TABLE VII - 17.— TRUCK AVERAGE FOR 6 FIRMS AND RAILROAD 

 FREIGHT RATE FOR SHIPMENTS OF FROZEN SHRIMP FROM 

 BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, AND NEliT ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 

 TO SELECTED POINTS, JUNE 1955 V 



To 



From From 



Brownsville, Texas New Orleans, La, 



Cleveland, Ohio 



Baltimore, Md. 



and 

 Philadelphia, Pa, 



Rail 



(30,000 lb, 

 minimoun) 



Truck 



(22,000 lb. 

 minimiun net) 



Rail 



(30,000 lb. 

 minimum) 



Truck 



(22,000 lb. 

 minimiun net) 



New York, New York Rail 



(30,000 lb, 

 minimum) 



Truck 



(22,000 lb, 

 minim\]ffl net) 



(Rate in dollars per 100 lb.) 

 2,622 



2.115 



3.0ii75 



2,692 



3.1395 



2.692 



2.251i 



1.923 



2.3575 



1.923 



1/ Actual truck rate published is 30 percent higher. However, trucks 

 will haul 130 pounds gross weight at the published charge for 100 

 pounds net weight. Railroads charge for every pound of gross weight 

 and in addition charge for required refrigeration service in transit 

 for irtiich trucks in this instance make no charge. 



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