clipperw@EarthLink.net wrote:
> Bob,
>
> Two comments in response to your post. Being a government project,
> Purington was probably the "low cost" bidder. Transportation was
> probably another bid.
Bill is probably correct on this. For government projects, where the
freight charges were paid by a government agency [not necessarily a
federal agency, either] the railroads could quote what was known as a
Section 22 freight rate. This derives from Section 22 of the I.C.C. Act,
as amended, a mechanism permitting quoted rates independent of published
rates for government organizations and agencies. If the originating
railroad could get its connections to concur in a joint through rate to
destination, depending on who furnished the cars, the originating and
other roads could make some serious money without the delays associated
with filing rate proposals. I was in freight traffic for a major road
for a number years back in the 1960s and we had some fellows who were
very sharp at scooping this type of traffic away from truckers and other
railroads who were asleep. The Burlington, ever on the lookout for ways
to make money by giving service, could usually be counted in on most of
these deals which permitted their participation. There were a couple of
others you knew enough not to even call and suggest anything.
Jim Warsher
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