Show SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO PAY ALL CLAIMS H The Southern Pacific announces that thata a a. recent opinion by the Interstate commerce commerce com com- merce merce commission on the two year and anda a day clause in bills bUls of ladin lading makes It possible for the carriers now to pay claims for loss and damage to freight In n transit when the tho claims are lawfully m meritorious and have been within that time re required required required re- re by bj the bill bill of ot lading The The Southern Southern South South- em ern Pacific will pay such claims even though the tle time limit two years and a aday aday day within which suit may be brought through the courts has expired What Is known as the two year and a aday aday day clause in standard bills bUls of lading for shipments by rail has been a source of difficulty between carriers and sl shippers shippers ship ship- p- p pers flers for some time The clause has haa not been satisfactory to either because carriers carriers carriers car car- could not pay claims even when the parties were agreed as to their merits 1 if 11 two years and a day had passed without claim being paid or shippers filing suit as an alternative |