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B-154413, JUN. 24, 1964

B-154413 Jun 24, 1964
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YOUR HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS WERE TRANSPORTED AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE FROM THAT POINT TO HOUSTON. THE EFFECTS WERE CONSIGNED TO YOU AT 5926 SCHUMACHER LANE IN HOUSTON WHICH WAS THE ADDRESS FURNISHED BY YOU AT THE TIME OF SHIPMENT AND AT WHICH ADDRESS YOU SAY YOU EXPECTED TO RESIDE. BY THE TIME THE EFFECTS WERE RECEIVED IN HOUSTON YOU HAD DECIDED TO RESIDE ELSEWHERE IN HOUSTON BUT HAD NOT LOCATED ANOTHER RESIDENCE. THE EFFECTS WERE PLACE IN A GARAGE AT THE SCHUMACHER LANE ADDRESS BY THE ENGLAND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY OF TEXAS. WE ASSUME THIS WAS DONE AT YOUR REQUEST. THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE ENGLAND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY OF TEXAS. MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO YOU FOR LOADING THE EFFECTS IN THE GARAGE OR WOULD HAVE MADE ANY ADDITIONAL CHARGE HAD THE EFFECTS BEEN DELIVERED AT YOUR SUBSEQUENT ADDRESS.

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B-154413, JUN. 24, 1964

TO MISS MARILYN ZERING:

BY LETTER OF JUNE 3, 1964, YOU REQUESTED REVIEW OF SETTLEMENT DATED MAY 26, 1964, WHICH DISALLOWED YOUR CLAIM FOR ADDITIONAL EXPENSES INCURRED FOR SHIPMENT OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS INCIDENT TO YOUR SERVICE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.

FOLLOWING YOUR RESIGNATION FROM YOUR POSITION IN GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, YOUR HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS WERE TRANSPORTED AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE FROM THAT POINT TO HOUSTON, TEXAS, PURSUANT TO AUTHORIZATION DATED AUGUST 6, 1963. THE EFFECTS WERE CONSIGNED TO YOU AT 5926 SCHUMACHER LANE IN HOUSTON WHICH WAS THE ADDRESS FURNISHED BY YOU AT THE TIME OF SHIPMENT AND AT WHICH ADDRESS YOU SAY YOU EXPECTED TO RESIDE. HOWEVER, BY THE TIME THE EFFECTS WERE RECEIVED IN HOUSTON YOU HAD DECIDED TO RESIDE ELSEWHERE IN HOUSTON BUT HAD NOT LOCATED ANOTHER RESIDENCE. THEREFORE, THE EFFECTS WERE PLACE IN A GARAGE AT THE SCHUMACHER LANE ADDRESS BY THE ENGLAND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY OF TEXAS, THE DELIVERING CARRIER. WE ASSUME THIS WAS DONE AT YOUR REQUEST.

SOMETIME THEREAFTER YOU OBTAINED LIVING QUARTERS AT 1812 WEST ALABAMA, HOUSTON, AND HAD THE EFFECTS MOVED TO THAT ADDRESS BY BEKINS VAN AND STORAGE CO., INC., AT A COST TO YOU OF $46.10 (INCLUDING INSURANCE) FOR WHICH YOU FILED CLAIM.

YOU SAY THE DISPATCH AGENT IN NEW ORLEANS ADVISED YOU THAT THE REGULATIONS PERMITTED REIMBURSEMENT OF ANY EXPENSES YOU MIGHT INCUR, SHOULD THE COMPANY MAKING THE UNLOADING, LOADING, ETC., MAKE A CHARGE THEREFOR. HOWEVER, THERE IS NO INDICATION THAT THE ENGLAND TRANSPORTATION COMPANY OF TEXAS, THE DELIVERING CARRIER, MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL CHARGE TO YOU FOR LOADING THE EFFECTS IN THE GARAGE OR WOULD HAVE MADE ANY ADDITIONAL CHARGE HAD THE EFFECTS BEEN DELIVERED AT YOUR SUBSEQUENT ADDRESS. THE INVOICE OF BEKINS VAN AND STORAGE CO., INC., COVERS LOADING, DRIVING AND UNLOADING (NOT UNPACKING) OF THE EFFECTS MADE AFTER DELIVERY TO YOU AT THE ADDRESS WHICH YOU FURNISHED AND AFTER YOUR ENTITLEMENT TO TRANSPORTATION AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE HAD BEEN EXHAUSTED. SINCE YOU WERE NOT ENTITLED TO A SECOND MOVE AT GOVERNMENT EXPENSE THE SETTLEMENT OF MAY 26, 1964, MUST BE SUSTAINED.

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