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Show I IMPROVED ROADS j LOW RATE ON ROAD MATERIAL Shipment of Surplus War Article Permitted by Ruling as "Contractor's "Con-tractor's Equipment." In the shipment of surplus war materials ma-terials transferred to them by the bureau bu-reau of public roads, United States Department of Agriculture, state highway high-way departments will be saved a great deal of expense as a result of a ruling of the Interstate Commerce commission commis-sion permitting the shipment of this material as "contractor's equipment," thereby giving it the advantage of a low rate. The railroads previously required the. states to pay less-than-carload rates. on the various items included in such shipments, even when together they made up a carload. The contention conten-tion of the bureau is that since the bulk of this material has been used and none of It is new, and since it is all intended for use In road construction, construc-tion, It should be given the advantage of the low rate allowed to contractor's U v i f Vf ft Unloading Road-Building Material by Use of Lavor-Saving Device. equipment. This contention, which was opposed by the railroads, was upheld by the Interstate Commerce commission. The low rate is now applicable to some 1,200 carloads to be shipped from Camp Grant, 111., and large quantities from other points. On a carload shipment ship-ment from Schenectady, N. Y., to Boise, Ida., $720 recently was saved, and $500 on another from San Antonio, An-tonio, Tex., to Salem, Ore. |