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4,<, E                COMPTROLLER GENERAL P rie UNITED STAT-ES
4'                             WASHI GTOI, DC, ?Za


       )-479325                        November 7, 1973


       Arkanuas-Blst Freight Syate# Inc.
       P.O *Box 48
       ?ort Sjr th, Arkuneas 72901

            Attentioi   Bruoe Ulvttaher
                        Director of Custo er Bervice   i

       Qentleneni

            I  a ain reter to youwr letter cd' September 6, 1973, AI? Claim
       Klo, 360480 With which you enclosed a copy of our lotter of Augunt 23,
       973   D-179,325 to Sentor J. oI1. %lbciht, pertaining to your)l:Tim
       fo rm(ftd-(ot t46,8 deducted by tho Depart rent of the Asiy, The
       mount defteted reprnncntad transportation o,-:poeaUsomtcure4 by the
       Goverawont in roturnin,; an ._ir croultione' to origin for ropairg and
       transporting it a.ait to intended deotination. Tho air conditioner
       originally wan dametrwl wIile boing trancporlsd by A.r)bstusart-Ueot
       Yreight tystem (AJsr) between 6vun Antonio, 'e.s and 1Uight-Pattcrson
       Air Force Base, Obto.
            While odittinu liability for the d agea, you had contonded
       that th  dc4urtion for the cxpenuo of ntiipping the air conditioner
       to, anc retrr from# thm point of repair should not haw,ve .en charj;cd
       to APfY, thah A' chould have been permitted to carry the d=amlod antl
       repaired machine on a freoantray bacia and that the transportation
       expenaoa charged to AZF wore exceccive since there uans available to
       tha Qovermrert & lovzer roigat-lm-hinds rate.

            You now contand that it lo the Government ng/ney' responsibility
       to act in th best iMterest of thin car'ier and to rrulte every ffort
       to rmniFze tta dnazaes.  In your opinion, the Goverrmen, failo to
       act in the ctrrior'o best interout bocauno it roturneJ thn air
       conditioner to the point of wanufacture by a carrio other than All,
            The 3IaWty of the carrier for the coats of repair inoludcoa
       reasonable a md uececuary incidental oxponsou incurred, 'aTrnp  Elotria
       Co, v. J .hvillo Coal c ,  21 1 . suu O. Guy,  652  (3-5 3), inliu i -ot -
       tranapotation to end from the point of ropair, Pnnndcna Btato  ank
       v. Isac, 228 8.W. 2d 127, 329 (1950); Panhnnd.le A' '.,R-. Co. v.
       , u0 8.we M0(w            'IWf  (;ook1 co, v. lL'vtrwet        o
       T. ra or .Coo, 13 P. 24 a,9 (Yi§ ' oriore, the Gover.aent a  a
       shipper and onsignor is entittoa to reirnburnawent for the trennswr-
       ration Ibrrcan.

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