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Show GOAL BELilfEfli Ogden Citizens Complain of Short Tons Left by Drays Complaints on the part of Ogden residents that certain local coal companies com-panies are delivering fuel from 200 to 300 pounds short for a full ton and charging for 2,000 pounds, has resulted in the opening of a campaign by Mayor Frantf Francis in which full investigation in-vestigation will be made and coal companies prosecuted if found- delivering deliv-ering short weight. A plan has been put into action Avhoreby coal delivery wagons will be stopped on the streets while making deliveries and the contents con-tents weighed. "Numerous complaints in regard to this practice have recently come to my office," Mayor Francis said, "and all possible efiort will immediately be used to prevent the delivery of short weight coal. The city sealer of weights anu measures has been assigned as-signed to the case and will take any action necessary to apprehend tho guilty ones Prosecution will immediately immed-iately follow the discovery of any case of short weight delivery." |