F. S. A. No. 20120,1 SALT FROM KANSAS TO Denver and LaDORA, COLO., filed by L. E. Kipp, agent, for The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and other carriers. Decided January 19, 1944. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain over circuitous routes carload rates the same as over direct routes.

F. S. A. No. 20267,1 SUGAR TO POINTS IN NORTH CAROLIna and Virginia, filed by the Southern Railway Company for carriers parties to Agent W. S. Curtlett's tariff I. C. C. No. A-718. Decided October 9, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain from Baltimore, Md., Boston, Mass., New York, N. Y., Philadelphia, Pa., and points grouped therewith, carload rates the same as over direct routes.

F. S. A. No. 20283,1 ZIRCONIUM ORE TO ALLOY, W. Va., filed by W. S. Curtlett and I. N. Doe, agents, for carriers parties to their tariffs I. C. C. Nos. A-647 and 439, respectively. Decided July 2, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain, on zirconium ore, from Boston, Mass., New York, N. Y., and Philadelphia, Pa., and points taking same rates, carload rates the same as over the direct routes.

F. S. A. No. 20301,1 ASPHALT AND ROAD OIL From Cyril, Okla., to New MEXICO, filed by J. R. Peel, agent, for St. Louis-San Francisco Railway and other carriers. Decided June 6, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain, over a specified route to destinations in New Mexico on the Texas-New Mexico Railway carload rates constructed on the basis of a scale.

F. S. A. No. 20320,1 CEMENT to and BETWEEN POINTS IN FLORIDA, filed by Roy Pope, agent for carriers parties to fourth-section application No. 19317. Decided September 29, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief, Cement to and between Points in Florida, 255 I. C. C. 485, amended to include authority to maintain over existing routes, on cement and related articles, in carloads, from interstate origins to Reddick and other south Florida destinations, rates constructed on the basis and in the manner described in the application.

F. S. A. No. 20348,1 COAL FROM KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, AND VIRGINIA, filed by Roy Pope, agent, for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and other carriers. Deided July 7, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to mainain, to Goldsboro, N. C., by way of Kinston, N. C., and the Atlantic and East Carolina Railway Company, carload rates the same as over competing routes. F. S. A. No. 20369, SOAPSTONE AND TALC FROM BURNSVILLE, N. C., TO OFFIIAL TERRITORY, filed by Roy Pope, agent, for the Black Mountain Railway and ther carriers. Decided September 14, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted Various Commodities from South to North, 251 I. C. C. 627, amended to include uthority to maintain carload rates made with relation to rates from Kona, N. C., onstructed on the basis of the scale prescribed in State of Alabama v. New York Central R. Co., 235 I. C. C. 255 and 237 I. C. C. 515, plus general increases.

F. S. A. No. 20375,1 GRAIN AND RELATED ARTICLES TO NEW ORLEANS, La., led by Ira D. Dodge, agent, for the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company nd other carriers. Decided July 7, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, a conditions, to maintain, on grain, grain products, and related articles, from oints in Texas to New Orleans, La. (shipside) export and coastwise carload rates he same as over competing routes.

F. S. A. No. 20383,1 ANTHRACITE COAL TO Ogdensburg, N. Y., filed by the utland Railroad Company, for itself and The Delaware and Hudson Railroad orporation. Decided March 27, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on onditions, to maintain by way of Rouses Point, N. Y., from mines on The Dela

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ware and Hudson Railroad in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania, to Ogdensburg, Lisbon, Madrid, and Norwood, N. Y., carload rates the same as over the direct routes.

F. S. A. No. 20385,1 LUMBER FROM MEMPHIS, TENN., TO PACIFIC COAST TERRITORY, filed by L. E. Kipp, agent, for carriers parties to fourth-section application No. 20326, and The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway. Decided July 7, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain on lumber and related articles, over the route of the Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad to East St. Louis, Ill., The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway to Kansas City, Mo., and existing routes beyond, carload rates the same as over direct routes.

F. S. A. No. 20386,1 ASPHALT ROCK FROM OKLAHOMA TO TEXAS, filed by J. R. Peel, agent, for The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company and other carriers. Decided July 9, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain, 'over specified routes from and to named points, carload rates based on the shortest distance over any line or route from and to the same points.

