Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-10-05 | Page 16 | I. C. C. Will Probe Seatrain Operation

I. I C. C C. C Will Probe Operation w 5 s W Thein The in- in commerce commission today ordered an investigation of the legal legally ity ly of the latest thing in American freight transportation It issued an order for lor a study of Lines Inc a company which tomorrow will begin transporting entire en tire trains from New York to Havana Havana Ha Ha- vana Cuba and between Havana and New Orleans Lines Inc has bas built two steamships equipped with tracks and md capable of carrying loaded freight cars each eacK The cars arc placed in the holds of the ships and carried to their destination without being unsealed lowering the cost of oper operation as compared with railroad and ordinary steamship costs Another feature of or orthe the he ships it is claimed is that the entire en en- tire lire cars can be lo loaded ded within ten hours as compared with several sc days required for loading the same amount of freight into an ordinary steamer