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B-133461, SEP. 13, 1957

B-133461 Sep 13, 1957
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HAS TRANSMITTED HERE FOR OUR CONSIDERATION A MATTER INVOLVING THE LIABILITY OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY FOR THE LOSS OF ONE TELESCOPE WHICH WAS OWNED BY THE UNITED STATES AND WHICH WAS VALUED AT $474.10. THE LOSS WAS DISCOVERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DELIVERY BY THE CARRIER OF A SHIPMENT OF TWENTY-FIVE BOXES OF TELESCOPES WHICH HAD MOVED DURING SEPTEMBER 1945 FROM LIMA. OUR FILE IS BEING CLOSED AND WE WILL TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION IN THE MATTER.

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B-133461, SEP. 13, 1957

TO MR. W. H. PARSONS, SOLICITOR, CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY:

THE TRANSPORTATION DIVISION, FINANCE CENTER, U.S. ARMY, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, HAS TRANSMITTED HERE FOR OUR CONSIDERATION A MATTER INVOLVING THE LIABILITY OF THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY FOR THE LOSS OF ONE TELESCOPE WHICH WAS OWNED BY THE UNITED STATES AND WHICH WAS VALUED AT $474.10. THE LOSS WAS DISCOVERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE DELIVERY BY THE CARRIER OF A SHIPMENT OF TWENTY-FIVE BOXES OF TELESCOPES WHICH HAD MOVED DURING SEPTEMBER 1945 FROM LIMA, OHIO, TO THE LEAGUE POINTE ORDNANCE DEPOT, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, UNDER GOVERNMENT BILL OF LADING WH- 7191850. THE FINANCE CENTER NOTIFIED YOU OF THE TRANSMITTAL OF THE CASE TO US BY LETTER OF OCTOBER, 16, 1955, FILE PINCV-B 141.8/WW 7191850 ARMY.

IN VIEW OF THE DEVELOPMENTS RESULTING IN THE DEPOSIT OF YOUR CHECK FOR $50.33 (CANADIAN FUNDS), AND ON THE BASIS OF THE RECORD OTHERWISE, OUR FILE IS BEING CLOSED AND WE WILL TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION IN THE MATTER.

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