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BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
THE CORRECT USE OF FREIGHT AND EXPRESS IN MAKING SHIPMENTS 
(Letter from Department Traffic Manager dated November l, 1930) . 
"Paragraph 91 of the Fiscal Regulations of the Department provides that 
express should be used only when the Postal Service can not be employes 
and freight service will not answer the needs of the Department. 
"Recent analyses of the shipments reported to the Federal Traffic 
Board by this Department show five shipments made by express, totaling 
4115 pounds, at a cost of $179.84, which would have cost an aggregate 
of $49.18 by freight, making a saving of $130.66 over the charges by 
express. These figures should be given serious consideration by the 
personnel responsible for the shipment of all classes of commodities. 
"Shipments should be prepared and routings requested in time to 
use the Intercoastal water carriers instead of rail, and make use of 
freight instead of express by careful consideration of the time neces- 
sary to delivery. Every effort should be made to anticipate shipping 
requirements so that the least expsrsive transportation may be utilized. 
Transcontinental shipments are made very much cheaper "“intercoastal" (by 
water) than by rail, and can be taken advantage of if the shipments are 
started in time. 
"Unless an emergency exists or the character of the shipment makes 
express necessary for more careful handling than would be accorded a 
freight shipment, the cheaper transportation should in all cases be used, 
in accordance with our policy of economy in administration." 
REPORT OF SHIPMENTS — STANDARD FORM 9 
"Under previous All Member letters concerning reports of shipments, 
Standard Form 9. authority was given to drop from Standard Form 9, re- 
ports of shipments, freight shipments weighing less than S00 pounds, and 
all shipments by express. Former authority to discontinue reporting of 
such shipments is hereby cancelled and the following will govern: 
All freight shipments weighing 500 pounds or over must be reported; 
All express shipments weighing 100 pounds or over must be reported. 
"Attention is also called to the fact that the instructions on the 
back of Standard Form 9 are not bcing observed, particularly with re- 
spect to showing Federal Traffic Boarc routing order numbers. Failure to 
show routing order numbers in reporting shipments leacs to unnecessary 
