Deseret Evening News | 1904-02-05 | Page 8 | French Ships Undermeasured

French J Ships San Francisco Fran Feb C Tho work ot of the deputy of this port in measuring tho thu th French vowels VC In the harbor has shown that nil the ships hAve been and the tho th gov government government tins thereby been cheated out of at Its Ha just dues clues In III pilot fe fees and lock dock lockage ngo age and custom c tolls In ln the tue citso at ot several French ship shIps It t luis hili been beta found that their has been by bys several veral hundred h ndrec tons tOilS Toll This government tins In the past permitted to register their according to their own measurements but hut u a 1 recent order has baa been received from Washington by which h French ships are lire to be ha e placed on the tho Mills basis of ot measurement no as n tho ho he American Ten Tea flying the French thug Hug have IIno been measured and In every ever Instance It has been found that the net tonnage has hns hn been bean Increased under the tho thola laws la WI ot of this country