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Load (lbs.) | Class | From | To | Freight | Saving
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18,000 |1st L.C.L.| Montreal | Vancouver | $1110.60 |
18,000 |3rd C.L. | Montreal | Winnipeg | |
thence by |1st L.C.L.| Winnipeg | Vancouver | 1322.10 | $211.50
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As at present possible on Groceries, for example, we can cite an
instance of freight being saved by taking carload rate to Winnipeg and
thence to Calgary or Edmonton through a forwarder. Below is a statement
of a shipment which moved recently:
OLD WAY--1 barrel of Pickles, 140 pounds, Liverpool to
Calgary, L.C.L. rate, at $5.81 $8.13
NEW WAY--1 barrel of Pickles, 140 pounds, Liverpool to
Winnipeg, C.L. rate and Winnipeg to Calgary, C.L. rate,
including forwarding charges at $3.04½ $4.68
The saving of freight on this barrel of pickles alone
was $3.45.
Table No. 1 above shows class rate comparisons and will make clear the
savings possible on drygoods shipments under proposed new grouping and
loading.
Supposing in some cases it were not possible to make up a carload of
drygoods for Calgary or Edmonton, shipments from Liverpool to Winnipeg
in carloads and thence to the Alberta points by first class or less
than carloads would still show an appreciable saving as indicated by
Table No. 2.
Due to our inability to make up carloads from Winnipeg to
Vancouver--and the combined carload rate from Montreal to Winnipeg and
L.C.L. rate from Winnipeg to Vancouver being larger than the through
L.C.L. rate from Montreal to Vancouver--this saving in freight cost
would not be felt on Montreal or Liverpool shipments of drygoods
to Vancouver. The reason for this is indicated in Table No. 3. The
comparatively lower through L.C.L. rate from Montreal to Vancouver is
made to meet competition with the slower but cheaper water route via
the Panama Canal.
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