| Show RAilROAD METHODS OF TAKING FREIGHT WEIGHTS DISCUSSED I Evidence tending to support the contention con con- i that In tile Iho present systems of of basing trel freight ht on weights 1 of oC comm commodities the thc matter of or pounds really means dollars and cents was wn produced yesterday at tb tho Interstate commerce commission heaving hearing hold at Salt Lake Lale The evidence e al also o showed that thaL Salt Lake shippers In man many Instances in instances In- In stances submit to overcharge o for tor fear that their shipments shipments- will be delayed It If the they demand that their ears cars ar bo r re- re wl wt hell on arrival l at nt destination and ancl that payment bo bl made c on QI In a basis of oC actual service ser r rendered The hearing Is IR being conducted be lC before before be- be fore Ward Vard Prouty examiner for fOl the and examinations are conducted eon eon- ducted by J J. J r T Marchand special legal log re representative e p re s C n ta t I v c for Cor th the c Co commission rn m I s Ion Each of or the local local railroads I Is represented II by attorneys It Is la likely that the Salt Sail I Lake ako session will be completed completed com corn nt at the hearing which this morning V. W. E. E Farr larr city sealer nIN of oC w weights and measures testified that thai local coal dealers had hall Informed him that they were punished b by the railroads if IC th y ml made c requests for of cars of or coal b by having ha their cars held up fron tron three tl to four days He lie R said he had been told that for this reason local dealers refrained from mm making complaints In many cases ases where It was apparent that thai cars of or coal were short either from pilfering leakage leak from damaged gell cars or from overloading o nl l I Witnesses for Cor the railroads s asserted I that there was as no attempt to Inconvenience Incon incon- local shippers who demanded destination weights and their ITon irony trony was wag to lo the effect that 8 engines called calle at the thc various yards only once in twenty four hours so that thatto to take three 01 or tour four our days das for COI lug Ins a car was WUI usual when all took their turn ii II i F. F l' l manager er for a II h.- h. cal cat retail coal company compan testified hat that hatho hatho ho hall hail never asked HIked the railroads to lo lodo todo todo do business u ci en 11 a basis bash of oC destination I wel weights although h he believed hello It would bo be r all to lo th the anta ad advantage e of or local shippers to mako this chan change c During During- the tho slack season boason he said when cars of coal were apparently short the coal cor pany maUl made application to lo the Iho railroad railroad rail rail- oa road to lo iia have ha e Iho tho coal coni and that this took look two Iwo or 01 three days At r tine ho he said the coal company compan first d how lon long It would be he delayed In Iii ca case casu u should bo demanded and ami If It the car would not be bl held up too tou long the demand was made Where the dela delay would be exI ex- ex I ct o the company compan pocketed Its loss rather than lou 1050 Io u lime Mr Ir Fernstrom I said he believed cd the trouble with the of oC equipment equipment equip equip- railroad service was a matter mailer ment awl arid that he could not tell whether there thero was discrimination In Iii the matter mailer of ur holding up cars which were ordered to be at al Salt SaIL Lake Tare Jare Weight lined d. d Testimony of or the officials of ot the Western V Weighing Inspection bureau and the railroad witnesses was to the effect that coal was care carefully Cully weighed at tho the mines although In some In Instances Instances instances In- In stances the tare weight stenciled on tho the cars can was used Instead of oC the actual weight Arthur Hall Colorado superIntendent superintendent superintendent super super- for the bureau asserted that the stenciled wel weight ht on the cars was regarded as unreliable and was not used except when necessary C. C H. H Griffin Salt Lake district su- su for tor the Western Weighing Weigh elgh ing Inspection bureau said that the local office had adopted and followed a plan advocated nd by 13 Secretary W. W S S. McCarthy of or the Commercial Club Chub Traffic lie fie bureau whereby wol weights governed o shipments received recel b by Salt SaIL Lake shippers In all cases Instead of ot only cases where the destination weight was less than the agreement weight H H. 13 n Glaze scale Inspector for the theOre Ore Oregon on Short Line said that ho lie had recently completed a an Inspection or ot the scales of or the tho Union Pacific railroad with the result of or finding a lar large e proPortion pro pro- Portion in imperfect condition Results of or his inspection were summarized as follows In Wyoming five scales scaleR In Inspected Inspected In- In two found Imperfect Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado four tour Inspected one perfect Nebraska Xe- Xe braska ka fourteen Inspected three Im mi- Im- perfect The scales at Coal which Is In iii the Wyoming division were also found round Imperfect Mr tr Glaze said that thai tho the scales on the Ore Oregon on Short Line were ero all In good condition with the exception of oC those at Boise which were being replaced Inspections of oC all alJ scales were made every thirty days he sal said while tests were made about every e ninety dasA days das A. A F. F Brewer district superintendent nt for the Oregon Oreg-on Short Line said that cars car were frequently wel weighed hed and where found more titan than pounds out of oC the wa way were A representative e of oC the Pacific submitted submitted sub- sub milled copies of oC orders relative to Checking the tare weight on cars an and making makinI frequent corrections Tabulated statements giving gl Information relative to the track scales condition capacity Installation size and Inspections were submitted b by the Oregon Short Line and the Western estern Pacific an and other roads a agreed to furnish similar statements state state- ments meats to lo the commission n |
