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Railway Age 1953 July 20 Formula for railroad buying Use of Containers to Cut Co
Railway Age July 20 1953 Vol 135 No 3
CONTENTS
Can There Be a "Formula" to encourage, or require, purchase of more freight cars by railroads? Some government officials concerned with transportation apparently think there can be. 9
Something New in Taxation of Trucks-an outgrowth of the weight-distance tax, but based on number of axles, rather than gross weight--has been enacted by the Ohio legislature. 10
Railroads Would Not Be Liable for freight loss or damage resulting from the 1951 Kansas City flood, if a Texas court decision becomes the ruling case. But under a federal district court decision in Oregon, railroads-and common carrier truckers, too-would be liable for damages caused by failure to carry freight across picket lines around strikebound plants. 11, 12
Would Increased Use of Impact Recorders, plus prompt handling with crews guilty of moving cars roughly, help in reducing freight loss and damage? This query, and some answers thereto, make up this week's Question and Answer department. 20
Use of Containers to Cut Costs and improve handling of lcl freight is the subject of an experiment on the St. Louis-San Francisco. 22
FORUM : First Things Should Come First, in public relations as in everything else; one of our many correspondents makes some pertinent suggestions as to order of precedence. 19
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