BRHSLIST
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [CBQ] Digest Number 2344

To: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [CBQ] Digest Number 2344
From: Jim Warsher <jaswar@sover.net>
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:32:18 -0500
Delivered-to: archives@nauer.org
Delivered-to: mailing list CBQ@yahoogroups.com
Domainkey-signature:
In-reply-to: <73BF2A32-9309-11D9-8AD1-000A959EED28@earthlink.net>
List-id: <CBQ.yahoogroups.com>
List-unsubscribe: <mailto:CBQ-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com>
Mailing-list: list CBQ@yahoogroups.com; contact CBQ-owner@yahoogroups.com
References: <73BF2A32-9309-11D9-8AD1-000A959EED28@earthlink.net>
Reply-to: CBQ@yahoogroups.com
User-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax)


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



------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 
In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers.
At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide!
http://us.click.yahoo.com/EpW3eD/3MnJAA/cosFAA/8ZCslB/TM
--------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 

 
Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBQ/

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    CBQ-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
 




<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>