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st New York, who are to try out the

new system of handling repairs on Gov

ernment craft, whereby the agent will

have full charge of the preparation of!

specifications, the asking of bids and

I'nc allotment of contracts, up to a limit

of $5,000 for freighters and $10,000 for

Passenger ships. An agent at Haiti-

more, one on the Gulf and two on the j

Pacific coast also will be chosen for j

the experiment. Formerly repair mat-

ters were beyond the discretion of the

operators.

?Mr. Shpedy said that by Monday an

announcement of fixed monthly allow

ances for deck and engine stores will

be made, and with that his program for

the revision of the managing agent

agreement so as to increase the re

sponsibility of the agent and give him

s chance to show his ability as an

operator will be complete except for

the working out of details.

EASTERN PORTS WOULD

SLASH RATES TO BONE

Plan to Force Pacific Lines to

Raise Oriental Tariff.

Steamship lines operating outLof At

lantic ports for the Far East dfe pre

pared to slash rates to the bone unless

the transpacific operators come to an

Immediate agreement to maintain rates

on a higher level than that recently

r-ached during a period of cutthroat

warfare, it was learned after an emer

gency meeting yesterday of the Far East

Conference.

The unprecedentedly low transpacific

rates have been drawing freight to Port

lard. Seattle. San Francisco and nearby

ports from Chicago and points East,

which normally are covered by the oper

ators from Atlantic ports. A hint that

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The New York herald. (1922). New York, N.Y., 1922-09-30. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045774/1922-09-30/ed-1/?sp=18

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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: The New York herald, 1922-09-30.