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FILE NAME: Railroads (RR) DATE: 1962 Apr
DOC#: RR078
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Zonolite Inter-Office Memo RE Asbestos Shorts from Libby
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h t*g < t ra n g in g from about $2.00 to $9 .0 0 p e r ten.
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' i * e f f e c t from E a ste rn Canada, we would have an advan tage
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-t* . t h e 'e x te n t th a t our cu rren t ra te s would apply on m a t
to n n a g t v e concluded to to p lo a d , rresa th e Eastern o r ig in e customer is required to take s carload o f
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You mentioned th a t i t would be d e sira b le to eadeL*,<'w*c^:'uJ1'.'-" . fs\*i>^bf;2<.'*^*&
ecure races on asbestos shorts fr o Libby a t fcha-a(ke.I-'"
le v e l as our r a te s on crude v e m i c u li t a . .That
r a te statem ent shows quite p la in ly th a t i f vr endeavored^'^'i'
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to secure the v erm icu lite le v e l on asbestos shorts frt*rw.< vl '
L ib b y , we would undoubtedly p r e c ip ita te some vigorous <y:sU
com plaints by the Eastern Canadian producers fo r rstfaMWiiCg!.'
r a te s from tn e ir sources. The tremendous volume o f.'. "
asbestos moving from Eastern Canada w il l probably
a moat e f f e c t iv e b a rrie r a g a in st our ever uacuriixg p Q Y y`*.
asbestos aborts from Libby eastbound a level-d^hxaitUKK
'anywhere near th a t which obtains on our crude verarLailttw cv
The fo re g o in g i* in the nature o f a gen eral ` .H-V
What I 'h a r e been ab le to develop on the a*kfe*t*Ld' kttt*tij
/ a t Libhv and I w il l continue to keep you advi.sed o f
i.meota wnich take p la ce .
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VARIOUS RATES O ASBESTOS SHORTS WITH, COMPARISONS
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Horth B ille r ic a Utica Trenton MuArkxrh Ellwood C ity Dearborn W ilder Chicago Milwaukee S t . Paul - ttplB. Omaha Kansas C ity S t . Louia I d t t la Rock
Denver A tla n ta (travelers Rest H aahville Tampa Ja c k s o n v ille High Point
Rates In Cents Per Ton
From Libby, Montana
From D a n v ille , Quo,
Asbestos Shorts
Crude Verm*
Verm, Agg. Grade
Asbestos Shorts
3810
3810
3810
3430 3130
2720
2340
234-O 234O 234-O
234-0
2340
234O
2340 2720 3120
2720
3-420
312O 3120
1904 1904 1904
1904
1759 1616 1616
125I I 23I
1(4*7
1155 1472
1472
1616
1019 1866 18b6 1616
2011 1866 1866
154 3 1343 1343 1343 1394
1309 1309 1149
1149 1047
1155
1183
1183
1272
1019 1866 1666 1616 2011 1866 1866
970 1110
1110 1490 1110
1150 1150
1150
1130 2280 2090
2090 '
1370 ' 2740
2920
2280 2280 2400 2980 2980 2980
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