Show PARTY IS COUNTING PENNIES EXPENDED Government Is Particular I About Cost of f Physical Beings of Railways I Government parties measuring every inch of tho the San Pedro Los Angeles Angelos Salt LaKe Lako railroad property aro are now just outside of Provo The Tho work is in accordance with a law Jaw of tho interstate commerce commission requiring requiring- that the government ascertain the exact valuation valuation val val- of the running property of all an railroads oil of the United States Tho The party of government men most men most of them civil engineers now engineers now getting gottin tho the valuation of the Utah running stoc stock of tho the Salt Lake Lako R Route ute have e been boen at work for several months They occupy a special car which is sidetracked along the tho route Every rail is measured its wei weight ht taken and each spike used in holdin holding it down n Every tie tic along tho the road is counted switch blocks measured and even e the brass padlocks used in hold hold- lug ins the switches are aro wei weighed hed and counted The government parties are taking every overy minutest particle of the railroad property It is expected that It will take five years or more moro before the tho government has the check on all aU the railroad stock of the United States but when whon the tho work worle is completed the tho interstate commerce commission will win know v exactly just bow how much the railroads ha have havo 0 invested in running stock Government parties are arc working on all aU roads doing the tho same work that the party part of company men is doing on tho Salt Lake R Route ute |