B-138616, AUG. 4, 1959
Highlights
TO MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY: FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF JUNE 4. THE SHIPMENT WAS TRANSPORTED IN NOVEMBER 1951. YOU HAVE SUBMITTED DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE WHICH TENDS TO ESTABLISH THAT YOUR CLAIM FOR THE VALUE OF THE ONE CARTON OF HONEY ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN SHORT AT DESTINATION SHOULD BE ALLOWED. WHICH WAS SENT TO YOU BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. SHOWS THAT THE VALUE OF THE HONEY WAS "$0.17615" PER POUND. IS $5.28 (30 POUNDS AT ?17615) AND THAT AMOUNT WILL BE CERTIFIED FOR PAYMENT. NOTICE OF WHICH WILL REACH YOU IN DUE COURSE.
B-138616, AUG. 4, 1959
TO MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY:
FURTHER REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER OF JUNE 4, 1959, WITH ENCLOSURES, FILE 12-GC-67463, CONCERNING YOUR CLAIM FOR $73.98, REPRESENTING AN AMOUNT THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WITHHELD FROM THE TRANSPORTATION CHARGES DUE YOU ON YOUR BILL NO. 67463, TO COMPENSATE THE GOVERNMENT FOR ONE CARTON CHECKED SHORT AT DESTINATION AND 13 CARTOONS REJECTS FROM A CARLOAD SHIPMENT OF 2,400 CARTONS OF EXTRACTED HONEY. THE SHIPMENT WAS TRANSPORTED IN NOVEMBER 1951, UNDER GOVERNMENT BILL OF LADING A-1347840, FROM JOSEPHINE, TEXAS, TO NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, WITH A STOP- OFF FOR PARTIAL UNLOADING AT MONROE, LOUISIANA.
IN RESPONSE TO OUR REQUEST OF MAY 29, 1959, YOU HAVE SUBMITTED DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE WHICH TENDS TO ESTABLISH THAT YOUR CLAIM FOR THE VALUE OF THE ONE CARTON OF HONEY ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN SHORT AT DESTINATION SHOULD BE ALLOWED.
THE NOTICE OF SUSPENSION, DATED JUNE 27, 1952, WHICH WAS SENT TO YOU BY THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, SHOWS THAT THE VALUE OF THE HONEY WAS "$0.17615" PER POUND, AND THAT ONE CARTON WEIGHED 30 POUNDS (SIX 5-POUND PACKAGES IN EACH CARTON). THE VALUE OF ONE CARTON, THEREFORE, IS $5.28 (30 POUNDS AT ?17615) AND THAT AMOUNT WILL BE CERTIFIED FOR PAYMENT, NOTICE OF WHICH WILL REACH YOU IN DUE COURSE.