 
•will not exceed the .market cost of one. That will be the easiest way for me to 
square accounts. The aBithsouiun will be paying outright for the alcohol and 
you will thus be put to no charge for the one Giuiri except the transportation 
cost on both drums, bomewhere in the routine, this little slip occurred. 
My other inquiiy regarding preservation of dredging cable brings a 
very reasonable and simple method for preserving io. hr. Bigelow, of the Woods 
hole Oceanograpiide Institute, writes as follovvsi ”The only precaution we take 
to keep our cable in good shape is to dose it Ihorougiily, at rasher short 
intervals, with oil. After tiying various lubric;-.mts, we seea to have gooa ^ 
results from simply using the waste oil from oui* liasel engine. The saain thing 
is that it must be Kent thorou^jhly greased. If you ao this it will last a .long 
time. ” 
fj either hr, ikmtar nor hr. Taylor tiiiims that Bxiy filter will be 
necessary to unce the photographs e..-ch one vvill want. I believe that you have a 
fair set of color filters oxi bo;...ra ‘which should be adequate .for any unusnll 
"taxes" that any be needed. They ail feel that the regular run of film vvill 
serve the purpose, but I judge that they haveriH had much experience in speciJiL 
