WPC Q? ˙~8cpR#(;$aOxs.0~].YYC:zKeo6w-+P٫Z4fnIH~ZdV'b:=z)*n7<>o4]Pi\,$^io5(Σzbr0c9'P)aJhǡA5}Z})fFL"ZN5]f$3 "`Z딓jT)n\F< 7>)jA`փI- gf]o2.VdTwO+.R$箦0a]@(N=D}PiD#!UN %O 0(U^ }w@4 mU@ bMMU@UHP LaserJet 5/5M - Standard,,,,0(hH  Z6Times New Roman RegularX($#\(b DUPU8cx&:i+003|xU (hH  Z(CG Times Regular- -*0 AZ(CG Omega Regular !  ݛ_ X{XXXX 8XXdd8   p    x    ( February24,2000Mr.VernonA.Williams,SecretarySurfaceTransportationBoardOfficeoftheSecretaryCaseControlUnit_Attn_:STBExParteNo.5821925KStreet,N.W.Washington,D.C.204230001DearMr.Williams:H._ԢMuehlstein_Ԁ&Co.,Inc.isaPlasticsTradingcompanyGPReloadisareloadcompanythatisamajoruserofrailserviceintheU.S.andCanada.ThepurposeofthisletteristocommentontheissuestobediscussedonMarch8th,,2000inExParte582. ` WeencouragetheSurfaceTransportationBoardtofocusonwhethertheproposedCN_ԢBNSF_Ԁcombinationisgoodforshippers,notonpotentialdownstreameffects.TheCN_ԢBNSF_Ԁcombinationshouldbejudgedonitsmeritsandifothercarriersproposemergers,thenthesecasesoughttobeevaluatedontheirmerits.ThetimingoftheproposedCN_ԢBNSF_Ԁisnotthecentralissueforourcompany.Ourconcernisservice.Recentmergershavefailedonservice,notbecauseoftiming.Accordingly,theSurfaceTransportationBoardshouldfocusonensuringthatCN_ԢBNSF_combination,andanyotherfuturemergers,willdeliverservice.TheSurfaceTransportationBoardhasacomprehensiveprocesstoevaluaterailroadtransactionsandprotectthepublicinterest.ItshouldfairlyevaluatetheCN_ԢBNSF_combinationaccordingtothatprocess.DonotletotherrailroadsusetheSurfaceTransportationBoardprocesstoprotectthemselvesandnotshippers. p    x    ( Sincerely,_ԢTRH_:mm p      x    ( ThomasR.Hansen -@),  p    x    ( LogisticsManager,NorthAmericaSincerely,Roy_Dollman_ԀPresident