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ease® in the past the contractors in bidding hare been gives to under­stand or it has been mads part of the contract that free or reduced rate transportation will be provided for the labor they engage* 18® Is it legal to sake reduced rates for laborers going to work for contractors of the W* s. GOVERNMENT RECLAMATION WORKS? For instance, parties of five or more laborers going to work on irrigation project have . been transported at reduced rates* The contractors for the work pay for the transportation, but in making bids understand such reduction will be mad© and bid accordingly® The arrangement, therefore, in reality is one saving money to the U. S« Government, as bid would otherwise be higher* l i t fin it be legal to make reduced rates for laborers going to work for contractors constructing ittlgation work for private individuals or corporations? They have been made in development of territory and as promoting a public benefit* 1§® Is it legal to sake reduced rates for movements of circuses, ©to®, which involve special trains consisting in many cases of both passenger and freight cars? If so, must tariffs be prepared and filed fixing rates alike for all organisations of same mmber of people and amount of freight® As such business is limited, can not emergency rates in the discretion of the carrier be made and filed at time of each separate movement? (0 SI® Must tariffs be prepared and filed covering rates for em­ployes of our own line? DIVISIONS • 1* Is a physical division of traffic legal? Physical division is now mad© of immigrant traffic from Europe to points in lf*s*A® and Canada® Physical division is now made of eastbound discharged