WPC  E59(i|K$.5 % ]Jes`( K@_w'?[ iGOpd(FC޽*?;se7$ЉQ}&%Z< bsZ$;j& ;X "-h#_ RmǓVﲶ6=b'U^)4Tf Cr8#uo|Tnj2)$sQ(3Q^ߛo- [,.Dj38&+ܔ?Snlh2 VNa[~1Y>MWQ >U|tx6t耹Ϭi$rm? єhoMk&Ply͌Os(yփV U'pjODy19+5Ӂ6'oxBugziI$*&m\E8nqB!mfhۻ]e/x#!UN %O 0(U^ }w@4 mU@ bMUHUU@HP LaserJet 5/5M - Standard,,,,0(hH  Z6Times New Roman RegularX($С\(b *D+,-E./0123U&:i+003|x3U (hH  Z(CG Times Regular- -., AZ0Univers (W1) Regular*0 AZ(CG Omega Regular !  ݛ_00200222 X9XXX &?%X X9/ XX% &/X 8XXdd8    1&%% &?133February21,2000Mr.VernonA.Williams,SecretarySurfaceTransportationBoardOfficeoftheSecretaryCaseControlUnitAttention:STBExParteNo.5821925KStreet,N.W.Washington,D.C.204230001πDearSir:_ԢTeck_ԀCorporationisaminingcompanythatisamajoruserofrailserviceinCanadaandtoalesserextenttheUnitedStates.ThepurposeofthisletteristocommentontheissuestobediscussedonMarch8th,2000inExParte582.   WeencouragetheSurfaceTransportationBoardtofocusonwhethertheproposedCN_ԢBNSF_Ԁcombinationisgoodforshippers,notonpotentialdownstreameffects.TheCN_ԢBNSF_Ԁcombinationshouldbejudgedonitsmeritsandifshouldbejudgedonitsmeritsandifothercarriersproposemergersthenthesecasesoughttobeevaluatedontheirmerits.ThetimingoftheproposedCN_ԢBNSF_Ԁisnotthecentralissueforourcompany.Ourconcernisservice.Recentmergershavefailedonservice,notbecauseoftiming.Accordingly,theSurfaceTransportationBoardshouldfocusonensuringthatCN_ԢBNSF_combination,andanyotherfuturemergers,willdeliverservice.*  *TheSurfaceTransportationBoardhasacomprehensiveprocesstoevaluaterailroadtransactionsandprotectthepublicinterest.ItshouldfairlyevaluatetheCN_ԢBNSF_combinationaccordingtothatprocess.DonotletotherrailroadsusetheSurfaceTransportationBoardprocesstoprotectthemselvesandnotshippers.Sincerely,,RichardA._ԢMundie_Vice,-,r,-.President,Commercial./X;UX%&/-,,,Pr,-+ErvinGroszVicePresident,Purchasing+#&%XX;U6 #1# &?%%&#1