F. S. A. No. 20388,1 CRUDE SULPHUR FROM TEXAS, filed by J. R. Peel, agent, for carriers parties to his tariff I. C. C. No. 3543. Decided July 13, 1943. Longand-short-haul relief, Crude Sulphur From Louisiana and Texas, 206 I. C. C. 41, amended to include authority to maintain carload rates from Texas origins to additional destinations in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. F. S. A. No. 20391,1 ALUMINUM SCRAP TO LOUISVILLE, KY., filed by L. E. Kipp, agent, for carriers parties to his tariff I. C. C. No. A-3452. Decided July 19, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain, over indirect routes, on aluminum scrap (for remelting purposes only) from Connell and Wichita, Kans., and Kansas City, Mo.-Kans., and intermediate producing points, carload rates the same as over direct routes.

F. S. A. No. 20392,1 MIXED FEED FROM FLORIDA TO THE SOUTH, filed by Roy Pope, agent, for carriers parties to Mixed Feed from Florida to the South, 255 I. C. C. 349. Decided July 16, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief in above proceeding amended to include authortiy to maintain, on animal or poultry feed when mixed in transit at points in the South, in carloads and less than carloads, from Lake Alfred, Fla., rates the same as from Clewiston, Fla.

F. S. A. No. 20394,1 FLUORSPar and GravelSpar To Aliquippa, BessemerR, AND RANKIN, PA., filed jointly by W. S. Curlett and I. N. Doe, agents, for carriers parties to Fluorspar and Zinc to Pittsburgh, Pa., 245 Í. C. C. 163. Decided July 19, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief in above proceeding amended to include authority to maintain on fluorspar and gravelspar, from north Atlantic ports and points grouped therewith, carload rates the same as over the direct routes.

F. S. A. No. 20395,1 Coke from Daingerfield AND HOUSTON, TEX., filed by J. R. Peel, agent, for carriers parties to his tariff I. C. C. No. 3580. Decided July 21, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain, over specified routes, on coke and related commodities, in carloads, to consuming points in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Illinois, the lowest rate over any route constructed on the basis of the scale of rates shown in column 3 plus arbitraries shown in column 4 of appendix 8 in Coke between Points in Central and Illinois Territories, 194 I. C. C. 640, plus general increases.

F. S. A. No. 20401,1 PETROLEUM AND ASPHALT TO OREGON, filed by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company for itself and the Union Pacific Railroad. Decided July 23, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, 1 Disposed of by order without report.

on conditions, to maintain, on petroleum, petroleum products, and asphalt, from Great Falls, Mont., to destinations in Oregon on the Union Pacific Railroad, carload rates the same as over competing routes.

F. S. A. No. 20407,1 MINE TIMBER TO ILLINOIS, filed by J. R. Peel, agent, for carriers parties to Mine Timber to Illinois, 248 I. C. C. 438. Decided July 28, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief in above proceeding amended to include authority to maintain over existing routes from Missouri origins, carload rates on basis of a scale to Standard City and Schoper, Ill.

F. S. A. No. 20418,' PIG IRON FROM TEXAS, filed by J. R. Peel, agent, for carriers parties to his tariff I. C. C. No. 3521. Decided August 7, 1943. Long-and-shorthaul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain over specified routes, from Daingerfield and Houston, Tex., to named consuming points in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Illinois, the lowest carload rate over any route constructed on the basis of 13.5 percent of first-class rates.

F. S. A. No. 20422,1 COTTONSEED OIL FROM WEST MEMPHIS, ARK., filed by J. R. Peel, agent, for The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company, and other carriers. Decided August 20, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief, Cottenseed Oil from Memphis, Tenn., 208 I. C. C. 310, amended to include authority to maintain over routes described in the application except routes Memphis, Tenn., to Louisville, Ky., and Cincinnati, Ohio, rates constructed on basis of the lowest aggregate of intermediate rates applicable over the direct routes. F. S. A. No. 20426,1 Bananas From North ATLANTIC PORTS TO CLARKsburg AND GRAFTON, W. Va., filed by W. S. Curlett, agent, for carriers parties to fourthsection application No. 20307. Decided August 11, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain carload rates the same as over direct routes.

