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T H E W E S T E R N P A C IF IC R A IL R O A D C O M P A N Y L A W D E P A R T M E N T L E S L I E N. B R A D S H A W , C H A R L E S W . D O O L I N G , H. P. T Y L E R A t t o r n e y s M U L L S B U I L D I N G , 2 2 0 M O N T G O M E R Y S T . July 21, 1937 S A N F R A N C I S C O Mr* B* 1* Wedekind, Attorney Southern P acific Company San Francisco, C aliforn ia. Dear S ir: Referring to your le t t e r of July 16th, F ile : G-3779-4, addressed to Messrs* Duffy, Bennett and myself, concerning proposal that the r a i l lines in this territory exchange with the Intereoastal steamship Freight Association copies of weight agreements and weight schedules in order that greater uniformity might prevail in the b illin g weights for certain a rtic le s and in which you state that an inquiry has been made whether or not the proposed arrangement would be in violation o f Paragraph (11) of section IS of the Interstate Commerce Act: provision of the Interstate Commerce Act has been construed quite s t r ic t ly , I do not believe that the proposed arrangement would be in violation thereof* The acts which are declared unlawful consist of the disclosure, without the consent o f the shipper or consignee, of "any Information concerning the nature, kind, quantity, destination, consignee, or routing of any property tendered or delivered" to a common c a rrie r subject to part I of the Interstate Commerce Act "fo r interstate transpor­tation, which information may be used to the detriment or prejudice o f such shipper or consignee, or which may improperly disclose his business transactions to a competitor"* tion, i t seems to me that the restriction against the disclosure of Information extends primarily to that concerning specific shipments either already tendered for transportation, including shipments upon which the transportation transaction has been completed, as w ell as (bearing in mind the Commission’ s views in the Sample Case referred to in your le tt e r) shipments about to be tenderedrfo r transportation. I I doubt very much whether the furniabing of weight agreements or weight schedules to another c a rrie r, even though While a review o f the declsiona indicates that this Sven by giving to this provision a s t r ic t construe-