-=> Quoting Phil Kane to Wes Leatherock <=-
 PK> In a message to Phil Kane dated 10-25-97  08:11, Wes Leatherock
 PK> wrote:  
 PK> My experience is if you put enough cash on the barrelhead,
 PK> SeaLand and others will pick up and deliver at the "multi-modal"
 PK> terminal tommorrow morning (their Oakland, CA terminal is served
 PK> by the UP, in fact).
 
 PK> Of course SeaLand developed the "land bridge" with UP and
 PK> ConRail to cut down coast-to-coast container time.
 
 WL> As I am sure you know, no permission at all was required
 WL> and UP had the plan completely ready to go when they announced it.
 
 WL> The shippers screamed loudly, and U.P. abandoned the plan
 WL> quickly.
 PK> I can understand why.  A good friend of ours is a coffee
 PK> importer, and when there was a wildcat shipping boycott on the
 PK> West Coast several years ago, he had to bring his stuff in via
 PK> Houston, requiring land transportation both in Central America
 PK> and domestically.  It almost broke the company.
        It was my understanding that the U.P. would pick up all
the costs.  I imagine you know that the Surface Transportation
Board (successor to the I.C.C.) yesterday (Oct. 31) declared there
is a "transportation emergency in the West" because of U.P.'s
performance.
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