WPC -KhY鰭HⴆՅ,fv&96 p|cB +JZ2cN+0083Fƀd2`CfrG}p'01%/fKvUCY-"b>nu|V-Pf1(:_[h 7M$ЮhxB:ɔ PD-< gV.'/¿3?U4 gtr#&EEwM~-$R >|?yh^\wŸ9DۋacEPpu Аl+:rk!ubv5_df<%=ݪR#kV.WyUdp8PD= NL,FOp#K,11!R5x?b`T۴^R,ڼ*Xh5;!V>'չb~V-; #!UN %O 0(U^ }w:4 mU@bGGU@OHP LaserJet 5/5M - Standard,,,,0(hH  Z6Times New Roman RegularX($\(b DPEEPD8cx&:i+003|xU (hH  Z(CG Times Regular- -*0 AZ(CG Omega Regular !  ݛ_&%XXX 8XXdd8     `     h   February22/00̢MR.VERNONA.WILLIAMS,SECRETARYSURFACETRANSPORTATIONBOARDOFFICEOFTHESECRETARYCASECONTROLUNIT_ԢATTN_:STBEXPARTENO.5821925KSTREET,N.W.WASHINGTON,D.C.204230001DearSir:  AdamsLakeLumberDiv.ofINTERNATIONALFORESTPRODUCTSisalumbercompanythatisamajoruserofrailserviceintheU.S.andCanada.ThepurposeofthisletteristocommentontheissuestobediscussedonMarch8th,2000inExParte582. t   WewouldencouragetheSurfaceTransportationBoardtofocusonwhethertheproposedCN_ԢBNSF_Ԁcombinationisgoodforshippers,notonpotentialdownstreameffects.TheCN_ԢBNSF_combinationshouldbejudgedonitsmeritsandifothercarriersproposemergers,thenthesecasesoughttobeevaluatedontheirmerits.ThetimingoftheproposedCN_ԢBNSF_Ԁisnotthecentralissueforourcompany.Ourconcernisserviceandcost.Recentmergershavefailedonservice,notbecauseoftiming.Accordingly,theSurfaceTransportationBoardshouldfocusonensuringthatCN_ԢBNSF_Ԁcombination,andanyotherfuturemergers,willdeliverservice.  TheSurfaceTransportationBoardhasacomprehensiveprocesstoevaluaterailroadtransactionsandprotectthepublicinterest.ItshouldfairlyevaluatetheCN_ԢBNSF_Ԁcombinationaccordingtothatprocess.DonotletotherrailroadsusetheSurfaceTransportationBoardprocesstoprotectthemselvesandnotshippers.   `     h   Sincereley,   `     h   JakcckieMcKinnon   `     h   Sales/TransportationCoordinator   `     h   AMDDAMSLAKELUMBER   `     h   DIV.OFINTERNATIONALFORESTPRODUCTS