- Date
- circa 1966-05
- Kind
- Announcement
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationeconomygovernance
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The May 1966 Beaver Beacon reported that the Beaver Island Boat Company would impose additional freight charges on overloaded vehicles because of damage claims during loading and unloading. The article justified the policy in part by the freight costs borne by island stores.
Evidence and limits
This is a newspaper policy announcement, not a tariff, contract, effective-date record, enforcement record, or complete operating policy.
Sources
- Reports the Beaver Island Boat Company announcing additional freight charges for overloaded vehicles because of damage claims during loading and unloading, and explains the burden on island stores. It does not provide a tariff, effective date, contract, enforcement record, or complete operating policy.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1966-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held ten-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published notice or report; it does not expand the source-specific identity, event, or outcome claims.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1966-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island Boat Company announces an overloaded-vehicle freight surcharge, 1966”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-boat-company-overloaded-car-freight-rates-1966/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1966, “Freight Rates.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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