F. S. A. Nos. 20427 and 20458,1 Light Iron or Steel Rails and Cross TIES, filed respectively by Agents W. S. Curlett and B. T. Jones for carriers parties to their respective tariffs I. C. C. Nos. A-748 and 3684. Decided November 5, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain from producing points in trunk-line and central territories to destinations in official territory within 85 miles from producing points, rates based on short-haul scale in appendix to Iron and Steel in Central and Trunk Line Territories, 209 I. C. C. 699. F. S. A. Nos. 20428 and 20439,1 MAGNESIUM METAL FROM TEXAS TO OFFICIAL TERRITORY, filed by B. T. Jones, agent, for carriers parties to Agent J. R. Peel's tariff I. C. C. No. 3360. Decided August 12, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain, on magnesium metal or metal alloys, in carloads, from Charles, Dow, Fromme, and Velasco, Tex., and Lake Charles, La., to consuming points in official territory, rates made 35 percent of first-class rates.

F. S. A. No. 20432,1 APPLES FROM NORTH PACIFIC COAST, filed by L. E. Kipp, agent, for carriers parties to his tariff I. C. C. No. 1496. Decided August 17, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain to points in transcontinental group G over circuitous routes through groups E and F, carload rates, the same as over direct routes.

F. S. A. No. 20435,1 Pulpboard FROM LYNCHBURG, VA., filed by J. R. Peel, agent, for The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company and other carriers. Decided August 24, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain from Lynchburg, Va., and intermediate origins, to Joplin, Mo., and specified intermediate stations on The Kansas City Southern Railway, a carload rate the same as over competing lines or routes to Joplin.

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F. S. A. No. 20437,1 PETROLEUM and Petroleum ProducTS BETWEEN POINTS IN ARKANSAS, filed by J. R. Peel, agent, for carriers parties to fourth-section application No. 19778. Decided August 11, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain on crude and refined petroleum and petroleum products, carload rates constructed on the basis of a scale.

F. S. A. No. 20440,1 COAL TO BOSTON, MASS., filed jointly by The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company and the Western Maryland Railway Company, for themselves and other carriers. Decided August 21, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain from mines and stations in Maryland Pennsylvania, and West Virginia, carload rates the same as over competing routes. F. S. A. No. 20445,1 CEMENT CLINKER FROM AND TO OFFICIAL TERRITORY, filed jointly by W. S. Curlett and I. N. Doe, agents, for carriers parties to fourthsection application No. 19544 and others. Decided September 2, 1943. Longand-short-haul relief granted, Southern Cement Rates, 132 I. C. C. 427, and in other proceedings, amended to include authority to maintain on cement clinker and articles of the same general characteristics as cement upon which rates may be established in the future, in carloads, rates the same as on cement.

F. S. A. No. 20450,1 PETROLEUM FROM JACKSONVILLE, FLA., TO GEORGIA, filed by Roy Pope, agent, for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, and other carriers. Decided September 3, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain on petroleum and petroleum products to Augusta, Wheless, Belair, Grovetown, Harlem, Dearing, and Thomson, Ga., carload rates the same as over the direct routes.

F. S. A. No. 20451,1 CORDAGE OIL TO NORTH PLYMOUTH, MASS., filed jointly by W. S. Curlett and I. N. Doe, agents, for The Long Island Rail Road Company and The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company. Decided September 9, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief, Cordage Oil to New Bedford and North Plymouth, Mass., 227 I. C. C. 462, amended to include authority to maintain a carload rate not lower than 18 cents per 100 pounds, from Blissville, N. Y. F. S. A. No. 20452,1 Coal and COAL BRIQUets from Dante and ClinchFIELD, Va., to GoldsbORO, N. C., filed by Roy Pope, agent, for the Carolina, Clinchfield and Ohio Railway, and other carriers. Decided August 20, 1943. Long-andshort-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain by way of specified routes carload rates the same as over direct routes.

F. S. A. No. 20459,1 CREOSOTE OIL FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO TO ATLANTA AND EAST POINT, GA., filed by Roy Pope, agent, for carriers parties to Agent B. T. Jones' tariff I. C. C. No. 3733. Decided September 2, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain carload rates the same as over direct routes.

