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B-130586, FEB. 28, 1958

B-130586 Feb 28, 1958
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TO ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF JANUARY 2. WHICH WAS USED IN THE COMPUTATION OF THE OVERPAYMENT OF $1. WHICH IS APPLICABLE VIA THE PITTSBURGH. THE ABOVE ROUTE IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPUTING LAND-GRANT DEDUCTIONS UNDER THE TERMS OF THE CARRIERS' FREIGHT LAND-GRANT EQUALIZATION AGREEMENT. THE OVERPAYMENT ON THESE SHIPMENTS WAS DETERMINED UPON THE BASIS OF AN AVAILABLE LAND-GRANT ROUTE. OTHERWISE COLLECTION WILL BE MADE BY DEDUCTION FROM AN UNPAID BILL.

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B-130586, FEB. 28, 1958

TO ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF JANUARY 2, 1958, FILE G-N-4620 GANDSI -WAG, IN WHICH YOU REQUEST AUTHORITY FOR THE LAND-GRANT ROUTE VIA CHICAGO AND CAIRO, ILLINOIS, WHICH WAS USED IN THE COMPUTATION OF THE OVERPAYMENT OF $1,558.95 ON YOUR BILL N-4620-GANDSI, IN CONNECTION WITH CERTAIN SHIPMENTS FROM CARNEGIE, PENNSYLVANIA, TO GULFPORT, MISSISSIPPI, IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH 1945.

CENTRAL FREIGHT ASSOCIATION TARIFF BUREAU TARIFF NO. 619, AGENT B. T. JONES' I.C.C. NO. 3873, CONTAINS, IN SUPPLEMENT NO. 6, EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 20, 1944, ROUTE NO. 60 FROM CARNEGIE, PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH IS APPLICABLE VIA THE PITTSBURGH, CHARTIERS AND YOUGHIOGHENY RAILWAY TO MCKEES ROCKS, THE PITTSBURGH AND LAKE ERIE RAILROAD TO YOUNGSTOWN, THE NEW YORK CENTRAL (WESTERN LINES) RAILROAD TO CHICAGO, AND THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD TO CAIRO. ALTHOUGH THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD APPARENTLY DOES NOT PUBLISH A ROUTE IN TARIFF NO. 619 FROM CARNEGIE, PENNSYLVANIA, APPLICABLE VIA CHICAGO AND CAIRO, NEVERTHELESS, THE ABOVE ROUTE IS AVAILABLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPUTING LAND-GRANT DEDUCTIONS UNDER THE TERMS OF THE CARRIERS' FREIGHT LAND-GRANT EQUALIZATION AGREEMENT. ACCORDINGLY, THE OVERPAYMENT ON THESE SHIPMENTS WAS DETERMINED UPON THE BASIS OF AN AVAILABLE LAND-GRANT ROUTE, AND THE AMOUNT OF $1,558.95 SHOULD BE REFUNDED PROMPTLY; OTHERWISE COLLECTION WILL BE MADE BY DEDUCTION FROM AN UNPAID BILL.

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