Show c QUADRENNIAL WEIGHING OF UNITED STATES MAILS Chicago Feb weight weighting ing ot of the tho malls maUJ b by the do c over the railroads wo west t o othe of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers the thc purpose e or of apportioning the com compensation which will be paId for tor the transportation ot of mall mail matter for 01 four Cour years from Jul July I 1 its scheduled to be begin begin gin next Thursday On that day all and for a perIod or of days following every pouch anti and sack or of mall on ever every tram and at ever every station will be weighed by government clerks On the average weights thus ascertained the rate rato ot of pay rL received b by each roa road for tor the four year period will be based The western toads roads have been n busy Co for I several days shipping scales and preparIng blanks to be used In r re recording cording the tho weight For a long railroads have been endeavoring to have hae the methods ot of weighing malls mails changed so that compensation will be fixed annually Instead or of eve every four years ear In the tho west tho they say the tho amount or of mall will Increase b by a largo amoUl amount t during durIns the Cour car perIOd |