F. S. A. No. 20461,1 COAL FROM SOUTHERN MINES TO EANES, GA., filed by Roy Pope, agent, for carriers parties to fourth-section application No. 20328. Decided August 24, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain on fine coal, in carloads, rates the same as carload rates on coal, other than fine, maintained to Savannah, Ga., on the Savannah & Atlanta Railway.

F. S. A. No. 20471,1 Salt to PORT NECHES, TEX., filed by The Kansas City Southern Railway Company for itself and The Texas and Pacific Railway Company. Decided September 2, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief, Salt From Grand Saline, Tex., 215 I. C. C. 511, amended to include authority to maintain by way of Shreveport, La., a rate not lower than 131⁄2 cents per 100 pounds, on salt, common (sodium chloride) loose in bulk, in carloads, to Port Neches, Tex. 1 Disposed of by order without report.

F. S. A. No. 20473,1 Ground or PULVERIZED CLAY FROM SANDERSVILLE, Ga., TO HOUSTON, TEX., filed by J. R. Peel, agent, for the Sandersville Railroad, and other carriers. Decided September 20, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain a carload rate the same as over the direct route.

F. S. A. No. 20474,1 SULPHATE BLACK LIQUOR SKIMMINGS FROM THE SOUTHWEST, filed by J. R. Peel, agent, for carriers parties to his tariff I. C. C. No. 3395, and others. Decided September 9, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain from specified origins in the Southwest to Chicago, Ill., Tuscaloosa, Ala., and Panama City, Fla., carload rates the same as over the direct routes.

F. S. A. No. 20477,1 PETROLEUM TO NORTH DAKOTA AND MONTANA, filed jointly by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company and Northern Pacific Railway Company, for themselves and other carriers. Decided September 14, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain from specified refining points in Montana and Wyoming to stations on the Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway in North Dakota and Montana, carload rates the same as over the direct routes.

F. S. A. No. 20478,1 Lumber from Tuscaloosa, Ala., to WACO, TEX., filed by J. R. Peel, agent, for carriers parties to his tariff I. C. C. No. 3523. Decided September 14, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain a carload rate the same as over direct route.

F. S. A. No. 20480,1 NEWSPRINT AND GROUND WOOD PAPERS FROM Boston, MASS., AND NEW YORK, N. Y., filed jointly by W. S. Curlett and I. N. Doe, agents, for carriers parties to their tariffs I. C. C. Nos. A-783 and 500, respectively. Decided September 20, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain to destinations in Kentucky and Tennessee carload rates the same as over competing routes, constructed on the basis of a scale prescribed in Newsprint Paper Investigation, 197 I. C. C. 738, plus general increases.

F. S. A. No. 20483,1 Muriate and Sulphate of Potash FROM UTAH, filed by L. E. Kipp, agent, for carriers parties to his tariff I. C. C. No. A-3510. Decided September 14, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain from Brendel, Green River, Kalunite, Marysvale, and Saltair, Utah, to points in the United States, carload rates the same as from Wendover, Utah. F. S. A. No. 20491,1 GYPSUM Lath and SHEATHING BETWEEN TEXAS POINTS, filed by Ira D. Dodge, agent, for carriers parties to his tariff I. C. C. No. 551. Decided October 7, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief, Plaster, Plasterboard, and Related Articles, 218 I. C. C. 406 and Plaster and Plasterboard Between Texas Points, 251 I. C. C. 597, amended to include authority to maintain on lath and sheathing, carload rates the same as on plaster.

F. S. A. No. 20496,1 LUMBER FROM DEQUEEN, ARK., AND NEARBY POINTS, filed by J. R. Peel, agent, for the DeQueen and Eastern Railroad Company, the Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad Company and other carriers. Decided December 16, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to continue present carload rates from DeQueen, Ark., and to establish and maintain from origins on the DeQueen and Eastern Railroad and the Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern Railroad, rates arbitrarily higher than from DeQueen to interstate destinations.

F. S. A. No. 20497,1 MOLDING SAND FROM PIGGOTT, ARK., filed by J. R. Peel, agent, for carriers parties to his tariff I. C. C. No. 3463. Decided September 23, 1943. Long-and-short-haul relief granted, on conditions, to maintain to points

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