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Los Angeles, A pril 3, 1942 F ile 176 Mr. A. V. Kipp: & lit Your le t t e r o f March 30th, your f i l e H-6601-1514-1, As Z understand i t , the Union P a cific and Los An­geles Junction separately publish charges applicable to a cross*-town switch move and that the U.P. charges are per-car charges irrespective of weight; furthermore, that i t is the practice o f the origin lin e to oolleot the charges from the shipper, and that in the situation re­ferred to by you the Los Angeles Junction Railway col­le c ts the U. P. charges fo r us. I know o f no law which requires the weighing o f cars by any specific c a rrie r, and the only le g a l ob­lig a tio n which I can see which would attach to such a practice is that under the regulatory laws a l l c a r ri­ers are compelled to adhere to th eir published tar­i f f s . The second introductory paragraph on page 3 o f P.F.T.B. T a r iff 10-X, to which you re fe r in the at­tached papers, does not appear to obligate any p artic­u lar c a rrie r to weigh shipments. Therefore I know o f no law or any t a r i f f item to which you have referred me which requires the Union P acific to weigh cars de­livered to i t by the L. A. Junction In connection with a cross-town switching move. Since the U.P. is not the co llectin g lin e , whereas the L. A. Junction is , i t appears to me that i t is up to the L. A. Junction to determine i f i t assesses it s own charges in accordance with ear weights and not up to the U. P. to determine i f the L. A. Junction is as­sessing the correct charges which are due the L. A. Junction. The papers attached to your le t t e r are returned herewith. ECR:MS E n d s. E. E. Bennett