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COI-IMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol„ 13, No, 7 



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REQITIHSI^EOTS FOR LOADPJa ]eR3iaHr CaRS WITH CAITOED GOODS AM) FOCDSTIIFEB : Acting 

 upon representations of the Defense Transport Administration, Division 3 of the In- 

 terstate Coamerce Conmission issued (on June 11) ICC Service Order 878, requiring 

 heavier loading of canned goods and foodstuffs in railroad freight cars. This order 

 appeared in the Federal Register of June 16, 



The ICC took this action to assure more effective utilization of freight cars, 



ICC Service Order 878 provides that no railroad shall accept for transportation 

 (except to complete loading) any carload shipment of canned goods and foodstuffs 

 canned, preserved, or prepared (not cold-pack or frozen) in packages unless such 

 cars are loaded (1) up to marked capacity in pounds as stenciled on car, or (2) to 

 full visible capacity but not less than 65,000 pounds. 



When cars are stopped-off to congjlete loading, they must be loaded as provided 

 for in (1) and (2) when leaving stop-off point. Canned goods in glass containers 

 of one quart or less, in cartons, must be loaded to not less than six tiers high, 

 covering the entire floor space. Similar containers of more than one quart must be 

 loaded in five tiers. 



The Order was to become effective July 1, 1951, and is scheduled to expire 

 November 30, 1951, On June 20 the effective date of the order was changed to 

 July 16, 1951. 



The impact of ICC Service Order 878 is modified in certain respects by the re- 

 cent issuance by ICC of a number of 30-day renewable special permits to take care 

 of special situations, and by the issuance of four general pennits, all effective 

 July 16, according to a July 11 news release from the Defense Transport Administra- 

 tion. 



General Permit 1-F allows a carrier to disregard provisions of Service Order 878 

 in case of carload freight moving first by water on the high seas to continental 

 U, S. and thence to inland destination by rail, or by water and rail. 



General Permit 2-F exempts shipments in drums of specified capacity and loaded 

 in a specified manner. 



General Permit 3-F exempts carloads of mixed conmodities when the volume of 

 canned goods is not more than 33-1/3 percent by weight of the total lading of the 

 car. 



